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Universal Usability Tech Open House

Where: Digital Union, Room 370 Science and Engineering Library, 3rd Floor
When: Monday, November 20, 1-5 pm

Want to learn about leading edge technologies for universal access? Stop by OSU’s Digital Union for our first Universal Usability Tech Open House, featuring stations where you can play with the latest in accessibility technologies from Apple, Freedom Scientific, HumanWare and Kurzweil. Chat with vendors and check out interactive demos of Trekker GPS, Dragon, ZoomText, JAWS, WYNN and Apple’s new VoiceOver and Zoom technologies.

The Universal Usability Open House is brought to you by OSU's Office for Disability Services, the Disability Studies Program, the ADA Coordinator's Office, the Web Accessibility Center, TELR and the Digital Union, with the support of Universal Low Vision Aids. For more info, visit digitalunion.osu.edu/usability or call (614) 247-6457.

For questions about access or to request accommodation, contact ada-osu@osu.edu or call (614) 292-6207.

Formal Demos

1:30pm: Dragon (Marc Solomon)
2:00pm: Apple - VoiceOver, Zoom, Speakable Items (Matt Feeman).
2:30pm: WYNN (Kirk Gibbs)
3:00pm: JAWS and PAC Mate (Eric Duffy)
3:30pm: KNFB Reader (Irwin Hott)
4:00pm: Trekker GPS, BrailleNote, IVEO (Marc Solomon)

Presenters

  • Irwin Hott, Newsreel Magazine Editor and KNFB Reader Beta-Tester
  • Eric Duffy, Ohio NFB Field Director
  • Mark Carson, Regional Sales Manager for HumanWare blindness products
  • Kirk Gibbs, Easter Regional Sales Manager for FreedomScientific Learning Systems Group
  • Marc Solomon, Technical Support Consultant, Universal Low Vision Aids
  • Matt Feeman, Apple Account Executive

Directions to OSU's Digital Union

To OSU (http://www.osu.edu/visitors/directions.php)
From the north
  1. Take any major highway to I-270.
  2. Take I-270 to SR 315 south.
  3. From SR 315 south, exit at Lane Ave.
  4. Turn left.
From the south
  1. Take any major highway to I-71 north.
  2. Take I-71 north to SR 315 north.
  3. Exit at Lane Ave.
  4. Turn right.
From the west
  1. Take any major highway to I-70 east.
  2. Take I-70 east to SR 315 north.
  3. Exit at Lane Avenue.
  4. Turn right.
From the east
  1. Take any major highway to I-70 west.
  2. Take I-70 west to SR 315 north.
  3. Exit at Lane Avenue.
  4. Turn right.
To Tuttle Park Garage
  1. Take Lane Avenue east to Tuttle Park, turn right.
  2. Take Tuttle Park through two lights, look for Parking Garage on left.
To Digital Union
  1. Exit from back of Tuttle Park Garage.
  2. Ask someone to point you towards 18th St.
  3. Continue on 18th past two math buildings. Science and Engineering Library is next building on your right.
  4. Digital Union is on the third floor directly across from elevators

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  • Phone: (614)292-2793
  • Address: Room 370, 175 W 18th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210
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