[senit] from the conference at CSUN

These Mozilla Live CDs are proving extremely popular with visitors and

It is an easy CD to build on your own from the download sites, and it would 
be worth creating a download file on your own website providing direct 
linking. When you consider what you can do with these programs combined with 
Google tools (docs, notebook, gmail, calendar) - which could become your own 
school's full-powered, fully accessible email and study support system... 
well, there are some great opportunities. 

Ira Socol 

Steve Lee writes: 

> These Mozilla Live CDs are proving extremely popular with visitors and
> I sadly doubt that there will be any left for me to bring back to UK. 
> 
> To fill in a few details, Charles has created a CD of software that
> autoruns without any installation on Windows. Installers are provided
> for Mac and Linux. Apart from making it easy to try this software the
> CD can be used to access the web via a screen reader on any Windows PC
> which does not have a screen reader already installed. 
> 
> The spoken start menu allows launching of the following software and
> also contains tutorials and documentation on Mozilla's Open Source
> Accessibility and Assistive technology activities. 
> 
> * Firefox - the web browser with many accessibility features including
> high visibility themes
> * FireVox - the screen reader add-on to Firefox giving access to both
> browser and the web.
> * CLiCk, Speak - the add-on that speaks and highlights the web under
> user direction
> * NVDA - the open source windows screen reader. 
> 
> FireVox includes support for the very latest W3C standard that enables
> screen readers to work more effectively with the proliferating Web 2.0
> and Ajax websites (like gmail). A demonstration is included on the CD. 
> 
> We've had at least one visitor delighted that there is no charge for
> this quality software. 
> 
> NVDA is also proving popular and the author Mick Curran is in much
> demand. Mick uses it himself so NVDA can claim to be the screen reader
> used to develop itself. 
> 
> For more information and downloads see these sites. 
> 
> www.accessfirefox.com
> www.firevox.clcworld.net
> www.clickspeak.clcworld.net
> www.nvda-project.org/ 
> 
> Enjoy 
> 
> -- 
> Steve Lee
> www.fullmeasure.co.uk
> www.oatsoft.org
> www.schoolforge.org.uk 
> 
> 
> On 3/23/07, Richard Walter <richardwalter at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> Ira David Socol wrote:
>> > Once again, I'll update you as I can from the CSUN International
>> > Conference on  Technology and Persons with Disabilities at
>> > http://speedchange.blogspot.com/
>> > I hope some find it useful.
>> > Ira Socol
>> > Special Education Technology Scholar
>> > CEPSE
>> > College of Education
>> > Michigan State University
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> There are some interesting things on
>> the conference report. 
>> 
>> The new speech add on to Firefox to
>> replace the old one which didn't
>> work on the newer version looks good. 
>> 
>> http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2007/03/csun-2007click-speak.html 
>> 
>> and there are some thoughtful
>> discussions on the nature of
>> literacy and the role of assistive
>> technology 
>> 
>> Richard Walter 
>> 
>> 
>  
> 

Ira Socol
Special Education Technology Scholar
CEPSE
College of Education
Michigan State University 