[Tektalkdiscussion] Accessible World presents the Accessible Adobe Reader, April 13

[Bob Acosta]

 Accessible World News Wire 

  

Pete Devasto of Adobe Systems to discuss the accessible Adobe Reader April 6th. 

  

Pete has been working at Adobe as a Quality Engineer for almost 5 years dealing with Accessibility of PDF documents and the use of Adobe Acrobat and Reader. In this tech talk, he'll explain exactly what PDF means, then will take you through the process of downloading and installing Adobe Reader, the free software Adobe provides for reading PDF documents.  When you start Adobe Reader for the first time after installation, Adobe Reader will discover if you have a screen reader like JAWS or Window-Eyes running, and it will start a special wizard that will help you customize the program to make it easier to use with your screen reader. Pete will walk you through the entire wizard and explain the effects each of the settings will have. Then, he'll talk about some of the reasons that some PDF documents are initially not able to be read by a screen reader, and talk about some of the tools Adobe provides in its Acrobat program to make PDF documents more accessible. Following the presentations, he'll open it up for any questions 

  

Date:  Monday, April 6th, 2009. 

  

Time:  5:00 p.m. Pacific, 6:00 p.m. Mountain, 7:00 p.m. Central, 

           8:00 p.m.Eastern and elsewhere in the world Tuesday 0:00 GMT 

  

Where:  The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at:




http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2 

  

Or, alternatively. 

  

Select The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at: http://www.accessibleworld.org. Enter your first and last names on the sign-in screen. 

  

All Tek Talk training events are recorded so if you are unable to participate live at the above times then you may download the presentation or podcast from the Tek Talk archives on our website at http://www.accessibleworld.org 

  

All online interactive programs require no password, are free of charge, and open to anyone worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, speakers, and a sound card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the presenters and others in the virtual audience or text chat with the attendees. 


If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online conferencing software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download and then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to the Accessible World online rooms. 

  

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Media Contacts: 

  

Robert Acosta, Chair 

Accessible World 

818-998-0044 

Email: boacosta at pacbell.net 

Web: http://www.helpinghands4theblind.org 

  

Joann Becker, Events Coordinator 

Accessible World 

617-969-1213 

Email: joannbecker at pcomcast.net 

  

George Buys, CEO 

Talking Communities 

Email: buys at talkingcommunities.com 

  

The Accessible World, a division of Helping Hands For The Blind, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general public, the disabled community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect them. 

 

 
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