Click “Launch Event” to identify the ACB Media stream for each event.
June 27, 2024
(AMAZON) Amazon Devices Accessibility Overview (virtual)
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June 27, 2024
Amazon obsesses about customer delight, and that includes customers with disabilities. In this session, Amazon accessibility experts will discuss the latest accessibility features for Fire TV, Fire tablet, Echo Show, Kindle, smart glasses and more. We will also review the suite of award-winning Fire OS accessibility features that have been delighting Amazon’s customers with disabilities for years. Speaker: Peter Korn, Director of Accessibility, Amazon Devices and Services
(GDUI) Guide Dog School Updates (virtual)
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June 27, 2024
Representatives from each school will give updates. (double session)
(AMAZON) Audio Description at Prime Video (virtual)
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June 27, 2024
Over the last 24 months, Prime Video has been working with customers and advocacy groups to make our content more accessible by improving the availability and quality of audio description. We continue progressing towards our north star of making high-quality Audio Description as commonly available as Captioning. In this session, we will present our learnings on this journey and the evolving mental models on quality across scripting, mixing and voicing of Audio Description. Speakers: Christopher Nooney, Principal Product Manager, Technology, Prime Video and Dr. Josh Miele, Principal Accessibility Researcher, Amazon Devices and Services
(GDUI) Guide Dog School Updates (virtual)
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June 27, 2024
Representatives from each school will give updates. (double session)
(ACBRA) For Everyone Interested in Amateur Radio (virtual)
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June 27, 2024
Lucinda Moody, AB8WF, the Handiham Program Coordinator, will be speaking to us about the Handiham program and about ham radio in general.
(LUA) What Can be Accomplished When We Work Together (LUA) (virtual)
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June 27, 2024
Talking Book libraries can do much more than send out books and magazines. Come hear how Floridians can access locally produced books and periodicals, videos, and how to work in collaboration with your local talking book library to enhance services. You will also hear how a “Friends of the Library” group in Florida has worked with their talking book library to support existing programming and to help finance fun and exciting new projects. How do they work together and what do they hope to achieve in the future.
(LUA) Why You Should Get a Public Library Card (virtual)
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June 27, 2024
Some Talking Book library users are also proud card carrying public library users. Come and learn how you might take advantage of your local public library to access services that could reduce your reliance on pay to play services to access books, music, videos and more. This session will include a short demonstration of the Libby online service offered by many public libraries around the country.
(ACBNG) P.R.E.P for Successful Networking (ACB NG) (virtual)
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June 27, 2024
Join Chris Peterson, Swatha Nandhakumar, and Dianna Leonard as they help us prepare for any networking event. They’ll guide us through an interactive P.R.E.P session to learn how to plan, research, navigate an event, and pursue leads. Then join us at our in-person event on July 6th to practice what you’ve P.R.E.P’d and where various affiliate and ACB committee members will attend to network with.