[Athen] Google Reaching Out for Accessibility (EASI Podcast)

[Dick Banks]

Norm
I am getting an error when I click on the Google promo. It tells me
that I am forbiden from getting the file. Try it.

http://easi.cc/archive/g-promo.mp3

Dick

On 4/26/07, Prof Norm Coombs <norm.coombs at gmail.com> wrote:

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>  Google is actively reaching out to Internet users with disabilities and is

>  working to make all of their products more accessible to this

>  population.  In March, Google came to the giant international conference on

>  People with Disabilities and Technology produced by CSUN (California State

>  University Northridge).  Google had a booth and also gave a couple

>  presentations.

>

>  Next week, EASI's Podcast on conference presentations will provide the

>  audio of a CSUN Google presentation and on the Podcast site will have a

>  link to documents used in that presentation.  We are excited to bring this

>  to our EASI friends.

>

>  This link will take you to a two-minute excerpt from the Google

> presentation:

>  http://easi.cc/archive/g-promo.mp3

>

>  You can find the EASI Podcasts at

>  http://easi.cc/podcasts/

>

>  There are 3 different Podcast feeds there.  For this presentation select

>  the conference Podcast feed which will take you to the page where you can

>  subscribe.  It will be posted next Thursday or Friday.

>

>  EASI also is planning to host a live Webinar with Google folk in the next

>  month or two.  Watch for an announcement at:

>  http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

>

>  EASI, (Equal Access to Software and Information), is committed to using

>  Podcasts, Webinars, online courses and interactive Internet tools to help

>  institutions make their computer and information technology resources more

>  accessible to users with disabilities.

>

>  Norman Coombs

>  CEO EASI

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>  Google is actively reaching out to Internet users with disabilities and is

> working to make all of their products more accessible to this population.

> In March, Google came to the giant international conference on People with

> Disabilities and Technology produced by CSUN (California State University

> Northridge).  Google had a booth and also gave a couple presentations.

>

>  Next week, EASI's Podcast on conference presentations will provide the

> audio of a CSUN Google presentation and on the Podcast site will have a link

> to documents used in that presentation.  We are excited to bring this to our

> EASI friends.

>

>  This link will take you to a two-minute excerpt from the Google

> presentation:

>  http://easi.cc/archive/g-promo.mp3

>

>  You can find the EASI Podcasts at

>  http://easi.cc/podcasts/

>

>  There are 3 different Podcast feeds there.  For this presentation select

> the conference Podcast feed which will take you to the page where you can

> subscribe.  It will be posted next Thursday or Friday.

>

>  EASI also is planning to host a live Webinar with Google folk in the next

> month or two.  Watch for an announcement at:

>  http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

>

>  EASI, (Equal Access to Software and Information), is committed to using

> Podcasts, Webinars, online courses and interactive Internet tools to help

> institutions make their computer and information technology resources more

> accessible to users with disabilities.

>

>  Norman Coombs

>  CEO EASI

>

>

>

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Dick Banks
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