The Accessible Devices event came into existence in June of 2002. When we realized that while the sighted community had easy access to virtually any product not all of them were accessible to us. When individual members of the Blind community found a product that was accessible, there was no means of sharing that information with others. The Accessible Devices event was an attempt to fill that need.
After seven years of holding our Accessible Devices event on Sunday afternoons we've decided it's time for a change. We've switched to using podcasts to deliver the information to you. There are two main reasons for this. We've encountered problems from time to time with presenters not being able to be available at the time of the event. This is often caused by the time zone issue. In addition many who wish to hear the information have found it hard to be there at that time also and have communicated this to us. The fact that the downloads of the presentations are far greater than the number of people present for the live event bears this out.
The Accessible Devices E-Mail list followed in July 2002 and served as a means of making the information developed in the event readily available to all.
By May of 2003 we were receiving so many requests for information sent out previously on the list that we created the Accessible Devices website.
through the website this information could be made readily available 24 Hours a Day.
Due to ongoing problems with both the subscription and bounce handling processes we've decided to move the list to a server on our own site. Following the move the list currently has 662 subscribers.
We appreciate you taking the time to read this,
Parker, Terry, Randy and Bill
To subscribe to the Accessible Devices list, click on the link below and send the blank message that pops up. As a list member you will receive 3 to 5 messages per week. Most of them pertaining to products and their accessibility. There will be an occasional message concerning information that we consider worth knowing.
When the confirmation message comes just follow the directions to complete the process.Updated on ... September 01, 2010