----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Acosta To: Bob Acosta Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 8:58 AM Subject: ACCESSIBLE WORLD, THE AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND, THE SENDERO GROUP PRESENT TALKING MAPS LESSON 7, THURSDAY MARCH 14, 2013, 7 PM EDT, THE PAT PRICE ROOM: WWW.ACCESSIBLEWORLD.ORG THURSDAY March 14,2013, 7 PM EDT TALKING MAPS LESSON 7, 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 EDT 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.