Accessible World

Chess has been defined many ways but most will agree that it is not merely an idle
amusement but essentially in its essence it is a game, in its form an art, and in
its execution a science. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the
course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits,
ready on all occasions. the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during
the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older games
of Indian and Persian Origin dating back somewhere before 600 A.D.. Today, while

Did you know there is now a portable device that recognizes flat and solid objects
through the eyes of a digital camera! Did you know there is a hand-held device that
is a real computer with Windows XP and 60GB Hard Disk, slightly bigger than a palm,
able to recognize objects in less than ten seconds? Did you know a device exists
that can read books, magazines and newspapers of any size and complexity up to two
complete pages at a time, text on boxes, bottles, cans, and medicines , as well as
texts found on TVs and LCD displays? Whatever the camera frames, the device reads

Dean Martineau will discuss and demonstrate Windows Vista Speech Recognition, a powerful feature of this operating system that has received less promotion than it deserves. He will discuss who can best benefit from this feature, some thoughts on how this approach to speech recognition compares with Dragon Naturally Speaking, then provide a tutorial on its use, both with System Access as the screen reader and using the J-Vist package from T & T Consultancy.

This week's Tek Talk event will feature the version for Maestro and Trekker, a small
yet powerful, fully accessible and easy to use handheld device with many solutions
such as Calendar, Contacts, wireless Email, Web browser, Media Player, Daisy player,
Voice notes, Text notes and a File Explorer.
Trekker GPS features many popular and innovative application such as: Where am I
information, GPS status, creation and search of Points of interest, Route creation,
virtual Browsing offline, free mode navigation and many more.
Sam Adler, Market Development Manager for HumanWare.

During the upcoming Accessible World Tek Talk online event Larry Gassman and other
members of the Tek Talk planning committee will provide an overview of the products
and services displayed during the 23rd annual CSUN technology conference held March
10-15th 2008 in Los Angeles. A project of the California State University Northridge
Center on Disabilities, the conference is known as the longest-running and largest
annual university sponsored conference on technology and persons with disabilities
in the world.

Doug Geoffray, Co-Owner of GW Micro, will first demonstrate to the Accessible World Tek Talk audience
the many new features of 7.0. Then, he will devote the majority of the presentation
discussing and demonstrating the new and powerful scripting abilities. He will provide
a background of what scripting is, how it integrates into Window-Eyes and how it
will increase productivity for blind computer users.
Doug Geoffray
GW Micro Co-Owner, VP Product Development and Support
Email: doug@gwmicro.com
Web: http://www.gwmicro.com
Phone: 260-489-3671

During this Tek Talk online event, Innovative Rehabilitation Technology, Inc. (IRTI) of Grass Valley, California will provide two related presentations: eClipseWriter 4.0 Scanning to DAISY and how eClipseReader and writer work together to provide instant
remote access to accessible media.
Attendees will first learn how eClipseWriter Professional 4.0, now powered by Abby
FineReader 8, integrates document scanning and DAISY book and Personal use. Then,
eClipseWriter's new scanning, word processing and automated Save to DAISY features

Larry Lewis, President of Flying Blind LLC, will showcase the entire
line of wireless Braille displays manufactured by Baum Retek, a European-based manufacturer
with decades of experience developing products for persons who are vision impaired.
The virtual audience will be taken on a tour of the hardware of these displays and
will hear a demonstration of methods for efficiently using these displays to wirelessly
access a PC as well as Mobilespeak-equipped PDAs and Smartphones.
Additionally, Lewis will discuss how these displays have complimented his abilities

Rick Harmon, a recognized technology trainer, will discuss and demonstrate Callburner
and several other recording methods now available.
Contact Rick Harmon at his webpage and podcast feed at:
http://www.blind-geek-zone.net
or his web Blog at
http://blind-geek-zone.blogspot.com/
Email:
rickharmon@sbcglobal.net

A Unique "Up Close" Look Into HumanWare's Operations and Vision For Its
Future, Part 2, and An Update on VR Stream Version 1.2.
Those of you who joined us January 7 for the special Tech Talk featuring the
up close look at HumanWare with Gilles Pepin, CEO and Pierre Hamel Vice
President of Research and Development may remember that Pierre was unable to
complete his presentation due to Internet issues that disrupted the
Accessible World broadcast. Pierre has graciously accepted to repeat that
presentation for us February 18.