[bcab] Re: Newsletter postponed; new deadline

Eleanor,
 
    Sometimes things seem to go my way. I found a little time this afternoon
to put something together. Please find it attached. Hope it lives up to my
predecessor's efforts!
 
    Merry Christmas!
 
Regards,
Léonie.
 

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From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Eleanor Tew 
Sent: 20 December 2006 09:17
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Newsletter postponed; new deadline


You can download back issues from the BCAB website.


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From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Crawford
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 2:46 PM
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Newsletter postponed; new deadline


Hi Eleanor,
 
I recently joined the list so I haven't seen your newsletter. Do you have a
back-issue you could email me? I'm wondering what sort of articles you
publish as I'm feeling in a literary mood.
 
Cheers,
Steve
 
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Azabat Software: accessible games for visually impaired beginners
Web: www.azabat.co.uk
Email: mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Tel (UK): 07740 777 364
International: +44 7740 777 364 

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From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Eleanor Tew 
Sent: 19 December 2006 09:04
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Newsletter postponed; new deadline



Thanks to all of you who have sent in material for the next BCAB newsletter.
Unfortunately there is not very much compared with recent issues and I am
still waiting for one or two reports.  Pam and I have therefore arranged to
postpone this issue of the newsletter.  The deadline for contributions is
now 3 January 2007, with publication planned for the beginning of February.
So, please, get thinking and writing over the Christmas holidays.

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone and I look forward to hearing from you
in the New Year. 

Eleanor Tew 
Newsletter Editor 
editor@xxxxxxxxxxx 




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        In the six months since I moved into the role of BCAB Secretary, we've 
had quite a few interesting events to tell you about. The website is thriving 
and with regular updates is becoming a centre for information, links and news 
for the association and beyond. With your help, I'd like to keep building this 
resource, ensuring that it remains an asset to BCAB.

        The Members' CD is also developing a style of its own, and again with 
your input, this is something we can grow into a useful, informative and 
entertaining publication. That's twice now I've mentioned getting help from the 
wider organisation, here's what I've got in mind...

        If you have ideas for a regular section on either the website or CD, 
I'd like to hear about it. If you've got an article, paper or tutorial you'd 
like to contribute, it would be warmly welcomed. If there is something you 
really like, something you really hate or anything you'd like to comment on, 
then drop me a line.

        One of BCAB's greatest assets, is you. Whether through the mailing 
lists, training courses, EyeT4All days or the website, it's all about people 
and technology. With your help, contributions and feedback, we can build a 
website and publish a members' CD that is helpful, delightful and relevant to 
you.

        On the subject of websites, we've been asked to allow our website to be 
archived by a project run by the British Library. The Web Preservation Project 
aims to provide an historical record of the Internet as it develops.

        Sales of the Guide Cats for the Blind and The Missing Persians File CDs 
have been given a boost, with the opening of our online shop. It's now easy to 
buy both CDs separately, or for a discounted price when you buy both together. 
In time we'll be adding the ability to pay subscriptions, training course fees 
and more to the website.

        With the usual spirit of helpfulness, familiar to all BCAB members, 
we've helped a number of people with their requests for input from the visually 
impaired community. BBC Worldwide were thrilled with the response when we 
passed on a request for people to help test some e-learning tools with screen 
readers. We've helped a number of people take the first steps on the journey of 
using a computer with access technologies. From a young student who recently 
lost his sight, through to an elderly gentleman whose wife emailed us to ask 
what options were available to her husband. Many of these folk have joined our 
mailing list and received help from you too. A number of computer science 
students have also be in touch to ask for feedback, answers to surveys and 
suggestions from our community on projects for final year dissertations. Some 
have been original thinkers, many have not, but it does suggest that the 
generation coming out of university now have a growing understanding of the 
need to develop accessible technologies. Some way from utopia perhaps, but 
encouraging nonetheless.

Léonie Watson.
Company Secretary.
secretary@xxxxxxxxxxx
20th December 2006.

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