Re: UNIX Accessibility at CSUN, hands-on sessions with assistive technologies

[Peter Korn <peter korn sun com>]

Hi Thomas,

> Hi, Peter. Are there going to be any transcripts etc from the conference I
> could read after it is over?
> Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend the conference, but I would
> certainly like to hear about what is coming up in StarOffice and Mozilla. 
> As well as all the gnopernicus info.

I expect there will be summaries of the presentations, and perhaps the text
from the slides.  We are also looking into other coverage - perhaps an audio
recording.  But there are no plans at present for text transcripts.


Regards,

Peter Korn
Sun Accessibility team

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Korn" <peter korn sun com>
> To: <JA-PR basso SFBay Sun COM>
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 4:17 PM
> Subject: UNIX Accessibility at CSUN, hands-on sessions with assistive
> technologies
> 
> > Sun Microsystems, Inc. is hosting a series of sessions on UNIX
> Accessibility
> > at the CSUN Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities at the
> > Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel next week, on March 20th.  This series
> of
> > three sessions begins Thursday morning at 8am on March 20th in the
> > Atlanta-Boston room, and is part of the general CSUN conference.  The
> > sessions will discuss the GNOME desktop accessibility features, examine
> the
> > upcoming versions of StarOffice and Mozilla and illustrate the support for
> > accessibility being developed for those products, and will detail the two
> > outstanding assistive technologies in development for GNOME: the
> Gnopernicus
> > screen reader/magnifier with rich Braille support, and the GOK dynamic
> > on-screen keyboard with support for single switch, scanning, and head
> > tracker input.
> >
> > In addition, Sun is leading a series of "Accessibility Experience"
> sessions
> > in the Washington room for small groups of participants on Thursday
> > afternoon, all day Friday, and Saturday morning March 20th-22nd.  These
> > sessions will be hands-on guided tours of the GNOME desktop and
> applications
> > through the use of either the Gnopernicus screen reader/magnifier for
> GNOME,
> > or the GOK dynamic on-screen keyboard.  Participants will be shown the
> > highlights of the features of these two assistive technologies, and
> explore
> > their use on the GNOME desktop and with a variety of applications.  Make
> an
> > appointment to attend one of these sessions at Sun's booth in the
> Washington
> > room of the Marriott Hotel, or during the Thursday morning presentations
> in
> > the Atlanta-Boston room.
> >
> > The Sun Accessibility team invites everyone who has an interest in finding
> > out the latest information about accessibility to UNIX systems, including
> > access to Solaris and GNU/Linux, to join us for these in-depth
> presentations
> > and hands-on sessions with the technologies.  Attached below is
> information
> > about this series of presentations.  We hope you can join us.
> >
> > We also invite you to visit us at our booth in the Washington room of the
> > Marriott Hotel, and see the latest in Java technology accessibility and
> > access to Java applications from the Microsoft Windows desktop.
> >
> > On behalf of Sun Microsystems,
> >
> > Peter Korn
> > Sun Microsystems Accessibility team
> > access sun com
> > http://www.sun.com/access
> >
> >
> > ==========================================================================
> >
> >    CSUN Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities
> >       UNIX Accessibility sessions, Thursday March 20th, 2003
> >   Atlanta-Boston rooms of the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel
> >                  hosted by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> >
> >
> >  8:00am-9:00am
> >  UNIX and GNOME Accessibility overview
> >  -------------------------------------
> >  This presentation will provide a guided tour on the GNOME 2 desktop.  We
> >  will demonstrate the built-in accessibility features of GNOME on both
> >  the Sun Solaris(TM) Operating Environment and for GNU/Linux.  Highlights
> >  include the themeing support of the graphical GNOME desktop, the
> >  rich set of applications that are available and being made accessible
> >  for GNOME, and brief demonstrations of the two assistive technologies
> >  in development: the Gnopernicus screen reader/magnifier with rich Braille
> >  support, and the GOK dynamic on-screen keyboard supporting single
> >  switch scanning and head trackers with dwell selection.
> >
> >  Speakers:
> >      - Peter Korn, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> >      - Gary Little, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> >
> >
> >  9:20am-10:20am
> >  Accessible UNIX Applications: StarOffice(TM) and Mozilla(TM)
> >  ------------------------------------------------------------
> >  In this presentation, we will give an overview of the forthcoming
> >  release of the StarOffice application suite, including the built-in
> >  accessibility features of the word processing, spreadsheet, and
> >  presentation packages.  We will show how StarOffice supports the desktop
> >  theme, mouseless operation, and assistive technologies on both the GNOME
> >  desktop with the Solaris Operating Environment and GNU/Linux, and also
> >  on the Microsoft Windows platform.  We will also give a an overview
> >  of the forthcoming release of the Mozilla browser, showing the built-in
> >  accessibility features and how they support browsing the web.  We will
> >  demonstrate support for the GNOME desktop theme and keyboard navigation,
> >  as well as inter operating with assistive technologies on the GNOME
> >  desktop.
> >
> >  Speakers:
> >      - Peter Korn, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> >      - Malte Timmermann, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> >
> >
> >  10:40am-11:40am
> >  Assistive Technology for UNIX: Gnopernicus Screen Reader/Magnifier
> >  and GOK, the GNOME On-screen Keyboard
> >  -----------------------------------------------------
> >  In this presentation, we will give a detailed demonstration of the open
> >  source Gnopernicus screen reader/magnifier for GNOME desktop, with full
> >  Braille support.  We will demonstrate the features and functions of
> >  Gnopernicus, and show how a blind or visually impaired user can be
> >  effective with the GNOME desktop on a UNIX system.  We will also
> >  demonstrate GOK, the open source GNOME on-screen keyboard, with support
> >  for single switch, scanning, dynamic keyboard functionality, and
> >  customizable displays.  We will demonstrate how users with severe
> >  physical impairments can be very effective and surprisingly efficient
> >  with the unique features of GOK that provide direct switch access to
> >  menus, toolbars, and the user interface elements in dialog boxes
> >  utilizing the accessibility architecture in the GNOME platform.
> >
> >  Speakers:
> >      - Thomas Friehoff, BAUM Retec AG
> >      - Simon Bates, University of Toronto ATRC
> >      - Peter Korn, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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