Making Math Accessible

American Council of the Blind Annual Convention, July 5-12, 2008

I'll be participating in a panel session at the American Council of the Blind Annual Convention, July 5-12 at the Galt House Hotel & Suites in Louisville, Kentucky. The American Council of the Blind is one of the nation's leading membership organizations of blind and visually impaired people. The panel session, Books Unbound: How Technology is Writing a New Chapter on Accessible Textbooks, will also include presenters from the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Center, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Bookshare.org and the National Braille Press. During my segment, I'll be giving folks an overview of the latest news on math support in assistive technology products and how the provision of MathML within electronic textbook files is going to make fully accessible math textbooks a reality for people with visual impairments, with support for both math-to-speech and math-to-braille access. If you're going to be in Louisville for ACB, be sure to come to this session and say hello. For details on the time and location of this session, as well as information on other conferences where we will be speaking or exhibiting, see our Events Schedule.

Kentucky AHEAD Conference, May 20-21, 2008

I will be giving a presentation during the 2008 conference of the Kentucky Association on Higher Education and Disability, which is being held May 20-21 in Carrollton, Kentucky. The KY-AHEAD conference theme this year is Re-Tooling the Disability Services Toolbox. My session is entitled Technology for Accessible Math, and is scheduled for May 21 at 10:30 AM. I'll be talking about the expanding toolbox of assistive technology products that support accessible math, as well as the new functionality we are developing for MathPlayer, such as customized math speech and Nemeth braille output. For information on this and other conferences where we will be speaking or exhibiting, see our Events Schedule.

Multiple Perspectives Conference, Columbus Ohio, April 22-23, 2008

I will be presenting a talk during the Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, and Disability 2008 Conference: Looking Back & Thinking Ahead at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. This will be the eighth year the university has held this conference, which focuses on various aspects of disability inclusion and accessibility in education. My session is entitled Accessible Math Technology: A Status Update, and will be held on April 23 at 10:30 AM. During my presentation, I'll be talking about the assistive technology products which support accessible math, as well as work to enhance math access in MathPlayer such as customized math speech and Nemeth braille support. For information on this and other conferences where we will be speaking or exhibiting, see our Events Schedule.

CSUN Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, Los Angeles CA, Mar 12-15, 2008

We will be exhibiting at the CSUN Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles CA. Stop by booth 330 and see the accessibility features of MathPlayer and MathType. Since this is the first CSUN conference since math was made an official part of DAISY, we expect a lot of interest in math accessibility. Neil Soiffer and Steve Noble will also be speaking in four different sessions during the conference. For a detailed listing of these sessions, and for information on other conferences where we will be speaking or exhibiting, see our Events Schedule.

LDA International Conference, Chicago IL, Feb 27-Mar 1, 2008

I will be participating in a panel session at the Learning Disabilities Association Annual International Conference at the Hilton Chicago Hotel in Chicago, IL. LDA is the largest non-profit volunteer organization advocating for individuals with learning disabilities in the nation, and will be celebrating its 45th anniversary at the conference. The panel session is entitled NIMAS and IDEA 2004: Student Success Through Accessible Instructional Materials, and will be held on February 27 at 8:30 AM. For information on this and other conferences where we will be speaking or exhibiting, see our Events Schedule.