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IPhone Accessibility Experience Sharing Session When: 26 July 2014 (Saturday) 2 pm to 5 pm Where: National Association for the Blind, Sector-5, R.K. Puram, New Delhi -110022 Registration: Free of charge - Please contact NAB Helpline by phone 011 64556968 or email [email protected]. Last date to register is 21 July 2014. After the success of Workshops on Android Accessibility for the blind, NAB Delhi will be hosting series of sessions on iPhone accessibility. Apple products - iPhone, iPad, iPod are widely regarded to be very accessible and useful devices for the blind and low vision all over the world. In India also many visually impaired persons have started using these devices and many more are planning to purchase it. The objective of these sessions is to bring together experienced users of Apple devices to share their learnings with those who have either bought such a device recently or are seriously contemplating switching to this platform. We hope that the participants of this session will be able to make better use of their iOS devices for communication, entertainment and independent living. If you have been using the iOS devices for a long time and if you would like to share your experience then you are invited to this session. Please register yourself and indicate any specific topics or apps you would like to talk about. Those who have purchased iPhone or iPad recently or are seriously planning to buy one in the near future are also invited to the session. Please register early; we can accommodate only 25 entries. Some of the topics likely to be discussed are: 1. Optimal phone settings for accessibility 2. Alternative input methods: Voice recognition, third party apps, external keyboard 3. News reading apps 4. Book reading options 5. iPhone or iPad as a note taking alternative 6. Maximizing use of GPS and maps for mobility 7. Use of the camera for object identification and reading 8. Accessible games NAB Helpline will compile tutorials and reference material on iOS accessibility and it will be shared with the participants and the community through internet after the session. For more details, contact NAB Helpline @ 011-64556968, [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..
