ATACP Free Webinar: DIGITAL BOOKS & PLAYERS, AN UPDATE
LM Scaife <[email protected]>
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FYI, Free 2-part Webinar in November building on the Webinar on Etext Advances DIGITAL BOOKS & PLAYERS, AN UPDATE By Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College Two part free series. Thursday November 15 and 29 - 2PM EASTERN The advent of digital books has made accessing reading materials for individuals with disabilities a more pleasant experience. Sound quality is better and navigation is far superior to the old analog tape books. However, with so many options for players and sources of books, what does one need to be aware of when shopping for reading materials and equipment. In December of 2005, Robert presented a 2-part workshop titled "Why Pick a DAISY" which looked at some of the resources and players for DAISY books. Some changes have happened with both the players and sources. In this presentation, Robert will again discuss some of the sources of books and update you on what is happening with these. Then he will review software and hardware players for digital books and update you on the offerings available today. Included will be a demonstration of the new Victor Stream and a discussion of the new NLSbooks that are expected to come out in 2008. PART ONE will give a brief description of digital books, where they can be found, and what some of the differences are between books from these sources. Then there will be demonstrations of 3 out of 4 software players: Book Wizard Reader, Easy-Reader, and Victor ReaderSoft. Part 2 will finish the software player demonstrations with the gh Player. Then there will be demonstrations of 4 hardware players: Victor Classic, Victor Wave, Book Port, and the new Victor Stream. As time permits, other players can be discussed. ---------- ---------- -------- EASI Events for November Webinar 4-part Series Taming PowerPoint and Designing for Accessibility On and Off the Web Read more and register at easi.cc/clinic.htm Month-long Online Course Barrier-free E-learning Read more and register at http//easi.cc/workshop.htm Norman Coombs CEO EASI (www.easi.cc) (949) 855-4852 Pacific time zone) ----------------------- Check out EASI's New Synchronous Clinics: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi Online Courses and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm To sign off this list send e-mail to [email protected] saying signoff itd-jnl --=====================_129399765==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <body> <font size=2>Free 2-part Webinar in November building on the Webinar on Etext Advances<br> DIGITAL BOOKS & PLAYERS, AN UPDATE<br> By Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist<br> Kansas City Kansas Community College<br> Two part free series. Thursday November 15 and 29 - 2PM EASTERN<br><br> The advent of digital books has made accessing reading materials for individuals with disabilities a more pleasant experience. Sound quality is better<br> and navigation is far superior to the old analog tape books.<br> However, with so many options for players and sources of books, what does one need to be aware of when shopping for reading materials and equipment.<br><br> In December of 2005, Robert presented a 2-part workshop titled "Why Pick a DAISY" which looked at some of the resources and players for DAISY books. Some<br> changes have happened with both the players and sources. In this presentation, Robert will again discuss some of the sources of books and update you on<br> what is happening with these. <br><br> Then he will review software and hardware players for digital books and update you on the offerings available today. Included will be a demonstration of<br> the new Victor Stream and a discussion of the new NLSbooks that are expected to come out in 2008. <br><br> PART ONE will give a brief description of digital books, where they can be found, and what some of the differences are between books from these sources.<br> Then there will be demonstrations of 3 out of 4 software players: Book Wizard Reader, Easy-Reader, and Victor ReaderSoft. <br><br> Part 2 will finish the software player demonstrations with the gh Player. Then there will be demonstrations of 4 hardware players: Victor Classic, Victor<br> Wave, Book Port, and the new Victor Stream. As time<br> permits, other players can be discussed.<br><br> <br><br> <br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> ---------- ---------- --------<br> EASI Events for November<br> Webinar 4-part Series Taming PowerPoint and Designing for Accessibility On and Off the Web <br> Read more and register at easi.cc/clinic.htm<br> Month-long Online Course Barrier-free E-learning<br> Read more and register at http//easi.cc/workshop.htm<br><br> Norman Coombs<br> CEO EASI (<a href="http://www.easi.cc/" eudora="autourl">www.easi.cc</a>)<br> (949) 855-4852 Pacific time zone) <br><br> </font></body> </html> ----------------------- Check out EASI's New Synchronous Clinics: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm <p> EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi Online Courses and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm To sign off this list send e-mail to [email protected] saying signoff itd-jnl <p> VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. 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