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- From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 14:02:41 -0700
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Subject: ACCESSIBLE WORLD, AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND THE
SENDERO GROUP PRESENT TALKING MAPS, LESSON 8, THURSDAY APRIL 11, 2013, 7 PM
EDT, THE PAT PRICE ROOM: WWW.ACCESSIBLEWORLD.ORG
THURSDAY April 11,2013, 7 PM ED T
TALKING MAPS LESSON 8, PRESENTED BY THE AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND
,THE SENDERO GROUP AND ACCESSIBLE WORLD, 7 PM EST, THURSDAY DECEMBER 13, 2012,
THE PAT PRICE ROOM: WWW.ACCESSIBLEWORLD.ORG
NEWSWIRE:
Special Note: This Webinar is held on the second Thursday of each month.
APH Talking PC Maps Webinar Dates and Topics
The American Printing House for the Blind, in collaboration with the Sendero
Group and Accessible World, is pleased to offer orientation and mobility
specialists, teachers of persons with visual impairments, other professionals
dealing with visual impairments, and students and adults with visual
impairments a series of audio webinars on APH Talking PC Maps. Webinars are
scheduled on the second Thursday of each month from September 2012 through
April 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Pacific, 5:00 p.m. Mountain, 6:00 p.m. Central, and
7:00 p.m. Eastern. To participate in these webinars, point your browser to:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2
The first time you attend a webinar, you will need to install a small piece of
software on your computer. Do this by clicking the Download link on the above
web page. After you install the software, click the link that says, "Click here
to enter the Room."
If you cannot attend the webinar in person, webinars will be archived at
http://www.accessibleworld.org Look for the link for APH Talking PC Maps under
the Archives heading.
If you have any questions about webinars or about APH Talking PC Maps, please
contact Terrie Terlau by phone at 502-899-2381 or by email at tterlau@xxxxxxx
Maps Webinar Dates and Topics
Thursday 9/13/12, 7:00 pm EST
Activating, Licensing, Updating, and Using Maps
Thursday 10/11/12, 7:00 pm EST
Setting Current Position and Basic Exploration
Thursday 11/8/12, 7:00 pm EST
What are Points of Interest and How Do I Use Them
Thursday 12/13/12, 7:00 pm EST
Side of Street Tracking and Moving by Point of Interest while Exploring
Thursday 1/10/13, 7:00 pm EST
Software-Created Routes and How to Create, Use, Save, Print, Emboss, and
Transfer Them
Thursday 2/14/13, 7:00 pm EST
User-Created Routes and User POI and Intersection Annotations
Thursday 3/14/13, 7:00 pm EST
Using Maps in Classroom and O&M Instruction
Thursday 4/11/13, 7:00 pm EDT
Using Maps in Transition Education (e.g., Budget Development and Career
Planning) and On-the-job
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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