March 2020, Adaptive Technology Support Events, DC Public Library Center for Accessibility.

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For Accommodation including American Sign Language interpretation, please refer to our accommodation statement https://www.dclibrary.org/node/2095

Starting tomorrow, February 29th and going through May 9th, every other Saturday, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at Cleveland Park Library, we will host an Entrepreneurship and Employment Presenter Series at the Saturday Technology Training Sessions. This Presenter Series will feature presentations on the topics of "Voting Rights and Accessibility", "Employment and Entrepreneurship", "Finding an Idea," "Finding customers," "Finding the money," and "Pitching", all in the context of starting a business or non-profit, or finding employment. Starting on Tuesday March 31st the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Adaptive Technology classes will turn into drop in clinics where community members can receive hands-on assistance with entrepreneurship and employment-related projects.

Feb 29 - Peter Stephan from Disability Rights DC will talk about Voting Rights and Accessibility (upstairs conference room <15 people)

March 14th - A special guest will talk about Employment and Entrepreneurship (upstairs conference room <15 people)

March 28th - Lisi Wentworth from Eventida will talk about "Finding an Idea" (first floor large conference room <200 people)

April 9th - Libra Robinson from N'Sight VIP Services will talk about "Finding Customers" (first floor large conference room <200 people)

April 25th - A special guest will talk about "Finding the Money" (first floor large conference room <200 people)

May 9th - Diego Mariscal from 2GetherInternational will talk about "Pitching" (first floor large conference room <200 people)

Leading up to this presentation series, from now through the week of March 26th, the C4A is hosting adapative technology classes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays as follows:

Tuesdays, 5pm to 7:30pm, Library Express, 1990 K Street, (Entrance on 20th) iPhone and Android Accessibility

Wednesdays, 10am to 3pm, Library Express, 1990 K Street (Entrance on 20th) JAWS for Windows

Thursdays, 11am to 1pm, Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave, NW, VoiceOver for Mac

The Center for Accessibility will be closing our doors at the 1990 K street location of Library Express on June 11th and will reopen at the newly rennovated Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library at 901 G Street NW, by the end of the summer.

Please feel free to join us for Adaptive Technology outreach at the following locations, dates and times:

Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington, (third Monday, March 16) 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (Prevention of Blindness has recently moved to 415 2nd St NE Suite 200, Washington DC, 20002)

Seabury Resources for Aging: Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired, (fourth Monday, March 23) 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Seabury is located at

2800 Newton Street, NE, Washington DC, 20018

Class descriptions are below.

VoiceOver for iOS, Talkback for Android

Tuesdays, 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Library Express, 1990 K Street NW (entrance on 20th st)

- physical layout of the devices

- practicing gestures with the tutorial

- making calls, getting voicemail with the phone

- texting and email

- scanning and reading

- navigation

- advanced accessibility settings

JAWS for Windows

Wednesdays, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Library Express, 1990 K Street NW (entrance on 20th st)

- keyboarding and Typeability

- desktop access with JAWS

- creating, editing, saving, and moving documents with Microsoft Word

- navigating the web, using a search engine, navigating web forms

- email basics, sending mail, replying, attachments

- downloading a book from the National Library Service (NLS) Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) website

VoiceOver for Mac

Thursdays, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave, NW

- VoiceOver basics and the tutorial

- Apple keyboard layout

- Getting help with VoiceOver

- Word processing with Text Edit and Pages

- Safari and browsing the internet

- Garageband and Audacity

Saturday Technology Training Sessions -

Feb 29 - voting rights and accessibility (upstairs conference room <15 people)

March 14th - Employment, Entrepreneurship (upstairs conference room <15 people)

March 28th - Finding an Idea (first floor large conference room <200 people)

April 9th - Finding Customers (first floor large conference room <200 people)

April 25th - Finding the Money (first floor large conference room <200 people)

May 9th - Pitching (first floor large conference room <200 people)

Library Express is located in the building at 1990 K Street NW. The entrance to the library is on 20th street in between I st and K st. The nearest metros are Farragut West on the Orange line or Farragut North on the Red line. Buses include 80, 38B, D1, D4, D5, D6, 220, 240, 260, 620, 640, 650.

Cleveland Park Library is at 3310 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008 and is 3 blocks south of the Cleveland Park Metro. Busses include the L2 which stops in front of the library, and any of the following which all go to Cleveland Park Metro: D32 H2 H3 H4 L1 L2 W47

Shepherd Park Library is located at 7420 Georgia Avenue NW. Take the Red Line to Silver Spring or Gallery Place and transfer to the 70 bus. The cross street is Georgia Avenue and Geranium/Hemlock Street. Call 202-727-1335 for details.

Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington is newly located at 415 2nd St NE Suite 200, Washington DC, 20002

Seabury Resources for Aging: Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired is located at 2800 Newton Street, NE, Washington DC, 20018

Library Express is located inside the building that has 1990 K Street NW as its front address. There is a side entrance to the building on 20th street. The library is most accessible via this side entrance. The side entrance does not have a street address, but it is on 20th street, between I and K street. Metro Access should be informed that the drop off point is on 20th street between I and K. 19th street, I street and 20th street are all one-way, so drivers who come to the 1990 K street entrance will have to drive clockwise around the block to find the entrance on 20th street. There is a large blue L sign - the DC Public Library logo, posted above the 20th street entrance. There is a drop off parking zone in front of the entrance.

The nearest metro is Farragut West at 18th and I, or Farragut North at 17th and K.

Once you come in the 20th Street entrance of Library Express, there is a bank of glass doors to enter the building. Once you are in the building there is a staircase going up one level on the left, a wheelchair lift going down one level on the right and in the center there is a staircase going down one level. Take either the down staircase or the wheelchair lift to the lower level and the library is through the glass doors, and the second door on the left. The first door is the Goethe Insitut and the second is Library Express.

There are a number of parking lots near Library Express, although they can be as much as $20 for a few hours of parking. Street parking is available but very limited. Some lots are listed below:

LAZ 2001 Pennsylvania Ave NW

930 20th St NW between I st and K st NW

202-667-3030

Atlantic Parking

Address: 1990 K St NW, Washington, DC 20006

Phone: (202) 466-5050

Mon-Fri 5:30am-10pm

One Parking

Parking garage in Washington, D.C.

Address: 2000 K St NW, Washington, DC 20006

Phone: (202) 298-7125

Mon-Fri 6am-10pm