ATAC Meetings

We had a great ATAC meeting on January 17, 2012.

Please mark your calendars with our next scheduled meetings. We usually meet every other month on the third Tuesday.



· Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at the South Carolina State Library

· Tuesday, May 8 – location to be announced

· Tuesday, July 19 – location to be announced



If you’d like to be a member of ATAC, please email me at Janet.Jendron@uscmed.sc.edu with a copy to Mark Gamble at Mgamble@scvrd.state.sc.us



See more about our activities on the ATAC website and other resources on the SCATP Website.



Janet Jendron

ATAC – Web Accessibility Committee Chair

SC Assistive Technology Program

803 935 5273

South Carolina Assistive Technology Expo 2012!


Keep promoting our sessions to everyone in your network. The sessions of particular interest to IT professionals are:


Session 1: 9:30 10:30 AM
104 Hand-held devices help everyone, including people with disabilities!
Demonstration of apps and features of the Apple iOS mobile operating system (e.g. iPhone, iPad tablet) as well as the Android mobile operating system (e.g. Droid phone, Xoom Tablet) plus other hand-held devices that help people with visual and motor impairments. How these apps help with employment and independent living. Many apps discussed will help people without disabilities, e.g.,people who can't use their hands for access while driving with their respective devices. Jed Elmaleh, PT MPT, CAPS, MSCS and Clay Jeffcoat, SCSDB

Session 2: 11:30 12:30
204 Video Captioning for Accessibility and Usability
Differentiating between closed captioning and descriptive audio. Designing for readability. Addressing the needs of users with visual and cognitive impairments. Choosing fonts and colors. Free and reasonably priced tools to use in video captioning for the web and educational purposes. Challenges in posting videos on the web. This session is for everyone who uses video, not just web designers. Mark Gamble, Media Specialist, SCVRD

Session 3: 2:00 3:00 PM
304 Creating Accessible Word, PowerPoint and PDF Documents
Important basic principles that everyone should know about making these documents accessible and usable to people who use screen readers, have cognitive and mobility challenges. Topics include document structure, headings, lists, tables, Alt Text, captions and what happens when Word and PowerPoint documents are converted to tagged PDFs. Overview of some tools that can help repair PDF documents. This session is for everyone who works with these types of documents, not just people who design for the web. Natalie Denning, SC.GOV; Steve Cook, SCCB; Matthew Polkowsky, DHEC

303 Speech Recognition
In-depth comparison of the most widely used speech recognition programs (Microsoft Speech Recognition, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Via Voice, Speak Q, and Dragon Dictate Apps for use with the iPad/iPhone/iTouch). Crucial factors that enhance the use of these programs. Challenges that might be faced. Skills necessary to use speech recognition and how to get started. Val Gioia and Mark Daniels, SCDE AT Specialists.

To access the Center for Disability Resources Library and its materials, please click this link