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Announcing An Accessible World Symposium: Holiday Stocking Stuffers and Exciting Gift Ideas For Everyone, Including Those With Special Needs
For those who are making out their holiday shopping lists for family and friends with special needs, the upcoming Accessible World Symposium is an event you will not want to miss. On Saturday, November 26, 2005 the free Web conference event will focus on a number of manufacturers and product Distributors who provide useful and accessible products, such as appliances, watches, clocks, household items and computer enhancement software and hardware that is of particular interest to those experiencing vision loss.
Start Time: 10:00 a.m. Pacific; 11:00 a.m. Mountain; 12:00 Noon Central; 1:00p.m. Eastern; 5:00 p.m. Universal.
The event will begin with an overview of the Speak To Me Catalog by its founder Denise Russell. She will describe some of the unique, practical and fun products that talk, sing, play music, and allow you to record your own personal message. These include many gift ideas products that will delight both sighted and blind.
Humanware Blindness Product Marketing Manager Jonathan Mosen will give an update on some of his company's innovative tools that empower blind and visually impaired to compete effectively in a sighted world.
Mary T. (Terrie) Terlau, Ph.D., Adult Life Project Leader Department of Educational and Technical Research, at the American printing house for the Blind, will demonstrate Money Talk an accessible accounting and check writing program for the blind and low vision.
Anna Mcclure, Marketing Representative at Envision America, Inc. will show
how the I.D. Mate II, with its database of one-half million North American
UPC's and descriptions, give the user
a huge head start in identifying product and getting the information needed
about
the item. The device also allows the user to associate any number of
recorded voice messages with
a scanned bar code.
Bierley & Associates, Inc. will provide a comprehensive description of their newest product, the Color Mouse, a unique and affordable hand-held video magnifier for low vision individuals.
Stephen A. Guerra, Technology Specialist, will discuss how Specially
adapted tools, products and technology sold by Independent Living Aids
help the visually impaired enjoy a more independent lifestyle thus enabling
them to stay active and make their life easier. These include canes,
magnifiers, large print books, Braille products, talking watches and
clocks, talking cooking gadgets, and all items formerly sold by Ann Morris.
In an effort to enrich and improve the lives of millions of people worldwide by making information ible through the use of affordable technology, Kenneth Grisham, President / CEO, of Premier Assistive Technology will demonstrate some of their eighteen prize-winning accessible products that provides access to today's technologically oriented world. These products are useful to everyone, not just those with physical limitations.
Joann Becker, Marketing Manager for Optelec, Inc. will provide information about recently released products: a wireless Braille keyboard, the EasyLink PDA, and Mobile Speak, the talking cell phone.
To participate in this live interactive event, go to:
http://www.talkingcommunities.com/pat
Select the Auditorium and press ENTER.
Type in your first and last name and press ENTER. No password is required.
You will then be in the Auditorium. It is just that easy!
For more information, contact:
Pat Price, Events Coordinator The Accessible World Symposiums pat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 317-254-1185
Robert Acosta, Co-Chair boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx 818-998-0044
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