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Prof Norm Coombs <[log in to unmask]>
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BLIND-DEV: Development of Adaptive Hardware & Software for the Blind/VI" <[log in to unmask]>
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EASI Internet Broadcast of EASI Track at the CSUN
Technology and People with Disabilities Conference
Thursday, March 18 2004, 8 AM Pacific till 4 PM Pacific

EASI is sponsoring an all-day track of invited papers at the CSUN
conference, and these presentations will be broadcast over the Web.  You
need to be running Windows or virtual Windows and have Internet Explorer
version 6, a sound card and speakers.

More information and registration at http://easi.cc/csuncast.htm

List of Presentations for March 18 Broadcast

** Times below are Pacific time

8 AM (60 minutes)
PRACTICAL TIPS TO SUPPORT FACULTY IN PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE ELECTRONIC CONTENT
Brian Hardy
National Information and Library Service (Australia)
Norman Coombs
CEO, EASI
EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
Richard Banks
CTO, EASI
EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)

9:20 AM (60 minutes)
ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS: US ACCESSIBILITY LAWS & ISSUES
Cynthia D. Waddell, JD, Executive Director
Law, Policy and Technology Accessibility Consultant
International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI)

10:40 AM (60 minutes)
A FOUR YEAR REPORT CARD ON AB-422: CALIFORNIA'S POSTSECONDARY ACCESSIBLE
TEXTBOOK LEGISLATION
Jeffrey C. Senge, M.S.
Information & Computer Access Program Coordinator
California State University, Fullerton

Lunch break Noon

2 PM (60 minutes)
CREATING ACCESSIBLE ADOBE PDF DOCUMENTS: AUTHORING TECHNIQUES FOR
ACCESSIBLE ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
Sean Keegan
Web Accessibility Instructor
High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges

3:20 PM (30 minutes)
Digital Textbooks Come of Age
Steve Noble
Policy Analyst
Kentucky Assistive Technology Service Network
Elizabeth Coombs
CAO, EASI
EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)

4:10 PM (60 minutes)
An Approach to Electronic Book Delivery using Macromedia Flash
Scott Traylor
President
360KID
Bob Regan
Senior Product Manager for Accessibility
Macromedia

** You need to register in advance.  Registration is free, and you can
attend any portion or all of the broadcast during March, Thur. 18.

Registration for this all-day event is at http://easi.cc/csuncast.htm

Announcements of other EASI-sponsored Web, voice chat, broadcasts is at
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

Certificate in Accessible Information Technology is at
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm

EASI annual subscription membership is at: http://easi.cc/sub.htm

Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
CEO EASI
(949) 855-4852

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