[wac] Window-Eyes demonstration rescheduled (February 22)

[Ken Petri]

We have been able to reschedule the GW Micro's Window-Eyes screen
reader demonstration.

Jeremy Curry, Training Specialist from GW Micro, will be showcasing
the new capabilities of the Window-Eyes screen reader:

Where: ATTC Conference Room, 102 Pomerene Hall.
When: 2 PM, Thursday, February 22.

Window-Eyes is the primary competition to JAWS in the United States.
It is the first screen reader to fully support the Firefox web browser
and has one of the strongest implementations of the emerging
Accessible Rich Internet Application (ARIA) W3C specification for
dynamic web applications.

Jeremy, who is legally blind, will be demonstrating improvements that
are part of Window-Eyes 6.1 beta. Specifically, he will demonstrate
Window-Eyes integration with Microsoft's new Vista operating system
and Microsoft Office 2007. He will also show Window-Eyes operating
with Internet Explorer and Firefox and will be demonstrating use of
the screen reader on dynamic web content, similar to what will be
emerging as part of the next-generation, "Web 2.0" web applications
taking advantage of the W3C ARIA specification.

For more information on Window-Eyes and to download, see:

http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/

The program will run perpetually in 30-minute periods, requiring a
reboot between sessions--not enough for real work but adequate for
testing and getting a feel for the application.

If you have any questions about this event, please write me. Note that
seating may be limited as the conference room can hold only 20 people.

Warm Regards,
ken
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  Ken Petri
  Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center
  102 Pomerene Hall
  1760 Neil Avenue
  Columbus, Ohio  43210
  (614) 292-1760
  mailto:petri.1 at osu.edu
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