New resource page and new links

Hello, everyone.
I have just added a link to Hotspotclicker to the Useful Links page.
Hotspotclicker is a set of Jaws scripts that allow you to assign shortcut keys to mouse clicks, and to define a hotspot anywhere in an application which will speak after you press a shortcut key.
I have also added a new page about keyboard shortcuts for Ubuntu and Mac OS X. You can download shortcut key lists as pdf files from there.

New tutorial: adding a new post to your wordpress blog

Good afternoon, everyone.
I have just added a new tutorial to the blog.
This one shows you how to add a new blog post to your wordpress blog.
Please feel free to leave a comment to tell me what you think.

Further changes to the 2009 course syllabus

Good morning, everyone.
I have just made some additional changes to the 2009 course syllabus.
The ad hoc wireless networking module has been removed due to technical difficulties, so Wednesday morning of the second week of training is now unscheduled. Information about a replacement module will appear soon.
I have also updated The optional courses page and the useful links page.

Change to the 2009 syllabus

Good afternoon, everyone.
The course syllabus for the 2009 training has been changed.
The are changes to the optional courses, tasks, discussions and seminars.
Please be sure to check the syllabus page for more information.

Blogging with WordPress

Hello, everyone.
I’ve just added a new tutorial page to the course notes section.
It is the second in a series of tutorials I want to write about blogging with WordPress. In the first in the series, we learned how to create a blog. In the second part, we learn how to log in to the blog we created in part 1, and how to change some of our blog’s basic settings.
In part 3, we’ll find out how to write a post.
The link to the new tutorial is
here.

New tutorial: creating a blog with WordPress

Good evening, everyone.
I have just posted a new tutorial to the blog.
It shows you how to make a blog using WordPress.
You can read it by following this link.

Results of the selection for the 2009 Teruko Ikeda ICT Training Programme

Good evening, everyone.
Here are the results of the selection for this year’s Teruko Ikeda ICT Training Programme.
As you know, there will be two groups. The first group will consist of 10 participants, and the second group will consist of 8 participants.

The members of the first group are as follows:
Ms. Dawa Sherpa, Nepal
Ms. Dinh Viet Anh, Vietnam
Ms. Gerel Dondow, Mongolia
Ms. Mabel Gaerlan, the Philippines
Ms. Nazma Ara Begum Popy, Bangladesh
Ms. Shamuni, Malaysia
Mr. Arun Dhungana, Nepal
Mr. Fandy Dawenan, Indonesia
Mr. Joel Rescober, the Philippines
Mr. Leki Chedup, Bhutan

The members of the second group are as follows:
Ms. Jennelyn Palacio, the Philippines
Ms. Nguyen Thi Xuyen, Vietnam
Ms. Sisi Coalala, Fiji
Mr. Ieng Sovannara, Cambodia
Mr. Nguyen Tam Bao, Vietnam
Mr. Nhuchhe Maharjan, Nepal
Mr. Taufiq Effendi, Indonesia

We at the Japan Braille Library extend our warmest congratulations to the successful applicants, and hope that all of them will have a fruitful and enjoyable time in Penang in August.

The 2009 Teruko Ikeda ICT Training Programme

Hello, everyone.
Here is information about this year’s Teruko Ikeda ICT Training Programme.
As usual, the venue will be St. Nicholas Home, Penang, Malaysia. However, there will be no basic course this year. Instead, there will be two intermediate courses:
The first course will start on Saturday the 8th of August and end on Thursday the 20th of August.
The second course will start on Saturday the 22nd of August and end on Thursday the 3rd of September.
The contents of both courses will be basically the same.
Please do not send application forms to the Japan Braille Library to join these courses. Instead, the participants will be chosen in the following two ways:

1. If you were a trainee on any of the five Teruko Ikeda ICT training courses, you are eligible. If you are chosen, we will contact you over the next two weeks.
2. If you sent an application form to the Japan Braille Library between 2004 and 2008, you may be chosen. We are now reconsidering all submitted application forms. If you are chosen, you will be contacted soon.

Again, please do not contact us. If you are chosen, we will contact you.
I will post more information as it becomes available.
Good luck to all of you!

Shortcut keys for GMail

Hello, everyone.
Here is a Microsoft Word file containing a complete list of all shortcut keys that can be used with GMail.
Please click
this link
To download or view it.
This file was provided by Ichigo Tech, a good friend of the training programme who comes from Penang.

Farewell speech for the Malaysian part of the 2008 training programme

Hello, everyone.
I have just posted the farewell speech given at the closing ceremony of the Malaysian part of the 2008 training programme by Mr. Leki Chedup from Bhutan.
Everyone present agreed that Mr. Chedup’s speech was both moving and eloquent.
You can read it by
following this link.