Welcome to the Karten Network’s winter newsletter, and what a super edition we have for you, all thanks to our fabulous contributors!
We have Martin’s article about AI, more specifically the evolution of AI-Powered Personal Assistants, we’d love to know about how you are using AI in your Karten Centre, please email martin@karten-network.org.uk either to share AI use scenarios, or to request further support. Remember that Martin is available to provide technical support for your Karten Centre free of charge.
We have an update from TechAbility, information about an Assistive Technology event at Sense College Loughborough from 19th – 23rd May, if you’d like to find out more please email kingsley.saba@sense.org.uk or anna.janickyj@sense.org.uk. Read about the impact of Ian Karten Charitable Trust support over two decades at the Center for Deaf-Blind Persons in Israel. Discover how to stay safe on line by listening to ‘Beyond the Label’, a Homefield College podcast. Through a Sense College Loughborough project “Braille and Technology in the Community” we learn how little Braille, large print and tactile guides are available to those with a visual impairment, leaving many reliant on support from others. Jewish Care Explore introduce their immersive tours project, in which they aim to make the world accessible for their older service users regardless of the barriers they may face. New Bridge Enterprise introduces Destiny’s new brochure and website that clearly outlines their 3 focus products: Videography, Photography and Wall Print Design. Buzz Hub members have been busy with a Christmas T-shirt competition, engraving hearts for a local hospice and one of their members has created a motivational Workout Album titled, “If I Can Do It, You Can Do It”.
I hope you enjoy reading the articles as much as I did. If you have been motivated by what you have read, why not consider preparing a piece for the next Newsletter? You can email your ideas to dawn@karten-network.org.uk.
Dawn Green
Karten Network Development Co-ordinator
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