Podcasts about british computer association

The British Computer Association of the Blind has been around for a number of years and now has a new Chair. Jackie Brown has taken up the role, and Tech Talk contributor Claire Potter spoke to her to find out more about the organisation.

In this week’s VIP, Nelson and James are joined by Jackie Brown from the British Computer Association of the Blind. They discuss the top stories from Cool Blind Tech and give you some of their favorite Cool Picks. Established in 1969, BCAB is the oldest association of blind and partially sighted technology users in the world. Members include people of all skill levels, ages and interests. Top Stories RUDY The Robot Is Now Available To Care For Seniors Engineering Students Develop Pulse, An Advanced Sensory System For The Blind Cool Picks Wemo® Switch Smart Plug Sleep Sounds lets you play ambient sounds to help you sleep peacefully or block out unwanted noise at work or home. Bubble Level for iPhone and iPad

In this week’s VIP, Nelson and James are joined by Jackie Brown from the British Computer Association of the Blind. They discuss the top stories from Cool Blind Tech and give you some of their favorite Cool Picks. Established in 1969, BCAB is the oldest association of blind and partially sighted technology users in the world. Members include people of all skill levels, ages and interests. Top Stories RUDY The Robot Is Now Available To Care For Seniors Engineering Students Develop Pulse, An Advanced Sensory System For The Blind Cool Picks Wemo® Switch Smart Plug Sleep Sounds lets you play ambient sounds to help you sleep peacefully or block out unwanted noise at work or home. Bubble Level for iPhone and iPad

A look at the range of specialist and non-specialist gadgets available for identifying objects and travelling around. Joining Peter to share their experiences of solutions offered by technology are guests Jackie Brown, the incoming chair of the British Computer Association of the Blind, and Dave Williams, a freelance trainer on technology. If you'd like to find out more about the products discussed in tonight's programme please call the Radio 4 Action Line on 0800 044 044 for the next 24 hours and ask for the Factsheet. Producer: Lee Kumutat Presenter: Peter White.

Technology Podcast Episode 57: February 2017Sean Randall from the British Computer Association of the Blind in the UK joins Stuart to talk about a number of online seminars that are being planned in the coming months.Sharon Lyons is back to talk about a recent radio training course in which she participated with Dublin City FM, which lead to her being interviewed on their Mediascope programme! We also talk about listening to radio online and mention the EasyLinks website.Dave Nason is back to talk about Apple's new Airpods, which he has recently purchased and has reviewed on his blog.Finally, we meet Dimitri, an app developer from Athens, who has written a talking calculator called CobU for Android devices.Support the show (https://www.ncbi.ie/supporting-us/donate-now/)

Jackie Brown joins us to talk about the British Computer Association of the Blind, and in particular, their forthcoming Tech a Break weekend. Even if you're not in the UK, you may like to learn about this organisation's history and how blind people support one another to stay on top of computing.Follow @WeAreBCAB on Twitter, or visit their website at http://www.bcab.org.uk.Mary Schnackenberg, life-long Braille advocate and former President of the International Council on English Braille, joins us to discuss Braille. We look at Braille's relevance today, and talk frankly about the frustration some people express about what they perceive to be the constant tampering with the code.We also learn about a big revamp at Mushroom FM, an Internet radio station staffed entirely by blind volunteers, as they move to a 1950s through 1980s format from 15 August.

Jackie Brown joins us to talk about the British Computer Association of the Blind, and in particular, their forthcoming Tech a Break weekend. Even if you’re not in the UK, you may like to learn about this organisation’s history and how blind people support one another to stay on top of computing. Follow @WeAreBCAB on Twitter, or visit their website at http://www.bcab.org.uk. Mary Schnackenberg, life-long Braille advocate and former President of the International Council on English Braille, joins us to discuss Braille. We look at Braille’s relevance today, and talk frankly about the frustration some people express about what they perceive to be the constant tampering with the code. We also learn about a big revamp at Mushroom FM, an Internet radio station staffed entirely by blind volunteers, as they move to a 1950s through 1980s format from 15 August.

We're having another chat about computing education in the country, this time with a special guest from Durban who is looking to help change the country for the better. Kenneth & Kevin are joined by Riaz Moola from HyperionDev and the Computer Science Association of South Africa (CSASA) to talk about teaching programming online. Riaz is an accomplished young man, sporting two international masters degrees and the leadership skills to tackle the thorny issue of improving the education in the country. Almost by accident Riaz developed an online Python training course for students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, which grew into HyperionDev, and also helped set up the CSASA to help educate our educators! HyperionDev is currently helping more than 8000 learners complete various of its community created and supported courses! We discus some of the challenges faced by learners, the (comparatively) huge drop-out rates in Computer Science courses, building a MOOC for the developing world and having backing from Google and the British Computer Association. This episode is shorter than usual, but still packed with an amazing story. Join us as we explore what it takes to give the next generation of developers a fighting chance! Follow Riaz online: - https://twitter.com/HypDev - http://hyperiondev.com/ - http://csasa.org.za/ Here are some resources mentioned during the show: * UKZN Exchange Program - http://ukzninternational.ukzn.ac.za/International-students/student-exchange-programme/general-info.aspx * HyperionDev - http://hyperiondev.com/ * Python - https://www.python.org/ * British Computer Society - https://www.bcs.org/ * Raspberry PI - https://www.raspberrypi.org * MOOC - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course * IEB - http://www.ieb.co.za/ * Computer Science Association of South Africa - http://csasa.org.za/ * CSASA Meetups - http://www.meetup.com/Computer-Science-Association-of-South-Africa/ * Computing at School - https://www.computingatschool.org.uk/ Catch some previous related episodes: * 36. Sisonke Rising - https://soundcloud.com/zadevchat/episode-36-sisonke-rising-with-mandla-magagula-and-theo-bohnen * 9. WeThinkCode - https://soundcloud.com/zadevchat/episode-09-wethinkcode/s-cnpLB Thanks for listening! Stay in touch: * Socialize - https://twitter.com/zadevchat & http://facebook.com/ZADevChat/ * Suggestions and feedback - https://github.com/zadevchat/ping * Subscribe and rate in iTunes - http://bit.ly/zadevchat-itunes

Designing software and toolkits with accessibility in mind is important to ensure that everyone has equal access to the internet. Léonie Watson is an accessibility engineer and a director at the British Computer Association of the Blind. Continue reading… The post Accessibility Engineering with Léonie Watson appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.