----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Korn" <korn@xxxxxxx> To: <gnome-accessibility-devel at gnome.org>; <mozilla-accessibility at mozilla.org>; <kde-accessibility at kde.org>; <fdawg at speechinfo.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 2:46 AM Subject: UNIX Accessibility series at CSUN, March 21, 2002 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 on March 21st. This comprehensive series of six sessions will run all day Thursday March 21st in the Atlanta-Boston room, and is part of the general CSUN conference. In addition, Sun Microsystems is hosting a session at the end of the day Thursday on topics in accessibility to the Java platform, including a demonstration of access to Java applications from ZoomText version 7.1. Information about the CSUN conference can be found at: http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf2002/ 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 this in-depth series. Included in this series will be demonstrations of open source assistive technologies for UNIX systems utilizing the GNOME Accessibility framework to be released later this year. We will also provided a guided tour of the accessible GNOME desktop for UNIX systems, present the GNOME Accessibility architecture with information on how to make UNIX applications accessible, and of course take questions. Attached below is information about this series of presentations. We hope you can join us. In addition, Sun Microsystems will be hosting demonstrations of assistive technologies for Solaris systems at their booth throughout the conference. On behalf of Sun Microsystems, Peter Korn Sun Microsystems Accessibility team access at sun.com http://www.sun.com/access ======================================================================== == CSUN Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities UNIX Accessibility series, Thursday March 21st, 2002 Atlanta-Boston rooms of the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel hosted by Sun Microsystems, Inc. 8:00am-9:00am UNIX Accessibility overview --------------------------- This session provides a high-level overview of the terrain and features of the UNIX Accessibility landscape. We will introduce UNIX, GNU/Linux, and the Solaris(tm) Operating Environment. We describe the various UNIX desktop user environment options, and summarize the different efforts underway to make all of the flavors and variants of UNIX accessible, including command-line accessibility as well as desktop accessibility. This session also serves as an introduction to the five following sessions in this room, which will discuss the aspects of UNIX accessibility in detail. Speakers: - Gregg Vanderheiden, TRACE Center, Madison, WI - Peter Korn, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA - J.P. Schnapper-Casteras, Palo Alto, CA - Rich Burridge, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA 9:20am-10:20am The Accessible GNOME 2 desktop: An Introduction ----------------------------------------------- GNOME 2.0 is a modern desktop environment for the Solaris Operating Environment, Linux, and other UNIX systems, and is open source and free software. In this session we will give a guided tour of GNOME and its integrated accessibility features. We will begin by demonstrating the general features and capabilities of this intuitive desktop, then focus on accessibility solutions such as AccessX, keyboard navigation, and theming support. We will also provide an overview of important new assistive technologies being developed for GNOME (two of which are discussed in more detail in the following two sessions) and how they relate to GNOME's built-in Accessibility Framework. Speakers: - Gary Little, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA - Peter Korn, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA 10:40am-11:40am Gnopernicus: Screen Reading & Magnification for GNOME ----------------------------------------------------- Gnopernicus is an open source screen reader and screen magnifier for the GNOME desktop, with full Braille support. In this session we will demonstrate the features and functionality of Gnopernicus, demonstrating how users who are blind, need Braille, or have low vision, can use a UNIX workstation for common desktop tasks. We will also discuss how to participate in the open source Gnopernicus project. Speaker: - Thomas Friehoff, BAUM Retec AG, Heidelberg Germany 12:00pm-1:00pm GOK: a full featured on-screen-keyboard for GNOME ------------------------------------------------- A detailed demonstration of the open source GNOME On-screen Keyboard (GOK)- desktop support for single switch, scanning, and customized displays will be shared. Illustration of dynamic keyboard functionality that tracks changes in the accessible application being used, and information on how to try GOK and take part in the open source effort will also be shared. Speaker: - Jutta Treviranus, Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, Toronto, Canada 2:00pm-3:00pm The GNOME Accessibility architecture in detail ---------------------------------------------- In this technical session, we will discuss the GNOME Accessibility architecture in detail. Specifically, we will look at the the ways in which accessibility support is built into the GNOME platform, how GTK+ (and Java) applications expose accessibility information, and the way that assistive technologies retrieve and use that information. Speakers: - Bill Haneman, Sun Microsystems, Dublin, Ireland - Marc Mulcahy, Sun Microsystems, Broomfield, CO 3:20pm-3:50pm Misc. topics in UNIX Accessibility: panel discussion ---------------------------------------------------- Additional and late-breaking topics in UNIX Accessibility, as well as a round-table panel discussion with the architects of GNOME and UNIX Accessibility. Speakers: - Bill Haneman, Sun Microsystems, Dublin, Ireland - Marc Mulcahy, Sun Microsystems, Broomfield, CO - Peter Korn, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA - Earl Johnson, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA - J.P. Schnapper-Casteras, Palo Alto, CA - Jutta Treviranus, Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, Toronto, Canada - Thomas Friehoff, BAUM Retec AG, Heidelberg Germany 4:10pm-5:10pm Topics in Java Accessibility ---------------------------- The latest accessibility news for the Java platform, including a demonstration of access to Java applications from ZoomText, and a presentation on FreeTTS, an open source text-to-speech engine now available for the Java platform. Speakers: - Peter Korn, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA - Lynn Monsanto, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA - Willie Walker, Sun Microsystems, Burlington, MA - Mark Nelson, Ai Squared, Manchester Center, VT
