NVDA Workshop in Japan

NVDA Workshop in Japan was held as the satellite event of PyCon JP 2012 on September 16-17, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan.

Venue: The Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan.
Access guide
Organizer: NVDA Japanese Team
Program comittee: Takuya Nishimoto, Norihiro Takachi, Sunao Sinjou, Manabu Terada
Contact: nvdajp@nvda.jp (Takuya Nishimoto, Director of NVDA Japanese Team)
Language: Japanese and English

About this workshop

NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access), is a free and open source screen reader written in Python.

Japanese NVDA community has been developed domestic enhancements for Japanese language with the cooperations of Japanese Python community since 2010.

NV Access Inc. started a project to enhance East-Asia language support. However, assistive technologies which handle multi-byte characters, such as Chinese, Korean and Japanese, is not only complicated, but also deeply dependent on cultures. We believe we should have more opportunities for understanding.

Another important issue is sustainability of the NVDA project. NVDA Japanese Team, a non-profit organization of developers and users of NVDA in Japan, is seeking for raising money to support East-Asia language project from Japan. For the purpose, communities and organizations for visual disability in Japan should understand the development and spread of NVDA in the world.

NVDA Japanese Team is very happy that Mr. Michael Curran (NV Access Limited, Australia) and Dr. Jerry Wang and Aaron Wu (Taiwan Digital Talking Books Association) accepted our invitation to visit Japan for this purpose.

Mr. Hiroshi Kawamura (Past President, DAISY Consortium) will also give valuable advices to the NVDA community.

We would like to express a hearty welcome to all who are interested in NVDA, accessibility, screen reader, speech synthesizer, braille display, open standards, and inclusive development.

Takuya Nishimoto, Chair of NVDA Workshop in Japan.

Sunday program

Date: Sunday September 16, 2012 (PyCon JP Day 2)
Time: 15:15 - 18:30 (PyCon JP 2012 Program)
Registration: PyCon JP registration is required for the Sunday program. Please purchase the ticket. PyCon JP registration fee is “3,000 JPY”. With the ticket, you can also attend other sessions in PyCon JP 2012.
If you encounter any difficulties in registration, please feel free to ask nvdajp@nvda.jp.
For special needs support, please get in touch with nvdajp@nvda.jp.
Language: English and Japanese. Volunteer interpreters for discussions.
For Japanese visitors: mailing list ws sanka is available. Please subscribe and stay tuned for the meeting.
For international visitors: English materials for Japanese talks will be prepared.

Sessions (details are as follows):

NVDA: Open Source Screen Reader Written in Python (English)
The Development and Promotion of NVDA in Taiwan (English)
The Localization of NVDA for Japanese Language Users (Japanese)
Development of Global Open Standard for Developing Countries (Japanese)

Talk 1: NVDA: Open Source Screen Reader Written in Python

Speaker: Mr. Michael Curran
NV Access Limited, creater and lead developer of NVDA
Abstract:
This talk overviews the development of NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA). NVDA is a free and open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
NVDA is written primarily in the Python programming language.
The speaker will explain what are the difficulties in programming screen reader, what is the benefits of using Python language, and in what ways NVDA is being developed.
Language: English
Time: 15:15 - 16:00. 45 minutes. after this talk, we will have 45 minutes tea break.
Proceeding: NVDA: A Python-based Screen Reader Providing Access to Computers for the Blind

Talk 2: The Development and Promotion of NVDA in Taiwan

Speaker: Dr. Jerry Wang and Aaron Wu
Taiwan Digital Talking Books Association
Abstract:
Taiwan Digital Talking Books Association (TDTB) is supporting development of NVDA for Chinese language users.
This talk overviews how NVDA is used in Taiwan.
Language: English
Time: 16:45 - 17:10. 25 minutes.
Proceeding: NVDA Taiwan Development and Promotion

Talk 3: The Localization of NVDA for Japanese Language Users

Speaker: Dr. Takuya Nishimoto
Director of NVDA Japanese Team
Abstract:
In Japan, localized version of NVDA, which supports Japanese text-to-speech synthesizer, input method support, and Japanese braille display support, has been developed since 2010.
This talk overviews the features necessary for Japanese screen reader, and the development of NVDAJP.
Language: Japanese
Time: 17:10 - 17:35. 25 minutes. after this talk, we will have 10 minutes break.
Proceeding: The Localization of NVDA for Japanese Language Users

Talk 4: Development of Global Open Standard for Developing Countries

Speaker: Mr. Hiroshi Kawamura
Board (Past President), DAISY Consortium
Vice President, Assistive Technology Development Organization
Abstract:
Digital Accessible Information SYstem (DAISY) assists people who have challenges using regular printed media.
DAISY Consortium is a not-for-profit international association that develops, maintains and promotes DAISY standards.
This talk gives the history of DAISY project, potential roles in global development of inclusive societies, and what is expected of the NVDA community from this point of view.
Language: Japanese
Time: 17:45 - 18:30. 45 minutes.
Proceeding: A Paradigm shift of knowledge sharing infrastructure for persons with disabilities and wider community in developing countries

Monday program

Date: Monday (Japanese Holiday) September 17, 2012 (PyCon JP Day 3)
NVDA public meeting with the developers and Japanese users.
The Monday program is held as sprint (also known as code-fest or codelab), which is the community space for developers.

No regisitration is required. No food or drink served.
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Language: Japanese. Volunteer interpreters to English.
For Japanese visitors: mailing list ws sanka is available. Please subscribe and stay tuned for the meeting.
For international visitors: English materials for Japanese talks will be prepared.
PDF: Introduction of Demekin Text activity. Making NVDA TextBooks and deployment.

Tentative program:

14:00 Greetings.
14:20 Demonstration of functionarities supporting various languages.
14:40 Discussion 1: Japanese keyboard.
15:00 Discussion 2: Japanese characters and input methods.
15:20 Discussion 3: Japanese speech synthesizers.
15:40 Discussion 4: Japanese braille translation systems.
16:00 Free discussions.

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