Greetings from NAB Helpline WORKSHOP ON ANDROID ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE BLIND
Date: Friday, 13 June 2014 from 10 am to 1 pm. The Assistive Technology helpline of the National Association for the Blind Delhi will conduct another WORKSHOP ON Android Accessibility on Friday, 13 June 2014 from 10 am to 1 pm. Visually impaired persons over the age of 18 years who have either purchased Android mobile phones and tablets recently or are seriously planning to switch to the Android platform are invited to attend. Please bring your Android mobile phone or tablet if you already have one. Note that this workshop is targeted at beginners and it will focus on the basics of Android accessibility. People who are already using Android and have advanced queries may contact the NAB Helpline for answers instead of attending this workshop. Please register for this workshop before 10 June 2014 with the NAB Helpline by email or phone. There is no fee for participating in this workshop. No accommodation or reimbursement of travel expenses will be provided by NAB Delhi for this workshop. Please hurry, only a small number can be accommodated in this event. This workshop will consist of demonstration and hands-on experience on the following topics. 1. Basics of touch screen accessibility for the visually impaired 2. Enabling accessibility features in Android devices 3. Overview of Talkback screen reader and gestures 4. Accessible apps for various tasks like email, web browsing, news, book reading etc. Tutorials and podcasts are being prepared on this subject and they will be shared with the participants. Please bring your USB drives to copy the material. This workshop will be facilitated by Mr. Prashant Ranjan Verma, Mr. Rakesh Negi and Mr. Rajneesh Gosain. To register and for more information please contact: Assistive Technology Helpline National Association for the Blind Sector-5, R.K. Puram, New Delhi - 110022 Phone: 011 64556968 Email: <https://mail.google.com/mail/h/4sbgaed4t29m/?&v=b&cs=wh&to=helpline@nabdelh i.in> [email protected] Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
