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Events in June 2024
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Choosing a Braille Device Trainer (BRL) (virtual) (Online Only) Choosing a Braille Device Trainer (BRL) (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 28, 2024This session explores how you can find a trainer in the area of interest. It offers a practical outline of steps you can take to see just how effective your trainer is likely to be.
Mission Accessibility in India (IRC/AVIA) (virtual) (Online Only) Mission Accessibility in India (IRC/AVIA) (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 28, 2024Learn how a grassroots ecosystem founded by blind attorneys is increasing accessibility one website, app, and tourist monument at a time in a country with one of the highest populations of blind people in the world. Find out how Mission Accessibility is making change happen. Receive lessons and tips to apply in your own advocacy. Presenter: Amar Jain, corporate attorney and Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility, Mumbai, India.
Developments in Spanish Language Audio Description (virtual) (Online Only) Developments in Spanish Language Audio Description (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 28, 2024Panelists will discuss recent progress in the creation, availability, and distribution of audio description in Spanish in the US.
Get More Chances to Score a Job Using the Workforce Office (virtual) (Online Only) Get More Chances to Score a Job Using the Workforce Office (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 28, 2024The Rehab Issues Task Force will hold a panel on how some states have been successful at giving people with vision loss access to the programs and resources offered in the Workforce offices and therefore allowing for additional avenues to employment as well as the standard Vocational rehabilitation office blind service office.
Learn About Streaming Services – You Might Be Surprised Which Ones Have AD (virtual) (Online Only) Learn About Streaming Services – You Might Be Surprised Which Ones Have AD (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 28, 2024Come learn about film festivals, streaming services, and alternative Video On Demand services that provide audio description that you never knew existed.
You Get What You Pay For (LUA) (virtual) (Online Only) You Get What You Pay For (LUA) (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 28, 2024If you find yourself unwilling to wait for the next book in a series or needing access to a niche title, you will find this session on where to go if you are willing to pay for the privilege to be a game changer. Whether you pay by the title, by the month or through an annual membership fee, there are companies and organizations that can provide you with access beyond the free services you are already using.
Academic AD – Audio Description and Higher Education (virtual) (Online Only) Academic AD – Audio Description and Higher Education (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 28, 2024Panelists will discuss the importance of audio description in higher education and its advantages as a learning and teaching tool.
AD and AI – A match made in heaven? Or not? Maybe somewhere in between? (virtual) (Online Only) AD and AI – A match made in heaven? Or not? Maybe somewhere in between? (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 28, 2024Join us for a comprehensive review of how the use of artificial intelligence impacts the production of audio description-its voicing, its writing, and its editing.
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AI in the Workplace (BITS/Employment) (virtual) (Online Only) AI in the Workplace (BITS/Employment) (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 29, 2024Are you a JAWS user? This session is for you. Learn tips, tricks, and techniques to take advantage of AI across products and services. World-renowned technologist, Brian Hartgen, will join us where he will share many techniques to optimize your use of AI tools and services. If productivity, efficiency, and profound improvement in usability are what you crave, then learn from a truly creative individual as Brian shares his vision of where we are in the use of AI with assistive technology. It just not all about prompting with AI tools, it is also about collecting that data in ways that allow you to be most efficient in your daily work. Co-sponsored by BITS and the Employment Committee
Blind Film Critics, Audio Description, and More (virtual) (Online Only) Blind Film Critics, Audio Description, and More (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 29, 2024Learn how three professional film critics who happen to be blind use audio description to do film reviews and criticism, what they think makes for good or bad audio description and more.
From Trauma to Triumph (virtual) (Online Only) From Trauma to Triumph (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 29, 2024Many people have experienced trauma of various types. Yet they have been able to go on to live full lives. Join us as three ACB members share their personal stories of how they have moved from trauma to triumph.
Managing Those Workplace Technology Hassles (virtual) (Online Only) Managing Those Workplace Technology Hassles (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 29, 2024Discover strategies to address those vexing technology inaccessibility challenges from the application process through doing the work you are hired to do.
Exploring New Worlds Through Sensory Games (ACB NG) (virtual) (Online Only) Exploring New Worlds Through Sensory Games (ACB NG) (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 29, 2024Whether you like audio or video games, this program is for you! Come learn how people with blindness and visual impairment create and play these accessible games: Brock The Investigator, The Last of Us, and Knight Manager. Join us for game demonstrations and lively discussion about present and future audio/video games.
ACB Inspire Mentoring Program Graduation Ceremony (virtual) (Online Only) ACB Inspire Mentoring Program Graduation Ceremony (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 29, 2024Convention Pep Rally with ACB Next Generation and ACB Students (virtual) (Online Only) Convention Pep Rally with ACB Next Generation and ACB Students (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 29, 2024Who’s got spirit? We do! Let’s get fired up for the 2024 ACB Conference and Convention. Join ACB Next Generation and ACB Students for our annual Convention Pep Rally, where we’ll party where the sun shines bright. Coach Kenneth makes a repeat appearance along with his special guests, Leslie Spoone and Koni Sims, who will get us up and groovin’. Enjoy meeting new friends, and learn about all our convention events. Bring your favorite snacks and get ready to cheer, 2024 will be a great year!
Sister Power Happy Hour (virtual) (Online Only) Sister Power Happy Hour (virtual) (Online Only)
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June 29, 2024Join ACB Women for another inspiring conversation featuring two wise women from our committee, Linda and Linda! Facilitator: Rachel Schroeder, Assistive Technology Specialist and ACB Board Member, Springfield, IL. Presenters: Linda Yacks, Retired Secretary, Rogers, AR and Linda Porelle, Retired Social Worker and Life Coach, Westbrook, ME.