[accesscomp] ACCESSIBLE WORLD TEK TALK PRESENTS TALKING MAPS, APH, APRIL 25, 2011
- From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 13:54:16 -0700
Tek Talk Presents APH Talking PC Maps, Bringing Your World
to Your PC
April 25, 2011
News Wire
Tek Talk provides an explanation and demonstration of APH Talking PC Maps,
software developed for the American Printing House for the Blind by the Sendero
Group. Designed to be used by individual consumers, orientation and mobility
specialists, and teachers of persons who are visually impaired, this software
provides spoken and on-screen map data and more than 12 million points of
interest for U.S. states, territories, and Canada on one flash drive. It speaks
on any computer, using WindowsT XP or later whether or not the computer has
screen reading software installed. It does not give information about a
user's physical location; it is not a GPS system. Instead, it gives a verbal
description of physical space and what it contains that is available in no
other way except through eyesight. It gives persons with visual impairments
the same information available to sighted persons through incidental learning
when they look at maps, street signs, and signage on buildings.
This software allows you to explore streets in your neighborhood or across the
country; discover restaurants, recreational activities, hospitals, schools and
hundreds of other types of facilities in your area or elsewhere; create
pedestrian or vehicular routes to and from addresses and points of interest;
and do much more.
Read more about APH Talking PC Maps at
http://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_APH%20Talking%20PC%20Maps%20Software_1-04105-00P_10001_11051
Contact: Terrie Terlau, American Printing House for the Blind
tterlau@xxxxxxx
Date: Monday, April 25, 2011
Time: 5:00 PM PDT, 6:00 PM MDT, 7:00 PM CDT, 8:00 PM EDT
and elsewhere in the world Tuesday 00:00 GMT
Approximately 15 minutes prior to the event start time; go to The Pat Price Tek
Talk Training Room at:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2
Or, alternatively.
Select The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at: www.accessibleworld.org
Enter your first and last names on the sign-in screen.
All Tek Talk training events are recorded so if you are unable to participate
live at the above times then you may download the presentation or podcast from
the Tek Talk archives on our website at www.accessibleworld.org
If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online conferencing
software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download and
then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to the
Accessible World online rooms.
All online interactive programs are free of charge, and open to anyone
worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, speakers, and a sound
card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the presenters and
others in the virtual audience or text chat with the attendees. To speak to us,
hold down the control key and talk; then let up to listen.
Accessible World uses News Wires, like this one, to inform people of the topic
and times for the many Discussion Groups on Accessible World. The lists are
announce only to keep the traffic to a minimum.
You can join the Accessible World Announce List, the Tek Talk Announce List or
the Sports Talk Announce List by completing the form at:
www.accessibleworld.org/mailinglists
Accessible World also provides a Tek Talk Discussion List. This list is
intended to give you an opportunity to ask computer related questions, suggest
topics to be used in the weekly Monday training programs, or just to interact
with others interested in using assistive devices to access computers. You may
sign up for this list by selecting the Tek Talk Discussion link on the same
page and completing the form.
Accessible World Contacts:
Robert Acosta, Chair
Accessible World
818-998-0044
Email: boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx
Web: www.helpinghands4theblind.org
Marcia Moses, Events Coordinator
Accessible World
734-495-1496
Email: mgmoses@xxxxxxxxxxx
Steve Hoffman, President
Talking Communities
Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Accessible World, a division of Helping Hands For The Blind, a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general public, the disabled
community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant
information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed
specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect
them
Robert Acosta, President
Helping Hands for the Blind
Email: boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx
Web Site: www.helpinghands4theblind.org
You can assist Helping Hands for the Blind by donating your used computers to
us. If you have a blind friend in need of a computer, please mail us at the
above address.
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