Hi,I would Also like to participate (if my schedule permits). I am just a college sophomore studying computer science with interests in assistive tech devices, so I would like to connect and learn from students and professional engineers alike. Cheers, Joseph P.S. My Skype ID is ucr2012. -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Malver Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:07 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: An Open Skype call I would be interested as well. I received the 310-025 certification from Sun, but have not programmed outside of a classroom, nor have I ever used net beans. Would love to give feedback though as java is still an interest of mine. -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andreas Stefik Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:04 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Sodbeans Subject: An Open Skype call Hello folks, As many of you know, my research group here is working on integrating some complex, but hopefully cool, tools for blind programmers into NetBeans. We are very, very close to finishing an early alpha of our set of tools (we suspect a few more months). I would like to propose an idea out to the community and see what folks think. I think my research group, including myself, could stand to benefit from a skype meet and great, where a number of my students (grad and undergrad), cower into my tiny office and we have a number of folks join us online for a session on programming blind. I see this as a way of 1) getting more involved involved in the community, and 2) getting some feedback on the major issues. I don't know how many people we can have on skype at a time, but is anyone out there interested in participating? We're pretty much open to anyone at the moment, beginning programmer or experienced. If people are ok with it, maybe we could even record it and put it up somewhere. Andreas Stefik, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Southern Illinois University Edwardsville __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.101/2376 - Release Date: 09/16/09 11:21:00 __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind