[accesscomp] Fw: Accessible World presents the accessible Adobe Reader, April 6

  • From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "access comp" <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:30:46 -0700

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From: Bob Acosta 
To: Bob Acosta 
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:28 PM
Subject: Accessible World presents the accessible Adobe Reader, April 6


     Accessible World News Wire 

  

Pete Devasto of Adobe Systems to discuss the accessible Adobe Reader April 6th. 

  

Pete has been working at Adobe as a Quality Engineer for almost 5 years dealing 
with Accessibility of PDF documents and the use of Adobe Acrobat and Reader. In 
this tech talk, he'll explain exactly what PDF means, then will take you 
through the process of downloading and installing Adobe Reader, the free 
software Adobe provides for reading PDF documents.  When you start Adobe Reader 
for the first time after installation, Adobe Reader will discover if you have a 
screen reader like JAWS or Window-Eyes running, and it will start a special 
wizard that will help you customize the program to make it easier to use with 
your screen reader. Pete will walk you through the entire wizard and explain 
the effects each of the settings will have. Then, he'll talk about some of the 
reasons that some PDF documents are initially not able to be read by a screen 
reader, and talk about some of the tools Adobe provides in its Acrobat program 
to make PDF documents more accessible. Following the presentations, he'll open 
it up for any questions 

  

Date:  Monday, April 6th, 2009. 

  

Time:  5:00 p.m. Pacific, 6:00 p.m. Mountain, 7:00 p.m. Central, 

           8:00 p.m.Eastern and elsewhere in the world Tuesday 0:00 GMT 

  

Where:  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: http://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 http://www.accessibleworld.org 

  

All online interactive programs require no password, 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. 


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. 

  

Sign up information for all Accessible World News Wires and discussion lists 
are also available at our website http://www.accessibleworld.org. 

  

Media Contacts: 

  

Robert Acosta, Chair 

Accessible World 

818-998-0044 

Email: boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx 

Web: http://www.helpinghands4theblind.org 

  

Joann Becker, Events Coordinator 

Accessible World 

617-969-1213 

Email: joannbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxx 

  

George Buys, CEO 

Talking Communities 

Email: buys@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. 

 

 

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