Forwarded as it's of interest to GNOME hackers in Perth. -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Harry <harrymc decisions-and-designs com au> To: ucc ucc gu uwa edu au Subject: [ucc] Providing access to technology for people with disabilities Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:46:02 +0800 UCCers I've contacted Iain Murray who is giving a talk at IEAust about his work in this area. See: http://bauhaus.ece.curtin.edu.au/~ieee/activities/seminars.html See the entry at the top for Wed 11 Aug 2004 5.30 pm Iain explained that they are using GPL for their R & D work and will be speaking about hardware they have developed. Iain spoke a few years ago about web access for vision impaired people using (then) M$ and costly proprietary s/w. His move to GPL means access to assistive technologies without financial barriers. This talk would be of particular interest to comp sci and engineering students who need to consider project proposals for final year and masters projects. Projects of this type can provide a well rounded exposure to mechatronics and software development. His last talk was also interesting because the HCI requirements for his work gives a new perspective on GUI development. So GUI hackers might be interested in attending to see what he is doing. The talks are open to the public and the Joint Electrical Technical Program committee provide sandwiches, beer and a chance for a chin wag afterwards too ;-) Harry -- http://davyd.ucc.asn.au/ PGP Fingerprint <http://davyd.ucc.asn.au/pgp> 08B0 341A 0B9B 08BB 2118 C060 2EDD BB4F 5191 6CDA
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