[accessibleimage] News and evidence, lawyers etc

Hi,
Some news.

QikTac and batch coping
QikTac comes now with batch coping. If you have been using
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http://www.tactileaudio.com/news.htm

Adaptable senses for the sighted
I liked this article because it is about a blind tour guide
in Boston, telling about Boston in a way that the sighted
are probably insensitive to 
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/06/27/blind_a_park_ranger_takes_it_all_in_for_26_years_hes_felt_bostons_beat

Art classes in Arizona
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0626volunthero26.html

A while back I sent a mail with a question about jury
participation for the blind. I had just read "The Runaway
Jury" where in it a blind person was nearly excluded from
jury practice because he was blind.I sent my question to the
list Blindlaw. The following is link to the discussion under
the subject "Evidence how is it made accessible?" 
http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/blindlaw/2004-May/thread.html

On the same list there is a notice about a mock trial being
held at the National Association of Blind Lawyers(link
http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/blindlaw/2004-June/002050.html
under subject 2004 Mock Trial). It is about a case where
blind people are excluded from jury practice. 
Does part of the problem stems from lack of information
(evidence etc.) being made accessible and this comes from
the not knowing that information can be made accessible? I
perhaps am erroring in "seeing everything is a nail just
because I have a hammer", but I think this is also a field
where making information available to all is important. 
What do you think?
Regards,
Lisa

Following is an excerpt from list Blindlaw
"The National Association of Blind Lawyers invites you to
the Seventh Annual Mock 
Trial.  Come watch your favorite Federation lawyers strut
their legal stuff on
Wednesday, June 30th at 4:30 p.m. in Marquis Salon 4 in the
Marriott Marquis as part
of the NFB's Convention in Atlanta.  This year we will
consider a modified version of
the Don Galloway Case.  It is modified because we are adding
to it the Case of Julie
Deden.  
In 1991, Mr. Galloway, President of the NFB of Washington
DC, received a summons to
serve on a jury for the Superior Court of DC.  He showed up
and was told to go home
because the District had a policy excluding blind persons
from serving on juries. 
Julie Deden received a summons to serve on a jury in Denver
District Court.  She
actually made it into the pool for a criminal, drug
possession case.  Before the trial
started, the Judge dismissed her stating that a blind person
could not appropriately
judge evidence. 
We are combining these two scenarios to pretend that all of
this happened in DC.  Ms.
Deden and Mr. Galloway are bringing suit under the ADA for
disability discrimination. 
There will be three witnesses on each side.

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