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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, October 11, 2018 - Volume 679

The Week's News in Access Technology

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This Week's Featured Advertisement: Webinar: The 'What,' Why,' and 'How' of Digital Accessibility for Business by Larry Lewis, Director of Channel Sales and Strategic Partnerships at The Paciello Group - October 25th 2018

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What: The 'What,' 'Why,' and 'How' of Digital Accessibility For Business by Larry Lewis, Director of Channel Sales and Strategic Partnerships at The Paciello Group

When: Thursday, October 25th at 2:00 PM EST

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About: In this webinar, Larry Lewis, Director of Channel Sales and Strategic Partnerships at The Paciello Group, will explain "what" digital accessibility encompasses, the benefits and importance of embracing accessibility best practices, and how best to achieve a conformant result using finite resources.

Participants will learn how digital accessibility is defined and how it impacts electronic content developed for desktop, mobile, and kiosk platforms.

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1.) What is digital accessibility?
2.) Benefits of accessible design.
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5.) How to create a framework to implement accessibility.

There will be 15 minutes for questions after the presentation.

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Greetings,

1) Which Amazon Echo to Buy?

This handy article describes the different Amazon devices so you can choose which you might want:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-echo-dot-tap-look-show-which-alexa-is-right-for-you/

2A) Inclusive Design 24 Already Under Way!

Inclusive Design 24 is a free 24-hour online event for the global community. It celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas from analogue to digital, from design to development, from planners to practitioners, and everything and everyone in between:
https://inclusivedesign24.org/

2B) Schedule

It started at 00:00 AM GMT on Thursday October 11 2018, and finishes 24 hours later. The schedule automatically converts into your local time zone:
https://inclusivedesign24.org/2018/schedule/

3) Archived Trainings From Tech User Group:

The Technology User Group from the Maryland Library for the Blind and Visually Handicapped conducts periodic trainings on different topics, and they are recorded. Check out the list:
https://www.marylandlibraries.org/Pages/Technology%20User%20Group.aspx

4) Orbit Reader in UK

RNIB now sells this most affordable Braille device:
https://www.rnib.org.uk/orbit-reader-20?platform=hootsuite

5) Australian Sports and Radio Streams

This oft-updated site offers links to sport and a variety of other audio content from Down Under:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/stephenjolley/livestreams

6) Next FS Open Line

The next FS Open Line will air on Thursday, 25 October 2018 at 14:00 GMT, with a focus on JAWS 2019:
http://blog.freedomscientific.com/FSOpenline

7) Free Webinar for Seniors on Technology

"Life-changing Technology for Older People Experiencing Vision Loss" will take place on Wednesday, 17 October 2018 at 18:00 GMT. Join with this link:
https://esc.zoom.us/j/7887887778

8A) Test an Accessible iOS Reddit App

A 17 year old developer has made a fully accessible Reddit app, with VO router actions and more accessibility features. They are looking for beta testers. This is the YouTube demo of the app:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScfTN79yezM&feature=youtu

8B) Test Sign Up

And here is the form for signing up to test:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bYoTFz1_sprSMKpEOcYGm-IIdIBAKOYrUEWzWijv3QE

9) Blind Kayakers Compete Using SoundScape

Read about a scavenger hunt where SoundScape users with vision loss competed and won:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/accessibility/2018/10/04/soundscape-2/

10) The Blind Post October 2018

Read a variety of listings and articles in the October 2018 edition of the Blind Post Classified News, from and for the blind, at:
http://theblindpost.com/Readthelatestnewshere.html

11) Nearby Explorer, APH News on Tek Talk

Latest developments in the Nearby Explorer app, and other developments at APH, will be the topic for Tek Talk on GMT 16 October 2018 at 00:00:
https://zoom.us/j/839935813

12) Final Blind Side All Aabout Smart Home

Episode #107 will end the Blind Side series with the focus on setting up a smart home (MP3):
http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/b/4/1/b41f63bc5ffe18de/TheBlindSide107.mp3

13) Podcast on iOS Shortcuts

IA Cast 16 discusses shortcut creation:
https://iaccessibility.net/ia-democast-16-apple-shortcuts-for-ios/

14) Blind Bargains Qast

Blind Bargains Qast #159 keeps us up to date everywhere:
https://blindbargains.com/bargains.php?m=19472

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