[vicsireland] FW: [IrelandVIPNews] VICS Information Day and Annual General Meeting 2013
- From: "Tim Culhane" <tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:19:56 +0100
Hi,
Some involved in the committee might find the below comments and ideas
interesting.
Tim
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On Behalf Of Darragh Ó Héiligh
Sent: 11 June 2013 13:01
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Subject: Re: [IrelandVIPNews] VICS Information Day and Annual General Meeting
2013
Sorry for replying on this list but I'm not a member of Vics so I don't have
access to that mailing list.
Just a thought but would Vics consider joining forces with BCAB or other
similar organizations? I haven't heard much from them in a very long time. To
me Vics doesn't seem to be very promenant any more.
There are probably hundreds of organizations around the world each lobbying for
better accessibility. IAVIT, the international association of Visually
Impaired Technologists is a good example of a group that would love to join
forces with Vics to create a louder voice. They have a good structure but they
are suffering from a lack of interest.
The state of access to technology is improving for some but it's rapidly
deteriating for others. Unless more groups get together and loby companies
like Microsoft and Google they will continue to release accessibility
functionality in half measures.
I have had some great success with Microsoft recently. They have made huge
improvements to the accessibility of two of their system administration
applications. It didn't take much work once I found the right person to talk
to. Likewise within FreedomScientific. You would be surprised at the internal
politics that I've heard of in the past few weeks. I've been told that only
one person in there is actually pushing for support to business applications.
This is because the company have completely lost touch with their user base.
Not through a major fault with the company. It's mainly because the users of
jaws don't provide enough organized feedback.
The common theme that I've found from talking to companies about a lack of
accessibility is very limited feedback from the users of assistive
technologies. Complaining on Email lists, Facebook or Twitter isn't enough.
We all need to make an effert to find the responsible people and get talking to
them directly. Having a large lobbying group might make this easier.
Darragh
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Subject: [IrelandVIPNews] VICS Information Day and Annual General Meeting 2013
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Dear All,
We are delighted to announce full details of this year's VICS Information day
and Annual General Meeting, which is being hosted this coming Saturday by NCBI,
at our Rehabilitation Training centre at our main campus, on Whitworth Road.
Lunch is available at a cost of €3.50 per person, and we need to confirm
numbers with our caterers by Thursday at the latest.
If you intend to come along on Saturday, I would appreciate it if you could get
in touch with me directly by 11:00 am on Thursday, either by email to
stuart.lawler@xxxxxxx or by telephone on 087 9926360.
The schedule for the day follows.
VICS Information Day and Annual general Meeting
Saturday 15th June 2013
Location: NCBI Rehabilitation Training Centre, Whitworth Road, Drumcondra,
Dublin 9
Contact: Stuart Lawler (087 9926360)
Agenda
10:30 am: Registration
11:00 am: Welcome: Ciaran Ferry (VICS) & Stuart Lawler (NCBI)
11:10 am: Reading Kindle books on your iOS device (Ciaran Ferry).
11:30 am: Introducing Climot, what's it all about? (Rob Lane: CTO, Climot).
11:50 am: Magnification in iOS and Android (Guss Dorrington)
12:10 pm: tVonics Accessible Set top Box (Stuart Lawler)
12:30 pm: Accessible iOS games (Kerie Doyle).
12:50 pm: Questions and Answers (chaired by Stuart Lawler NCBI)
01:15 pm: Lunch and time for one-to-one demonstrations
2:30 pm: VICS Annual General Meeting
4:00 pm: Close of event and final comments (Ciaran Ferry and Stuart Lawler).
Kind regards, and we look forward to seeing as many of you on the day as
possible.
Stuart Lawler
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