The Great Big List from the 2012 CSUN International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference

Here’s the thing- 2012 California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Center on Disabilities Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference is a really big deal. It is a gathering of people and ideas unlike any other in the world.

As a follow up to the 2011 Great Big List, below is a collection of people, ideas, presentation and other resources from the 2012 conference. If you see anything I’ve missed or that should be corrected please send me a note at @mactoph or mactoph@gmail.com. Thanks!

Round Ups

• 5 Good News Stories from CSUN 2012
• CSUN12 Favorites by Dennis E. Lembrée.
• A Busy Week at CSUN 2012 by Lee Huffman.
• CSUN 2012 International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference Video by Yahoo! Accessibility
• CSUN 2012 Recap by John Foliot
• CSUN 2012 Conference by Hubert Figuière
• CSUN Quick Review by Dennis E. Lembrée.
• CSUN12: The ultimate user experience by Laura Legendary.
• Final Thoughts from CSUN by Lakeside Center for Autism.
• The Tribe Wants You by Karl Groves.
• #csun12 Twitter statistics and content analysis by @maccymacx by Makayla Lewis.

Conference Presentations

• A Web Standards & UD Approach for Access (PowerPoint slides) by Howard Kramer
• Accessibility & Software Development Lifecycle by Preety Kumar.
• Accessibility is the New Black (blog post) by Wendy Chisolm and Elle Waters
• Accessibility of HTML5 and Rich Internet Applications – CSUN 2012 Workshop Material (online slides) from Hans Hillen and Steve Faulkner. Part 1 available on Slideshare
• Accessible Android PDA: Technical Challenges (website) by Keith Creasy.
• Accessible E-Learning at German Universities (online presentation) by Björn Fisseler
• aOSN-cp Model to Assist Social Media Change (blog post) by Makayla Lewis
• ARIA Widgets by Todd Kloots.
• ASurvey: An End-to-End Accessible Survey Tool (Slideshare slides) by Chris Gaulin, Jennison Asuncion and Michael Sanford.
• BS8878 Web Accessibility Code of Practice (Slideshare slides) by Léonie Watson.
• Captioning Strategy & the Accessible DQPlayer (PowerPoint) by Glenda Sims and Donald Evans.
• Case-studies of Implementing BS8878 (Blog and Slideshare) by Jonathan Hassell. Also see Building accessibility strategy into the culture of an organization: find out more about BS 8878 at CSUN 2012 (blog post).
• Creating an Accessible Web Dropdown Menu (demo page) by Terrill Thompson
• Crowdsourcing the Web Accessibility Problem (PowerPoint slides) by Sina Bahram
• CSUN Opening Keynote with Sandy Plotin, Mike Paciello, Geri Jewell, and Sheryl Burgstahler
• Department of Labor and Accessible Workplace Technology video with captions by Kathleen Martinez
• Developing an Accessible App for Android (website) by Keith Creasy.
• DVX: The Descriptive Video Exchange Preview (blog post) by Joshua Miele.
• Does accessibility have to be perfect? (blog post) from Lisa Herrod, Sarah Lewthwaite, Kath Moonan, Henny Swan and Léonie Watson.
  • Should Accessibility be Perfect – (session notes) by Joe Doelson
• Eating the Elephant by Elle Waters and Wes Dillon.
• http://danson.misericordia.edu/Workshops/Workshops.php”>EqTDs: Make Alternative Text More Functional (HTML) by Denis Anson.
• Getting the Most out of Your Accessibility Expert (Slideshare slides) by Olivier Nourry.
• Harmonizing WCAG Conformity Assessment Method by Denis Boulay and Jean-Pierre Villain.
• How to Build an Enterprise A11Y Process video with captions by Joshua Brickman and Charlie Pike.
• HTML5 & WAI-ARIA Forms-jQuery Validation (Powerpoint slides) by Paul J. Adam
• iLearn: Using the iPad for Children with ASD (blog and Prezi presentation) by Vina Sargent, Mari Therrien, and Michelle Therrien.
• HTML 5 Accessibility video with captions or Slideshare slides by Richard Schwerdtfeger, Marco Zehe and Steve Faulkner.
• iAccessibility: Mobile Freedom for All (online slides) by Paul J. Adam
• Institutionalization of Accessibility (blog post) by Pooja Nahata
• Law is a Key to Web Access by Lainey Feingold
• M-Enabling: New Paradigm & Persons With Disabilitiess (Powerpoint slides) by Susan Mazrui, Axel Leblois, Francesca Cesa Bianchi, Mike May, and Steve Jacobs.
• Making the Mobile Web Accessible (Slideshare slides) by Henny Swan.
• Media Accessibility: International Standards (Keynote Slides) by David Errington and Robert Pearson.
  • A new standard proposed for accessible media at CSUN 2012 (blog post) from Laura Legendary.
• Multiple Perspectives on Interaction Design for Older People (blog post) by Sarah Lewthwaite
• Overview of Assistive Technology by Kelly Fonner and Scott Marfilius
  • AT Resources (PDF)
  • Assessment Tools Chart (PDF)
  • Feature Match Charts (PDF)
  • The Price is Right Websites and Freeware (PDF)
• Panel Discussion on Accessibility of U.S. Transportation System video with captions by Richard Devylder, Gary Talbot and Blane Workie.
• PAVIP, the Public Transportation Solution (PDF) by Stephan Knecht
• PDF: Accessibility and SEO (Slideshare slides) by Vincent François.
• Peer to Peer Accessibility in Social Networks (blog post) by Sarah Lewthwaite
• Prioritizing Remediation-Accessibility Issues (Powerpoint slides) by Karl Groves.
• Reading Books on an iPhone (PDF Slides) by Jule Ann Lieberman.
• Reliability: ADA-CAT Assessments & Compliance (HTML, Keynote and PowerPoint slides) by Denis Anson.
• Social Media Accessibility: Where Are We? (Slideshare slides) by Vincent François and Denis Boudreau.
• Support an Accessible Social Media Campaign by Dylan Barrell.
• Technology and Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities Panel video with captions by Richard Devylder, June Kailes and Marcie Roth.
• The Trinity of Inclusive Web Development (Slideshare slides) by Denis Boudreau.
• The U.S. Access Board – Public Hearing video with captions by Tim Creagan.
• The Yahoo Social Accessibility Lab (Slideshare slides) by Nate Ebrahimoon.
• Usability Testing for People w/Disabilities Video with captions or Slideshare slides by Kathleen Wahlbin and Mary Utt.
• Wave 5 Showcase (online slides) by Diogenes Hernandez, Tom Galloway and Jared Smith.
  • Wave Version 5 Beta
• WCAG 2.0-How Will Compliance Testing Change? by Barry Johnson.
• Web Accessibility: the Role of the Law (blog post and Slideshare slides) by Lainey Feingold and Linda Dardarian
• What’s New in ZoomText 10 (YouTube video).
• Windows 8 and Window-Eyes: The Next Frontier Podcast (mp3) by Jeremy Curry.
• Yesterday’s Future by Kel Smith and Lisa Domican
  • A Preview of Yesterday’s Future: How the Technology of Tomorrow is Benefitting Today’s Digital Outcasts (blog post) from Kel Smith
  • A word with CSUN 2012 presenter and author Kel Smith (blog post) from Laura Legendary
• YouTube: Captions for 21st Century & Beyond (blog post) by Ken Harrenstien.
• ZoomText, Dragon, High Contrast, and Web Design (online slides) by Jonathan Whiting

Photos

• CSUN Tweetup Photo Booth
• CSUN pictures shared on Twitter.
• CSUN12 Flickr set (with photo descriptions) by Dennis E. Lembrée
• CSUN 2012 Flickr set (with photo descriptions) by Ted Drake
• CSUN 2012 Flickr set (with photo descriptions) by Cindy Li

Blog and News Coverage

• Designed for the Disabled by Mike Freeman.
• Google and Accessibility. What’s the plan? by Joe Dolson.
• How we could build a Body of Knowledge for Web Accessibility by Olivier Nourry.
• Thoughts From Day One of CSUN by Lakeside Center for Autism.
• The 27th Annual Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference from the Accessible Insights Blog
• We need to have a talk with marketing by Joe Dolson.
• Jennison Asuncion talks about the CSUN Conferences.

Video Interviews

• Interview with Tim Kreagan, Senior Accessibility Specialist, United States Access Board
• Interview with Steve Faulkner, EU technical Director, Paciello Group
• Interview with Laney Feingold & Linda Dardarion, Law office of Laney Feingold & Attorney
• Interview with Geri Jewell, Actress, Comedian, Author
• Interview with Wes Johnson, President of Accessible San Diego
• Interview with Brian Landrigan, Director of Sales and Marketing, The Paciello Group
• Interview with Scott Moore, VP of Marketing, AI Squared
• Interview with Harry Murphy, Founder of the CSUN conference
• Interview with Dr. George Kerscher, Daisy Association and his dog Mikey
• Interview with Whitney Quesenberry, Whitney interactive Designs, LLC
• Interview with Alex Leblois, Executive Director, The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICT’s
• INterview with Sandy Plotin, Managing Director, Center on Disabilities
• Interview with Klaus Miesenberger, Vice Head of Institute, Institute Integriert Studieren
• Interview with Richard Tapping, Vice President, North American Sales, Freedom Scientific
• Interview with Clayton Lewis, Scientist in Residence, Coleman Institute & Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado
• Interview with Rich Schwerdtfeger, SWG Accessibility Strategy, Accessibility Architecture, IBM Emerging technologies

Podcasts

• @AccessTalk Podcast 5: a look back at the recent CSUN Conference
• CSUN Audio from Blind Access Journal
  • Allison Sheridan – A Sighted Geek’s Adventure in Computers and Accessibility
  • Freedom Scientific Focus 14 Blue Braille Display
  • Kevin Chao on Moving Accessibility Forward
  • Milestone 312 Accessible MP3 Player from Bones, Inc.
  • Nancy Miracle – Digit-Eyes Bar Code Scanner for iOS
  • Perkins Products Mini Braille Display
  • ScripTalk Accessible Prescription Labels from En-Vision America
• CSUN12 Audio from BlindBargains
  • A 49-minute Demo of the BraillePlus Second Generation
  • A Demo of the LookTel Object Recognizer
  • A Folding Desktop Magnifier from Baum
  • A Recap of ZoomText 10 and the iLoView Video Magnifier
  • A Unique iOS Bluetooth Keypad from Mobience
  • A Windows 7 Braille Laptop
  • Ambutech’s Premium Canes
  • AbiSee Refreshes Eye-Pal Line
  • Captioning Radio Programs with Braille for the Deaf-blind
  • Controlling a Traffic Light from your Phone
  • DocumentAccessibility.com Helping with Section 508 Compliance
  • Dolphin is No Longer the Hal Company
  • Equal Access to Textbooks with STEPP
  • HumanWare Talks Braille Displays, mPower PDF Support, and a new SmartView
  • Introducing A Desktop BookPort from BlindBargains
  • Knowbility Offering Cash for Website Testing
  • LookTel Recognizer for iOS
  • Need help Getting the Accommodations you Need at Work? Ask Jan.
  • Optelec’s Latest HD Magnifier
  • Read the Web Later, or Better with Capti
  • Remote Braille Learning with BERT
  • The Latest Perkins Braille Display and Next Generation Brailler Take 2
  • The Latest with Duxbury for Windows, and Duxbury for the Mac?
  • This Ain’t your Grandma’s Blio
• Highlights from CSUN 2012 part 1 and Highlights from CSUN 2012 part 2 (Show notes from part 1 and show notes from part 2 from ViewPoints
• Tech Access Weekly: CSUN & the iPad
• Women of CSUN12 from WebAxe (Women of CSUN 2012 Transcript)

Events and Meetups (Formal and Otherwise)

• CSUN Tweetup Thursday, March 1st at 6:30PM in the Elizabeth Ballroom (2nd floor), Manchester Grand Hyatt.
• SS12: Code for a Cause Finals Saturday, March 3rd at 9:00AM in the Elizabeth Ballroom A Suite (2nd floor), Manchester Grand Hyatt.
• RESNA Standards Committee on Cognitive Technologies Wednesday, February 29 at 7pm at the CSUN Cyber Café, located on the 2nd floor in the registration area.

Getting Ready and Attending the Confernece

• Tips for the CSUN Conference Newbie from Deque
• Let others know you are attending the event on Lanyrd, Facebook or Linkedin.
• Welcome to San Diego, CSUN 2012 Attendees! Includes some specials for CSUN attendees from the Yahoo! Accessibility Blog
• Accessible San Diego is non-profit information center for travelers with disabilities. Check out the site for walking tours of Seaport Village.

Vendors, Sponsors and Exhibitors

• Official directory of exhibitors
• Sponsors of the 2012 International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference

Following the Conversation

• Be sure to follow the conversation using the #CSUN12 hashtag that you can follow on Twitter, Easy Chirp, your favorite Twitter client or one of the options listed below.
• You can also follow the #CSUN12 conversation at Twazzup, hashtags.org, TwitterFall or HashParty.
• Visualize the conversation at hashtagrify or the archivist.
• View images or videos from Topsy.
• There are some other conversations you may also be interested in: #a11ysociety hashtag (the need for a professional accessibility society), and #wacol (web accessibility community collaboration), and #road2csun (promoting accessibility on the way to CSUN).

Official Conference Stuff

• At the official conference website you’ll find the list of sessions, (and addendum), list of exhibitors, events open to the public and all kinds of other official information.There is also a Conference Mobile Site.
• Conference Program in HTML, ePub and DAISY (Thanks DAISY Consortium!)

Vendor News, Announcements and Press Releases

• Adobe at CSUN 2012
• Code Factory will once again be at CSUN
• COTELCO and IDPP Participate in 27th Annual CSUN Conference
• Deque Introduces Worldspace Sync Suite at CSUN
• Freedom Scientific at CSUN
• G3ict Special Sessions @ CSUN 2012
• IBM sessions at CSUN 2012
• Google: Understanding accessibility at CSUN 2012
• IDPP Participates in 27th Annual CSUN Conference
• Microsoft Educational Sessions at CSUN 2012
• Perkins announces new mini braille display and brailler
• RESNA Members Present at CSUN Conference
• Sendero Activities at CSUN 2012 (including an application for power users to be considered for a design meeting)

Side Conversations

• The #a11ysociety hashtag is a discussion around the need for a professional accessibility society.
  • Is there a need for a professional accessibility society? by Léonie Watson
  • What does it take to call yourself an accessibility expert by Karl Groves
• The #wacol is a discussion around web accessibility community collaboration.
• The #road2csun is the hashtag about an epic pre-conference trip promoting accessibility.
  • Introduction to Road to CSUN from Microsoft and Introduction from Serotek
  • More Road to CSUN posts from SeroTek
  • Road to CSUN Podcasts and Posts from the Microsoft Accessibility Team

Other Resources

• The official CSUN Conference Twitter account is @CSUNCod and you can contact the hotel host at @ManchGrandHyatt.
• Tip: Sign up for Hyatt Gold to get free wifi. (Wifi not available in most places. Speeds guaranteed to be slow.)
• 3 must-have apps while attending CSUN 2012 from the Yahoo! Accessibility Blog
• A11y Buzz
• Websites for converting files to accessible formats- Sensus Access and The SCRIBE Project.
• Android: Designing for Accessibility

Not Attending?

Besides following the conversation online, Jeffrey Stark has offered to answer your questions from the conference or you might consider following the lead of this “Wish we could be at CSUN” commiseration event” in Canberra Australia.

Thank you!

Thank you to the following people for sending me tips and resources, please remind me if I forgot you: Jared Smith, @blindbargains, Mika O Pyyhkala, Jennison Ascunsion, Jon Hassell.