Announcing
An Accessible World Symposium

• 9:00 a. m. Pacific
• 10:00 a. m. Mountain
• 11:00 a. m. Central
• 12:00 Noon Eastern
  

You won't want to miss the October 6, 2004 Accessible World Symposium. Great speakers and useful ideas will be shared by:

• Session 1: 9:00 a.m. Pacific
  Topic: CuttingAudio: A New Adventure in Reading Books
  Terrence Aselford, well known narrator for the Library of Congress Talking Book Service, is currently recording, narrating, acting and directing graphic audiobooks for CuttingAudio. Graphic Audiobooks are similar to playing a movie in your mind. Terence will be speaking about his experience making these graphic audiobooks with the creative team at CuttingAudio.

  Contact: The Cutting Corporation, Bethesda, MD. .
  Tel: 301-654-2887 ext. 22. E-Mail: cornette@cuttingrichmail.com
  Web: http:// www.cuttingaudio.com

   

• Session 2: 10:00 a.m. Pacific
  Topic: Convenient access to higher education for those who are visually impaired
  Patricia A. Rucker, Ed.D., Peirce College Vice President, Academic Advancement & Chief Academic Officer, will show how Peirce College for 139 years has made it possible for many people, including the blind and visually impaired, to achieve their educational and career dreams .
  
  Contact: Peirce College. Tel: 215.670. 9282 or 888.GO.PEIRCE, Ext 9282. E-Mail: parucker@peirce.edu. Web: http://www.peirce.edu/
  
• Session 3: 11:00 a.m. Pacific
  Topic: Putting Content Online In Formats Accessible to Users with Disabilities
  Dick Banks and Professor Norm Coombs of EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) will discuss Putting Content Online In Formats Accessible to Users With Disabilities, demonstrate how to use simple software programs to prepare online multimedia, Word documents and PowerPoint presentations in formats fully accessible to users who require screen readers, screen magnification, voice recognition, onscreen keyboards and more in order to surf the Internet.
  
  Contact: EASI. E-Mail: coombs@easi.cc
  Web: http://easi.cc
  
• Session 4: 12:00 p.m. Pacific
  Topic: Internet radio, past, present and future.
  Jonathan Mosen , of Christchurch, New Brighton, New Zealand (Aotearoa), is well known to Internet radio listeners worldwide. Just over a year after he left his position as founder and Director of ACB Radio, Jonathan Mosen talks about the way Internet radio has evolved and his role as a pioneer in this field. He'll focus on what Internet radio means for blind people in particular, and where it is headed. He also discusses his own new Internet radio initiative, The Wave.
  
  Contact: Jonathan Mosen. Phone and SMS: +64-21-4Mosen
  MSN Messenger and E-Mail::jonathan@mosen.org
  Bio: http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=jmosen
  Web: http://www.TheWave.co.nz.
  
• Session 5: 1:00 p.m. Pacific
  Topic: Travel Made Easy for Everyone.
  Sue A. Slater, Accessible Cruise and Travel Consultant, not only believes travel is for everyone but is devoting her life proving it. As a successful cruise agent, she has specialized in making group cruises accessible, easy and personally rewarding for the visually impaired. She will share travel tips and give an update of some really terrific cruises scheduled during the next few months.
  
  Contact: Sue Slater. Tel: 314 726 6893 or 888 726 9650.. Fax: 314 863 7130. E-Mail: cruiseaway2001@yahoo.com

Archives of the Symposium will be available on the Talking Communities website at http://talk3.talkingcommunities.com/index.php/258.

Contact:

Pat Price, Event Coordinator
Talking Communities
E-Mail: pat@talkingcommunities.com
MSN Messenger: info@visionww.org
Tel: 317-254-1185
Online Office: http://www.visionenhancement.org/chat.htm