Northeast Georgia Talking Book Center: Low Vision Webinar ...

This annoucement is from the American Foundation?for the Blind about their upcoming webinar:

AFB American Foundation for the Blind?
Expanding possibilities for people with vision loss

On August 29th at 2 p.m. EDT, Ike Presley, CLVT, will present the third webinar in the Low Vision Technology Series titled, Computer/Screen Magnification Technologies: Hardware and Software.

Accessing computers and other electronic devices can be difficult for people with low vision. In addition to hardware options such as larger monitors, monitor extension arms, and Fresnel lens magnifiers, there is a wide variety of software options available to assist in this area. Topics covered include:

Display property adjustments to operating system and application software

Accessibility features of operating system

Cursor enhancement software

Screen magnification software such as freeware/shareware, low cost and mid-priced magnifiers, full-featured magnifiers

This webinar may be purchased through the AFB bookstore for $25 or as part of the series (3 webinars for $65). Each webinar offers 1 CEU from ACVREP and CRCC and will be available online in our AFB webinar archives.

If you are unable to join us on August 29th, don?t worry. The webinar will be recorded and archived so that you can listen at a later date and still receive your CEUs. An email alert will be sent when the webinar is archived.

Don?t delay. Visit the AFB bookstore today.

Here is information on the final webinar in our low vision technology series:

Webinar 4 ? September 27, 2012, 60 min

Other Useful Technologies for People with Low Vision

Many people with low vision find some auditory and some tactile tools useful for certain tasks. Topics covered include:

E-book readers ? auditory/visual

Cell phones ? auditory/visual

Tablets

GPS ? auditory/visual

Calculators/dictionaries - auditory/visual

Source: http://negatalkingbooks.blogspot.com/2012/08/low-vision-webinar-august-29.html

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