CSUN 2009 Plans

Following are notes and plans for the  Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (a.k.a. CSUN) 2009. The core developers, Mick and Jamie, will both be attending this event. This is partially sponsored by the  Mozilla Foundation, as well as by the recent grant from  Microsoft Corporation.

We will be at the Mozilla exhibition booth from time to time, so feel free to drop by and chat.

If you'd like to arrange a meeting, please let us know.

Presentations

NVDA Presentation

We will be running a presentation on NVDA this year for the first time! Details are as follows:

  • Session ID: BLV-1060
  • Title: NVDA: A Free, Open Source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows
  • Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
  • Start time: 9:20 AM
  • End time: 10:20 AM
  • Location: Marriott - Scottsdale

Hope to see you there!

Microsoft: Windows 7 and Open Accessibility

Thanks to the recent grant from Microsoft, we have recently begun working on implementing support for UI Automation in NVDA. We will feature in this presentation, providing thoughts on UI Automation from the perspective of an AT developer.

  • Session ID: OTH-3029
  • Title: Microsoft Windows 7 and Open Accessibility
  • Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
  • Start time: 1:50 PM
  • End time: 2:50 PM
  • Location: Marriott - Miami

Dueling Scripting

We will feature in this event, discussing scripting in NVDA.

  • Session ID: BLV-2082
  • Title: Dueling Scripting
  • Date: Friday, March 20, 2009
  • Start time: 10:40 AM
  • End time: 11:40 AM
  • Location: Marriott - Chicago

Rough Schedule

DateTimeEvent
Tue 17Mar9AMArrival
Wed 18Mar9AM-10:40AMBLV-1060: NVDA: A Free, Open Source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows
Wed 18Mar10:40AMMeeting
Wed 18Mar1:30PM-3PMOTH-3029: Microsoft Windows 7 and Open Accessibility
Thu 19Mar8AMAIA meeting
Thu 19Mar6PMMeeting with NVDA Japanese team
Fri 20Mar10:20AM-11:50AMBLV-2082: Dueling Scripting
Sat 21Mar6PMDeparture