From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66B692F9A2 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:33:39 -0500 (EST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id eAEFXdP02910 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:33:39 -0500 Received: from sun8.loc.gov (sun8.loc.gov [140.147.249.48]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id eAEFXdD02903 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:33:39 -0500 Received: from lras (lras.loc.gov [140.147.40.26]) by sun8.loc.gov (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA24086 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:33:38 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20001114103545.008d2760@sun8.LOC.GOV> X-Sender: LRAS@sun8.LOC.GOV X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:35:45 -0500 To: blinux-list@redhat.com From: "Lloyd G. Rasmussen" Subject: [Fwd: GNOME Accessibility Summit videos & transcripts available] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion I don't think this message got here, and it may be of interest to some Blinuxers. >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win95; U) >X-Accept-Language: en >Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 10:51:02 -0500 >Reply-To: David Poehlman >Sender: Computer Use by and for the Blind >From: David Poehlman >Organization: Hands-On Technolog(eye)s >Subject: [Fwd: GNOME Accessibility Summit videos & transcripts available] >Comments: To: GUISPEAK List , > "access-l@icomm.ca" >To: BLIND-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: GNOME Accessibility Summit videos & transcripts available >Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 17:50:42 -0800 >From: Peter Korn >Reply-To: Java Accessibility interest mailing >list >Organization: Sun Microsystems >To: JAVA-ACCESS@JAVA.SUN.COM > >Greetings, > >Last month Sun Microsystems held a public meeting to discuss and plan >strategies for building support for accessibility into the GNOME user >environment. The meeting was well attended, with many attendees dialing >in >via telephone. Corporate representation included Compaq, HP, and IBM in >addition to Sun Microsystems. After an introduction and background >portion >covering GNOME, the GNOME Foundation, and the GNOME Accessibility fund, >we >discussed in detail strategies for making the GNOME user environment >accessible. Complete video footage and full text transcripts of this >meeting >are now available courtesy of AbleTV.net, who filmed the meeting. > >The GNOME Accessibility Summit slides are available in HTML format at: > > http://www.sun.com/access/gnome/summit/ > >Video footage of the GNOME Accessibility Summit in RealPlayer format is >at: > > http://www.abletv.net/events_gnome_101900.asp > >A complete text transcript of the GNOME Accessibility Summit is at: > > http://www.abletv.net/events_gnome_101900_transcript.asp > >As always, the Sun GNOME Accessibility web site will contain pointers to >the >latest information from Sun on the topic, found at: > > http://www.sun.com/access/gnome/ > > >In other news, results are in for the initial election of the board of >directors of the GNOME Foundation. For details, see the announcement >at: > > http://news.gnome.org/gnome-news/973804463/ > >More information about the GNOME Foundation and its charter can be found >at: > > http://foundation.gnome.org/ > > > >On behalf of the Sun Microsystems, > >Peter Korn >Sun Microsystems Accessibility team >access@sun.com >http://www.sun.com/access > >=========================================================================== >To unsubscribe, send email to listserv@java.sun.com and include in the >body >of the message "signoff JAVA-ACCESS". For general help, send email to >listserv@java.sun.com and include in the body of the message "help". > Braille is the digital divide. Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer National Library Service f/t Blind and Physically Handicapped Library of Congress (202) 707-0535 HOME: