I Have A Dream

The ICT Department
Malaysian Association for the Blind

Kompleks MAB,
Jalan Tebing,
Off Jalan Tun Sambanthan 4,
50470 Brickfields,
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Tel: +603-22722677
Fax: +603-22722676
E-mail: ict@mab.org.my
Web: http://www.mab.org.my
Training Calendar
For the Year
2015
Happy New Year!
Computing is not about computers anymore. It is about living.
- Nicholas Negroponte, Being Digital, 1995
January:
*29, Thursday: Using Microsoft Excel 2010 with JAWS for Windows screen reader (for blind
and low-vision users only)
Instructor: Fadzlin Hiezrie Abd. Rahman
*30, Friday: Using Microsoft Outlook 2010 with JAWS for Windows screen reader (for blind
February:
9-10, Monday-Tuesday: Using Microsoft Internet Explorer/Mozilla Firefox with JAWS for
Windows screen reader (for blind and low-vision users only)
16-18, Monday-Wednesday: the basics of audio editing using Audacity with JAWS screen reader
(for blind and low-vision users only)
25-27, Wednesday-Friday: The basics of braille translation using the Duxbury Braille Translator
and Index Everest-d braille embosser (for blind and low-vision users only)
March:
2-6, Monday-Friday: Using Windows 7/8.1 and Microsoft Word with JAWS for Windows screen
reader (for blind and low-vision users only)
9, Monday: Training workshop on Windows 7 installation without sighted assistance (for blind
Instructor: Fadzlin Hiezrie Abd. Rahman and Hasrulnizam Ahmad Mokhtar
12-13, Thursday-Friday: Android phones 101: tinkering with the android operating system on the
smart phones for intermediates and advance users (for blind and low-vision users only)
16-20, Monday-Friday: Developing accessible web site using HTML (4.01/5)and Dreamweaver
CC (for blind and low-vision users only)
**23 March-24 April: Intensive ICT training for the Contact Centre trainees
Instructor: Silatul Rahim Dahman and Fadzlin Hiezrie Abd. Rahman
April:
27-29, Monday-Wednesday: The basics of home and small office networking
May:
7-8, Thursday-Friday: Using Station Playlist Studio/Sam Broadcaster for Internet radio
broadcasting from the blindness perspective (for blind and low-vision users only)
11-15, Monday-Friday: Using Windows 7/8.1 and Microsoft Word with JAWS for Windows
screen reader (for blind and low-vision users only)
*18, Monday: Introduction to Microsoft Outlook 2010 from the blindness perspective (for blind
*19, Tuesday: Using Microsoft Powerpoint with JAWS for Windows screen reader (for blind and
low-vision users only)
*20, Wednesday: Using Microsoft Excel with JAWS for Windows screen reader (for blind and
28-29, Thursday-Friday: Using Mozilla Firefox/Google Chrome with JAWS for Windows screen
reader (for blind and low-vision users only)
June:
*1-3, Monday-Wednesday: using Microsoft Word 2010 with JAWS screen reader for
intermediates (for blind and low-vision users only)
**8 June-10 July: Intensive ICT training for the Contact Centre trainees
It can be argued that the computer is humanitys attempt to replicate the human brain. This is
perhaps an unattainable goal. However, unattainable goals often lead to outstanding
accomplishment.
- Ammaar Shaukat Reshi
July:
13-14, Monday-Tuesday: Using Microsoft Internet Explorer/Mozilla Firefox with JAWS for
Windows screen reader (for blind and low-vision users only)
August:
3-4, Monday-Tuesday: Introduction to Openoffice.org Write from the blindness perspective (for
blind and low-vision users only)
*5, Wednesday: Introduction to Microsoft Outlook 2010 from the blindness perspective (for
*6, Thursday: Using Microsoft Powerpoint with JAWS for Windows screen reader (for blind and
*7, Friday: Using Microsoft Excel with JAWS for Windows screen reader (for blind and lowvision users only)
17-21, Monday-Friday: Using Windows 7/8.1 and Microsoft Word with JAWS for Windows
screen reader (for blind and low-vision users only)
**24 August-23 September: Intensive ICT training for the Contact Centre trainees
September:
28-30, Wednesday-Friday: Training workshop on web accessibility from the blindness
perspective (for blind and low-vision users only)
October:
5, Monday: Training workshop on the accessible way of managing documents anywhere on the
cloud (for blind and low-vision users only)
6-7, Tuesday-Wednesday: Introduction to Openoffice.org Write from the blindness perspective
12-13, Monday-Tuesday: MyTec Workshop: introduction to software testing in the virtual
environment from the blindness perspective (for blind, low-vision and sighted users)
19-21, Monday-Wednesday: the basics of audio editing using Audacity with JAWS screen reader
22-23, Thursday-Friday: Using Station Playlist Studio/Sam Broadcaster for Internet radio
broadcasting from the blindness perspective (for blind and low-vision users only)
November:
*4, Wednesday: Introduction to Microsoft Outlook 2010 from the blindness perspective (for
*5, Thursday: Using Microsoft Powerpoint with JAWS for Windows screen reader (for blind and
16-20, Monday-Friday: Intensive training on JAWS for Windows screen reader for intermediates
21, Friday: Training workshop on the accessible way of managing documents anywhere on the
cloud (for blind and low-vision users only)
December:
*2-4, Wednesday-Friday: using Microsoft Word 2010 with JAWS screen reader for intermediates
**7-8, Monday-Tuesday: 2015 ICT seminar: be Productive in accessible ways
*10, Thursday: Using Microsoft Powerpoint with JAWS for Windows screen reader (for blind
*14-18, Monday-Friday: Training workshop on basic PC repair and maintenance with minimal
sighted assistance (for blind and low-vision users onlybring your own PC)
21 December 2015-2 January 2016: Closed for maintenance

* = Subject to change
** = Special request only, subject to change
In the annals of innovation, new ideas are only part of the equation. Execution is just as
important.
- Walter Isaacson, "Steve Jobs", Simon & Schuster, 2011

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