I will be on the FLOSS panel discussing liblouis, liblouisuteml and BrailleBlaster, all under rapid development. John On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 11:10:23AM -0500, Jamal Mazrui wrote: > Note, by the way, that one of the sessions below is by Freedom > Scientific, doing a session on developing with Visual Studio 2010, > Windows Presentation Foundation, and JAWS 12. > > Jamal > > > On 2/5/2011 9:22 AM, Jamal Mazrui wrote: > >FYI - I found 16 sessions related to software or web development, > >described below. > > > >Jamal > > > >Contents > > > >How to Make Friends and Remove Access Barriers In Open Source Software > >AAC Enhanced Web, Mobile and Open Source Editor using Concept Coding > >Framework > >Discover Open Source Assistive Technology Solutions 2011 > >The Great Equalizer: Android-Based, Open Source, Assistive Technology > >Software > >Tackling Web Accessibility: A Campus Case Study of a Ten Year Struggle > >Moodle ? Using Open Source Software to Deliver Accessible Online > >Open Source As An Emerging Option Globally > >CSUN, Accessibility, and Drupal > >Using Dragon Scripting Language Objects with Dragon NaturallySpeaking Pro > >Worldspace FireEyes ? a free tool for AJAX application development > >Using JAWS with Visual Studio 2010 to Create Accessible WPF Applications > >Adobe Flex Best Practices ? What to Expect > >Unifying Video Captions and Text-Based Audio Descriptions > >FLOSS Accessibility: An Overview and Look Toward the Future > >HTML5 and Flash ? An Accessibility Comparison > >Web Media Accessibility with HTML5 > > > >---------- > > > >How to Make Friends and Remove Access Barriers In Open Source Software > > > >WEB-2029 > >Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 8:00 - 9:00 AM PST > >Intermediate > >America's Cup A > >How to Make Friends and Remove Access Barriers In Open Source Software > >We will demonstrate the conducive environment an Open Source desktop, > >such as GNOME, provides for developing a compelling and highly > >accessible computing experience. Eitan Isaacson > >The GNOME Foundation > > > > > >---------- > > > >AAC Enhanced Web, Mobile and Open Source Editor using Concept Coding > >Framework > > > >AAC-2012 > >Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 12:00 - 12:30 PM PST > >Intermediate > >Cunningham A > >AAC Enhanced Web, Mobile and Open Source Editor using Concept Coding > >Framework > >The CCF turns freely available AAC tools out of existing open source > >editors like Open Office. CCF consists of concept codes, AAC symbols and > >lexicons.Annika Br?nnstr?m > > > >Bengt Farre > > > > > >---------- > > > >Discover Open Source Assistive Technology Solutions 2011 > > > >TEC-1009 > >Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 3:10 - 4:10 PM PST > >Beginner > >Cunningham C > >Discover Open Source Assistive Technology Solutions 2011 > >Learn how assistive technology users can benefit from open source > >software, including customized operating systems, free software, and > >Android smartphones with the latest applications.Paul Lloyd > >USDA TARGET Center > > > > > >---------- > > > >The Great Equalizer: Android-Based, Open Source, Assistive Technology > >Software > > > >BLV-1067 > >Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 10:40 - 11:40 AM PST > >Beginner > >Oxford > >The Great Equalizer: Android-Based, Open Source, Assistive Technology > >Software > >This session will demonstrate how high-quality, open source (free to the > >user), AT software is transforming Android smartphones into powerful AT > >devices!Steve Jacobs > >Apps4Android, Inc > > > > > >---------- > > > >Tackling Web Accessibility: A Campus Case Study of a Ten Year Struggle > > > >LGL-1003 > >Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 3:10 - 4:10 PM PST > >Beginner > >America's Cup D > >Tackling Web Accessibility: A Campus Case Study of a Ten Year Struggle > >In this lecture, learn how web accessibility at Cerritos College was > >achieved with political will and software. The presenter proposes an > >open source software project.Lucinda Aborn > >Cerritos College > >Ty Bowman > >Cerritos College > > > > > >---------- > > > >Moodle ? Using Open Source Software to Deliver Accessible Online > > > >WEB-2047 > >Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 4:20 - 5:20 PM PST > >Intermediate > >Oxford > >Moodle ? Using Open Source Software to Deliver Accessible Online > >Through demonstration and example, Carroll Center staff will explain > >their reasons for and experience with using Moodle to create and deliver > >accessible online courses.Brian Charlson > >The Carroll Center for the Blind > >Mark Sadecki > >Carroll Center for the Blind > > > > > >---------- > > > >Open Source As An Emerging Option Globally > > > >TEC-1021 > >Friday, March 18, 2011 - 9:20 - 10:20 AM PST > >Beginner > >Emma A > >Open Source As An Emerging Option Globally > >A look at the software currently offered as open source and the markets > >that are embracing open source technology to meet their accessibility > >needs.Bryen Yunashko > >GNOME Foundation > > > > > >---------- > > > >CSUN, Accessibility, and Drupal > > > >WEB-3006 > >Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 1:50 - 2:50 PM PST > >Advanced > >Cunningham C > >CSUN, Accessibility, and Drupal > >How California State University, Northridge, is implementing Drupal, the > >Web Content Management System, with help from the greater Drupal > >accessibility community.Joseph O'Connor > >California State University, Northridge > >Pratik Patel > >EZFire > >Kimon Rethis > >CSUN > > > > > >---------- > > > >Using Dragon Scripting Language Objects with Dragon NaturallySpeaking Pro > > > >OTH-2004 > >Friday, March 18, 2011 - 10:40 - 11:40 AM PST > >Intermediate > >Windsor B > >Using Dragon Scripting Language Objects with Dragon NaturallySpeaking Pro > >Session provides an overview of the Dragon Scripting Language extensions > >programming objects for generating new commands for Dragon > >NaturallySpeaking Professional 11.Ed. Rosenthal > >Next Generation Technologies Inc. > > > > > >---------- > > > >Worldspace FireEyes ? a free tool for AJAX application development > > > >WEB-2027 > >Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 1:50 - 2:50 PM PST > >Intermediate > >Randle B > >Worldspace FireEyes ? a free tool for AJAX application development > >Making dynamic JavaScript applications accessible in a team environment > >with contributors from multiple companies with FireEyes.Dylan Barrell > >Deque Systems Inc. > > > > > >---------- > > > >Using JAWS with Visual Studio 2010 to Create Accessible WPF Applications > > > >BLV-2083 > >Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 3:10 - 4:10 PM PST > >Intermediate > >Manchester C Freedom > >Using JAWS with Visual Studio 2010 to Create Accessible WPF Applications > >Learn how JAWS can help users overcome accessibility/productivity > >challenges in Microsoft?s latest development environment, Visual Studio > >2010, based primarily on WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation).Glen Gordon > >Freedom Scientific > > > > > >---------- > > > >Adobe Flex Best Practices ? What to Expect > > > >WEB-2054 > >Friday, March 18, 2011 - 10:40 - 11:40 AM PST > >Intermediate > >Manchester A Adobe > >Adobe Flex Best Practices ? What to Expect > >Do you develop applications in Adobe Flex? Come to this session for tips > >on building more accessible applications from those who have been > >there.Jonathan Avila > >SSB BART Group > >Matt May > >Adobe > > > > > >---------- > > > >Unifying Video Captions and Text-Based Audio Descriptions > > > >WEB-1038 > >Friday, March 18, 2011 - 12:00 - 12:30 PM PST > >Beginner > >Gibbons > >Unifying Video Captions and Text-Based Audio Descriptions > >We aims to provide inexpensive ways to create accessible videos, by > >developing open-source, user-friendly software that covers both captions > >and audio descriptions while promoting standardization.Chieko Asakawa > >IBM Research > >Kentarou Fukuda > >IBM > >Masatomo Kobayashi > > > >Reiko Nagatsuma > >Japan > >Hironobu Takagi > >IBM Research > > > > > >---------- > > > >FLOSS Accessibility: An Overview and Look Toward the Future > > > >TEC-1010 > >Friday, March 18, 2011 - 1:50 - 2:50 PM PST > >Beginner > >Cunningham C > >FLOSS Accessibility: An Overview and Look Toward the Future > >A panel discussion featuring FLOSS accessibility experts and activists > >to describe the current state of the art with a look toward the > >future.Chris Hofstader > >Free SOftware Foundation > > > > > >---------- > > > >HTML5 and Flash ? An Accessibility Comparison > > > >WEB-2057 > >Friday, March 18, 2011 - 1:50 - 2:50 PM PST > >Intermediate > >Windsor B > >HTML5 and Flash ? An Accessibility Comparison > >It?s an accessibility bake-off! Learn about the features and technical > >differences between the two most popular environments for developing > >rich internet applications.Matt May > >Adobe > >Steve Faulkner > >The Paciello Group > > > > > >---------- > > > >Web Media Accessibility with HTML5 > > > >WEB-2063 > >Friday, March 18, 2011 - 1:50 - 2:50 PM PST > >Intermediate > >Manchester G Microsoft > >Web Media Accessibility with HTML5 > >This session will demonstrate some practical techniques for achieving > >WCAG compliance with the new HTML5 media tags.Sean Hayes > >Microsoft > > > > > >__________ > >View the list's information and change your settings at > >//www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind