Terri Agnew:Welcome to the ICANN Accessibility Taskforce Call on Monday 05 January 2015 at 1900 UTC
Terri Agnew:meeting page: https://community.icann.org/x/n4sQAw
Yasuichi Kitamura:morning, all
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:Hi Terri, Jo;yu and Yasuchi
Joly MacFie:While we're waiting - a good read https://medium.com/backchannel/all-technology-is-assistive-ac9f7183c8cd
judith hellerstein:Hi and Glenn is coming as well
Glenn McKnight:Hi All
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:Hi All
Glenn McKnight:Some very interesting stuff on WW 1 military assistance technology is around
Glenn McKnight:Some of very interesting programs by government of creating training programmes for disabled veterans
Gunela Astbrink:Good morning everyone
Glenn McKnight:One such program was a watchmaker program in Montreal
Terri Agnew:Welcome Greg Shatan
judith hellerstein:The sub committee i think was in LA in October
judith hellerstein:Hi Chris and Laura, just wanted to make sure you got the info I sent you on caption first
christopher mondini:yes thanks! :)
Laura Bengford:Yes Judith, thanks
Glenn McKnight:All I have created a Powerpoint on Video Captioning. I will post the link to slideshare
Glenn McKnight:Here is the link to the SLIDESHARE how to use the tool for Video Captioning
Glenn McKnight:http://www.slideshare.net/gmcknight/craptioning-to-captions-how-to
Gunela Astbrink:I would be very happy to have the meeting an hour later
Laura Bengford:Sure Cheryl
Glenn McKnight:Website is only one area for Stocktaking of ICANN compliance
Glenn McKnight:Perhaps interface with ADA on a checklist
Laura Bengford:Chris and I will work with Josh (our AC expert) for the Jan 26 mtg.
Glenn McKnight:FYI
Glenn McKnight:I will be in Austin for NTEN in March
Glenn McKnight:Here is the session I will be reporting on
Glenn McKnight:Wednesday, March 4 • 1:30pm - 3:00pmAccessibility and IT - Working towards a universally accessible IT environmentSign up or log in to save this event to your list and see who's attending!★ Add To My SchedWith the explosion of technology, the world is becoming more accessible to all. Yet, how many employers know how to address IT accessibility issues? How can universities present online materials that are accessible to students who are blind or deaf-blind.This presentation will describe the impact of common causes of vision loss and hearing loss on those who use technology, and ideas for working towards creating a universally accessible IT environment.Three key areas will be addressed using an interactive and multimedia approach:1) environmental considerations (visual and auditory considerations and tips);2) adaptive software (screen reading programs, screen magnification programs, etc.), and3) hardware (scanners, refreshable braille displays, alerting systems).As a result of this presentation, participan
Glenn McKnight:ith the explosion of technology, the world is becoming more accessible to all. Yet, how many employers know how to address IT accessibility issues? How can universities present online materials that are accessible to students who are blind or deaf-blind.This presentation will describe the impact of common causes of vision loss and hearing loss on those who use technology, and ideas for working towards creating a universally accessible IT environment.Three key areas will be addressed using an interactive and multimedia approach:1) environmental considerations (visual and auditory considerations and tips);2) adaptive software (screen reading programs, screen magnification programs, etc.), and3) hardware (scanners, refreshable braille displays, alerting systems).As a result of this presentation, participan
Glenn McKnight:Nancy O'DonnellHelen Keller National Center is tge presenter
Laura Bengford:@Glenn I am planning to attend NTEN also
Glenn McKnight:@laura I was a speaker last year
Laura Bengford:Thanks Glenn, great.
Terri Agnew:@Cheryl,please be so kind to repeat the Action Item as you would like it recorded
Laura Bengford:Thank you to Gunela for helping with the RFP for web accessibility assessment!
judith hellerstein:I thought we already sent our recommendations for rec 11 for the last meeting
Gunela Astbrink:You're welcome, Laura
judith hellerstein:I have a full page on this
Glenn McKnight:We only mentioned the accessibility issues could not address the gender and other issues
Joly MacFie:Where is your page, Judith?
Glenn McKnight:Its the Atlas 2 recommendations page
Joly MacFie:all I see is this https://community.icann.org/display/als2/ATLAS+II+Recommendations+to+the+ICANN+Board
Glenn McKnight:Wel can add the action item RFP
judith hellerstein:https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ATLAS2+Recommendation+11
Glenn McKnight:Under the notes column we had some notes
Glenn McKnight:@ Judith thanks for the updated link
Glenn McKnight:We can add the RFP to this page too
Glenn McKnight:RecommendationICANN must implement a range of services to facilitate access according to various criteria (gender; cultural diversity) and user needs (disabilities, etc…).
Glenn McKnight:The link Judith provided specifically addresses only user needs ie Persons of Disability
Glenn McKnight:Not gender or cultural diversity
Terri Agnew:Judith is back in Adobe connect
Laura Bengford:@Glenn, here is the link to the RFP to add to that page, https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rfps-2012-02-25-en
Glenn McKnight:Thanks Laura
judith hellerstein:yes. sorry i accidently dropped the page
judith hellerstein:it also addresses needs of people with limited bandwidth and language issues
Glenn McKnight:Technical taskforce spent the last year evaluating conference tools and one of the screens was accessiblity
Joly MacFie:Thanks Judith, I'd like to suggest that page be linked in the notes section on #11 on https://community.icann.org/display/als2/ATLAS+II+Recommendations+to+the+ICANN+Board
Glenn McKnight:@Joly the page provided by Judith is from TTF and we need a Accessibility response too
Glenn McKnight:It might be the same or more
judith hellerstein:Yes because the TTF, which was Glenn and I did all the work
Glenn McKnight:It's a quiet group
Joly MacFie:I'll be happy to proofread any draft.
Gunela Astbrink:Thanks, Joly
Glenn McKnight:I have two updates for Item 5
Joly MacFie:http://myntc.nten.org/eventdetails/schedule
Gunela Astbrink:Excellent! to 20.00UTC meeting time
Terri Agnew:@Cheryl , will create wiki page after this call and send you the link
Glenn McKnight:bye all
Laura Bengford:Thank you everyone, Happy New year!
Gunela Astbrink:Thanks, bye
judith hellerstein:bye all
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:Bye all.... Thanks
