Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities
All Sponsors and Exhibitors will have the opportunity to promote themselves, showcase their products or services and pledge their commitment to helping those with disabilities.
Sponsorship and Exhibition packages are available and include not only stand space but also branding and marketing opportunities, full participation in the programme and in the pre-arranged meeting service for those attending and, in some cases, the opportunity to host a discussion group or to speak.
If you'd like to take part as a Sponsor or as an Exhibitor please call Jennie Bailey on 01883 344 799 or send an email to jennie@headstar-events.com.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Host
Headstar, a publishing house and events organiser has been committed to publishing the e-access bulletin, the world's leading email newsletter containing independent, lively news and features on all issues surrounding access to technology by people with disabilities, for the past eight years.
All the monthly bulletin's content is newly researched, and written or commissioned by Headstar's own journalists. The newsletter is emailed out in plain text format, with all formatting designed to be easy to read by the text-to-speech and text-to-Braille technology used by many blind people.
If you would like to subscribe to the free, monthly, e-access bulletin, please email us at eab-subs@headstar.com adding "subscribe to eab" in the subject header.
E-Access Bulletin are also the proud hosts of E-Access '09, the latest in our series of annual conferences on access to technology by people with disabilities, taking place on April 23rd in central London.
Sponsors
Texthelp Systems Ltd. was formally incorporated in 1996 and specialise in the design of assistive software solutions to support those struggling to read and write. The software particularly benefits those with learning difficulties, dyslexia, mild visual impairments and where English is a second language.
Texthelp's products, which are renowned in their fields, include Read&Write, BrowseAloud and Lexiflow. Each product has proved to be an invaluable tool for people in the fields of Government, Education and Special Needs.
BrowseAloud was created to address the digital divide and enhance the accessibility of websites according to government legislation.
BrowseAloud reads website content aloud in a high-quality, human-sounding voice making websites more accessible to those who find it difficult to read content online.
Key features of BrowseAloud include:
• High Quality Voices
• International Languages
• Converts text to MP3
• Reads PDFs, Word Documents, HTML, Flash, Alt tags
BrowseAloud customers include:
BT, Waterstone's, British Airways, Yell.com, UK Ministry of Defence, The
British Council, Uefa, The Cabinet Office, The Department of Health, BUPA,
London 2012, Kent County Council, Crawley County Council and many others.
For further information contact Donna on 028 9442 8105 or email d.thomson@browsealoud.com. Alternatively, visit www.browsealoud.com.
Founded in 1997, Fortune Cookie is one of the UK’s most well-respected digital design agencies, famous for delivering beautiful, findable, accessible websites that deliver stunning return on investment. Clients include Legal & General, Kuoni, Big Lottery Fund, Arsenal FC and Amnesty International. In 2006, the agency’s 10th anniversary year, websites designed by Fortune Cookie were short-listed for major design awards a total of 11 times.
Exhibitors
Since 1989, Caption First has been a leader in providing communication accessibility for the Deaf and Hard-of Hearing communities through worldwide CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) and Captioning services. We have revolutionized the delivery and availability of realtime text translated from spoken words.
From our full-time staff, to our pool of over 50 writers, we strive to meet all of your communication needs. Caption First is known for its large company capabilities delivered with a small company attentiveness.
Count on Caption First for:
>CART and Captioning
>Remote or Onsite Delivery
>Webcast Integration
Caption First: We succeed if you succeed!
Forcetenco is one of the country's leading suppliers of Assistive Technology for those with sight and hearing impairments.
Some of the latest additions to our product range include; Tiger Spot Dot Braille & Ink Graphic Embossers, the Braille Sense Plus and Voice Sense Note-taker, Max TV Camera, HD-CCTV electronic magnification, computer screen reading and magnifying software, Large Screen & Talking Scientific Calculators and Text Readers along with enhanced hearing solutions for those with audio difficulties. Forcetenco supporting people with a vision or hearing impairment in Education, Employment or in their daily lives.
www.forcetenco.co.uk sales@forcetenco.co.uk T:01372 450887 Forcetenco - 6 Beckley Parade, Leatherhead Road, Great Bookham, Surrey, KT23 4RQ.
Pia offers a braille, large print, audio, moon and easy read transcription service enabling companies and organisations to communicate effectively with their customers. We provide efficient, fast and accurate transcription of daily communications, and re-design and modification of large and complex publications. All documents are professionally produced and finished to high quality standards to meet any timescales.
RNIB is the UK's leading sight loss charity. Access magazine, one of RNIB's publications, is a leading source of news and features for professionals working in the realm of accessibility.
At e-Access 09 there will be an opportunity to look at Access magazine and discuss the topics raised. Delegates will also be able to sign up to the free ezine, which complements the main magazine and focusses in particular on issues around digital and technological accessibility, in both the built and virtual environments.
RNIB Access magazine: 020 7391 3290
email: accessjournal@rnib.org.uk
web: rnib.org.uk/accessjournal
Sense is the leading national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind. We provide expert advice and information as well as specialist services to deafblind people, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them. We also support people who have sensory impairments with additional disabilities.
The Sense stand will focus on Older deafblind people, professionals and friends and families as well as giving information and advice such as where to go for help, equipment, registration of disability and social gatherings.
Shaw Trust is one of the UK’s top providers of Web Accreditation. Our Web Accreditation Service is designed to be the most comprehensive service available and is endorsed by The Guild of Accessible Web Designers (GAWDS). Our service can audit and accredit websites in line with W3C guidelines against WCAG 1.0, WCAG 2.0 and Section 508. You can be confi dent of meeting the highest standards of web accessibility in line with PAS78 guidelines.The service offers a full technical audit with rigorous user testing. Every member of our testing team is an experienced assistive technology user. They understand the frustrations of not being able to access websites that don’t consider the needs of people who are disabled. We’re passionate, enthusiastic and committed to making it work and we have the experience to make it work for you.
Significan’t and its project, SignVideo Contact Centre is a social enterprise led by sign language users. Using the latest videophone technology, it provides video sign language interpreting in many Local Authorities across the UK; in locations such as One Stop Shops, Libraries, Housing Aid Centres and Social Services Departments and deaf people through Access to Work. SignVideo enables public services to provide equality of access to their deaf customers in a green and cost effective way. For more information visit our website at www.signvideo.co.uk or contact us at sales@signvideo.co.uk
Test Partners specialise in accessibility testing, training and consultancy for websites and web-based applications. Testing services include technical (WCAG) testing and user testing with disabled participants and assistive technologies.
Consultancy is available at all stages of the development lifecycle, and we provide screen reader training for developers and testers.
Supporter
Age Concern Hackney exists to promote the well-being of all older people in Hackney and support them in making later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience.
Hackney Silver Surfers project is possibly the most experienced and successful 'silver surfers' group in the UK, with an intensive, continuous program of courses, workshops, outreach and other activities designed to promote digital inclusion for people over 50.
More information on our approach can be seen in a recent article in the Guardian at http://bit.ly/silver-surfing and on our website http://lawns.org.uk/
Employers' Forum on Disability (EFD) is the world's leading employers' organisation focused on disability as it affects business. We help employers to position disability as a business priority and equip them to deliver best practice; and we help governments understand that services that make it easier for employers to recruit and retain disabled employees will make it much easier for disabled people to find and keep work.
We create a forum for exchange of innovation, advice and best practice regarding disability across business and the public sector. By sharing the experience and learning of our members as well as leading our own initiatives, we help to set the UK agenda on recruitment, employment and customer service for disabled people.
In 2008, we launched our 'Business Taskforce on Accessible Technology' (BTAT) to define and share best practice on accessible ICT and encourage suppliers to deliver accessible products and services. BTAT is chaired by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and other members include the Department for Work and Pensions, Lloyds TSB, KPMG and BBC.
Partner
Ability magazine is a campaigning publication for people who have difficulty using IT. It is aimed at those who buy, run and use accessible systems. Each issue of Ability magazine provides vital insight into the products, techniques and skills required to deliver systems for users who cannot use standard software and hardware.
Originally published by the British Computer Society's Disability Group, Ability magazine circulates to users, IT managers, human resources professionals and those who work in the disability field.
Ability aims to keep readers up-to-date on trail blazing user projects, product releases, regulatory changes and company news. Its features section contains valuable case studies, discussions of technical issues, product reviews and analysis of the latest trends in accessibility.