[games_access] Fwd: IBM, Accessibility & Second Life on radio 4

[d. michelle hinn]

My cousin is a VP of development at IBM and has 
been trying to search out some funding contacts 
for accessibility in general -- it's been taking 
a little while to figure out what the best 
connection with them would be. Perhaps this is it.

A number of us (Eelke has a grant to create a 
client accessible for the blind, I'm on an 
advisory board as an external evaluator on 
another grant focused on mobility disabilities) 
are already involved in Second Life accessibility 
projects from other funding agencies, which could 
become conflict of interest.

But as Robert said, the question is what exactly 
we would develop that they aren't already 
developing? I can try and see if my cousin can 
put us in touch with this project group from an 
insider's perspective -- perhaps they might be 
able to sponsor us in some way just in general or 
in return for SIG work as evaluators of the tools.

Michelle

>Develop what?
>Robert
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>On Behalf Of Thomas Westin
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>Subject: Re: [games_access] Fwd: IBM, Accessibility & Second Life on radio 4
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>great
>
>has there been contacts with people in the SIG about developing this? 
>We could use some IBM dollars...
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>/Thomas
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>6 nov 2007 kl. 22.19 skrev ~:'' ÇÝÇËǁǐǧǾǥǢÇÐǵLJÅB:
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>>  IBM, Accessibility & Second Life
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>>  description on BBC radio 4 programme In Touch today
>  > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/intouch_20071106.shtml#transcript
>>
>>  regards
>>
>>  Jonathan Chetwynd
>>  Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet
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