Best in Tech Conference
Schedule of Workshops

 

BEST IN TECH Conference 2018

Presented by

The San Fernando Valley Chapter
of the National Federation of the Blind of California


WORKSHOP A: SWEETMAN SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
8:30 AM TO 9:30 AM

Come see what’s new this year! In the Sweetman Systems presentation, we will show you some new products and new features in familiar devices. Join us for…
What’s new in JAWS 2019, the BrailleNote Touch, and the Braille Sense Polaris.
See the new QBraille from HIMS, the Brailliant 14 from HIMS, and the new scratchpad in the Focus displays from Vispero/VFO.
Experience GPS on the Victor Reader Trek.
See new Low Vision products from HumanWare, Freedom Scientific, HIMS, and LVI.


WORKSHOP B: HUMANWARE WORKSHOP
8:30 AM TO 9:30 AM

Please join Rachel Feinberg, HumanWare Blindness Product Specialist, as she demonstrates the new Brailliant 14 braille display and the Victor Reader Trek. Additionally, Andy Roberts will demonstrate and discuss the features of the very popular Prodigi Connect and Explore 8”. We will leave adequate time to answer your questions. You don’t want to miss this session!
 

WORKSHOP A: BRAILLE INSTITUTE WORKSHOP
9:45 AM TO 10:45 AM

Braille Institute’s Connection Pointe technology center staff will showcase and explain the various Voice controlled home technology that is on the market. Devices such as google home and apple’s HomePod can give you control of everything from your music to ordering products to controlling your thermostat using only voice commands. Join us as we discuss this exciting new tech.


WORKSHOP B: A T KRATTER / ORCAM WORKSHOP
9:45 AM TO 10:45 AM

The OrCam MyEye, the most advanced wearable assistive technology, provides independence by allowing access to visual information, conveyed by audio, on a tiny camera which can be attached to any pair of eyeglasses. Using Artificial Intelligence it reads text, recognizes faces, identifies products, currency, colors, reads barcodes, and can tell the user the time and date, by conveying visual information audibly.
The OrCam workshop will focus on how artificial vision and the My Eye 2.0 can help the blind and visually impaired community in their daily lives.


WORKSHOP C: IRIE AT WORKSHOP
9:45 AM TO 10:45 AM

This workshop will demonstrate how the new IRIE BrailleTrac 120 braille embosser can be used to assist in the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math for braille students. The presenter will demonstrate conversion of bitmaps to tactile graphics, graphing tools, and specialty tools for braille math that are used with the embosser. The presenter will also demonstrate wireless embossing features of the BrailleTrac 120, embossing directly from AirPrint and any mobile app that prints to an ink printer, with automatic translation to braille prior to embossing.

 

Line up for our speakers for the main presentation will be updated soon.


If you are not attending a workshop you can visit our vendors in the exhibit area from 9:00AM to 11:00AM and between 1:00PM and 3:30PM.

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