Computers in Kansas City

Ed Guerra edguerra@mail.utexas.edu
Sat, 20 Feb 1999 17:47:23 -0600


Will these computers be accessable to blind technicians as well? 
Ed Guerra


At 04:01 PM 2/20/99 EST, you wrote:
>Anyone who's on the pianotech list knows that a computer can be one of the
>most important tools that a technician owns. And anyone who's attended an
>Annual Institute in the past few years knows that there have been incredible
>opportunities to learn about computers as well as pianos.  This year will be
>no exception--computer expert Andy Rudoff will again teach his popular class,
>"The Internet for Piano Technicians."  He'll also be bringing us a new class
>about business applications for the computer.
>
>And on Sunday morning there will be an exciting event for computer fans--the
>Cybercafe.  In an informal atmosphere, you can get hands-on instruction on a
>wide variety of topics. Just choose your subject and sit down at a table with
>a computer and an instructor--there will be stations for word processing,
>financial software, customer record-keeping, and desk top publishing.  Tuning
>software and scaling software will be demonstrated, as well as the new Palm
>III. Surf the Web for the first time, or learn the fine points of email
>etiquette.  We'll even have a demonstration of the new computerized index of
>the Piano Technicians Journal from 1946 to the present.  Instructors will
>include Dean Reyburn, Mitch Kiel, John Baird, Andy Rudoff, Nancy and David
>Lamoreaux, Frank Emerson, Ron Torrella, Bill Springer, and Alan Zajicek.
>
>All of this is available at no extra cost to technicians registered for the
>conference.  Take advantage of the opportunities waiting for you in Kansas
>City this July.
>
Ed Guerra
edguerra@mail.utexas.edu
Austin, TX


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