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Feb 21

At the next

@A11yVR

on March 8 at 8 am ET

@GarethWalkom

will talk about Supporting the Speech Disabilities and Differences Community Using #VirtualReality: bit.ly/3rrMpWd #Captioned and preapproved for

@IAAPorg

CAECs #Accessibility

In Accessible Pedestrian Signals Are (Finally) Coming to New York City,

@KenNakata

, Josef Pevsner, and I talk about: - What happened - Why this is important - What it means for digital #accessibility and the law Read the story: bit.ly/3tyPaVI

Person's legs and shoes by a white cane with a ball on the end

Here’s how

@Meta

plans to tackle harassment in metaverse: bit.ly/3pdBu0Q #VirtualReality #VR

Three virtual reality avatars: a pale skinned woman with arms up, a medium-skinned woman giving thumbs up, and a dark-skinned man waving

Mar 2

How Playground Created Forza Horizon 5’s Groundbreaking Sign Language Support: bit.ly/3tdBnna Awesome! #Accessibility #Gaming

Close up of a truck in a scene from Forza with a sign language interpreter

Mar 2

“What would an accessible virtual reality game for people who are blind look like?”

@aaron_virtual

answers that question in his

@A11yVR

presentation: #VirtualReality in the Dark: #VR Development for People Who Are Blind bit.ly/3ahBq8l #Captioned

Attending

Meetup, Overlays Underwhelm by

Hearing about the lies and scams from the accessiBe's of the world. #a11y Don't be a fool! WCAG ain't easy or cheap! Simple rule on seeing through Bullshit: "If it sounds too good to be true, It probably is!"

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This month's

presentation just started with

, join us now and ask your questions live youtube.com/watch?v=RDkqJa

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· Mar 1

Join @A11yNYC today at 7 PM ET Our guest speaker is @aardrian who will talk about overlays that promise to make your website accessible with one line of code: bit.ly/3glJFTX #Captioned and preapproved for @IAAPOrg CAECs #accessibility #A11y

"Overlays Underwhelm with Adrian Roselli"

Mar 1

Join

today at 7 PM ET Our guest speaker is

who will talk about overlays that promise to make your website accessible with one line of code: bit.ly/3glJFTX #Captioned and preapproved for

@IAAPOrg

CAECs #accessibility #A11y

Mar 1

Learning Firsthand How to Make Events Accessible: bit.ly/36IpzBX

@pcmahq

shares their learnings from working with

@merylkevans

#EventProfs #Accessibility

Joe Devon holding a water bottle while standing by Meryl as she speaks at CL22

Mar 1

Want to try Poker in VR? Here is

@Equal_Entry

’s analysis of the

@MetaQuestVR

guidelines for accessibility on a particular title with

@VEI_Lab

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@VEI_Lab

· Feb 28

Accessibility report about VR Poker by our resident expert @TechThomas @EqualEntry linkedin.com/feed/update/ur

Feb 28

How is it possible to interact with objectives and use text alternatives in #VirtualReality? Roland Dubois and I set out to answer that: bit.ly/3qebBfQ #Accessibility #VR

Virtual aquarium displaying three fish, with a piranha 3D object displayed as selected and focused

Feb 28

Check out this #XR Toolkit from

@PEATWorks

that will help employers understand the value of using accessible extended reality (XR) technologies in hybrid work environments: bit.ly/3M4Z9dy #Accessibility #VirtualReality #VR

Line drawing of phone with VR headset, and a box

Feb 25

Reality Hack:

@MIT

#XR Hackathon deadline for entering is March 1. Learn more: bit.ly/3IqAePm #VR #VirtualReality

Feb 25

In this #accessibility activist interview, Christine Hemphill of

@openforaccess

shares how she applied her experience as a professional triathlete to accessibility! Enjoy the read! bit.ly/2ZoDER9 #triathlon #XR

Christine Hemphill rides a bike wearing a helmet with a beautiful green hillside behind her

Feb 25

Check out this fireside chat from

@PerthA11yCamp

with

@dvosnacos

and me talking about #accessibility in #VirtualReality in three different #VR settings. bit.ly/3JT0Gli

Two avatars in a virtual reality setting with "Perth Accessibility Meetup Group" slide behind them

Feb 24

3-D sound maps, smart glasses, and augmenting the world with audio descriptions. Learn more about the essential tools that are making our world more inclusive for people with low vision via

@MSFTEnable

: bit.ly/3H1Fl7n #Accessibility #Inclusion

Feb 24

Kenji and I had the privilege of meeting and interviewing Japan’s First Person with a Disability in the Member of the House of Councillors: bit.ly/3nn0QZ4 We learned a lot from her responses. #Accessibility #A11y

Kenji sits with his laptop facing Eiko Kimura who is in a wheelchair with three others behind them

What makes writing more readable?

Feb 23

Excellent article on making writing more readable pudding.cool/2022/02/plain/ #a11y #plainlanguage

pudding.cool

Looking at how to make writing easier to read

Feb 23

#VirtualReality tourism is accessible, inclusive and takes the risk out of a COVID-disrupted getaway: ab.co/34Jud1b #Accessibility #VR

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22557

Feb 23

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22557 will have Live Captions! bit.ly/3H1fQ64 via

@MSFTEnable

@Microsoft

Hope captions use Windows closed captions settings #Accessibility

blogs.windows.com

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22557 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR Windows Insiders will notice that the name of the branch we are releasing builds fro

Feb 22

At the last A11yNYC, Pan-Pan Jiang of

@Google

talked about a communication tool to help people with speech disabilities to communicate with others. Here are the highlights and #Captioned recording: bit.ly/3LP4Tbk #Accessibility #A11y

Feb 22

Thoughts on #Accessibility of #NFTs and #Web3 from recent

speaker

@ScopicEngineer

: bit.ly/36oIKk5

Illustration of globe with Web 3 and a diversity of cartoon characters in pastel colors

Feb 21

UPDATED: Because of her vestibular disorder,

@MerylKEvans

never thought she'd do #VirtualReality. She shares her experience as a deaf person and changes the industry needs to do to make it better. bit.ly/3lO576j /cc

@meta

@SteamVR

#VR #Accessibility

Sporting a cochlear implant, Knomo unboxes virtual reality goggles and "Update" stamp

ADA Title III Federal Lawsuit Filings Hit An All Time High

Feb 19

"There were at least 11,452 ADA Title III federal filings last year – an all-time record since we started keeping track in 2013 when there were only 2,722 suits. That’s a 320% increase in eight years." #accessibility #usa

adatitleiii.com

By Minh Vu, Kristina Launey and Susan Ryan Seyfarth Synopsis: Plaintiffs continue filing ADA Title III lawsuits in record numbers with no sign of

A fireside chat with

in not 1 or 2 but 3 virtual environments on all things accessibility and virtual reality. Livin' life on the edge! #a11y #PWAC2022

@VisAbilityAU

Screenshot of Thomas Logan and David Vosnacos's avatars in front of a screen share of the Perth Accessibility Meetup Group.

Feb 18

How can user experience (#UX) research methods consider the needs of diverse participants when it comes to building inclusive products? Here's how: bit.ly/3zaOfva by Alwar Pillai

@alwarpillai

, CEO and Co-Founder of

@MakeItFable

#Accessibility #A11y

Illustration of person with guide dog, one in a wheelchair, a senior person who looks behind to see a child running

team shares best practices for

@Twitter

content: bit.ly/3GlaQbU

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Why is #VirtualReality in #healthcare important? What can the advocate do? Heather Bucalos, RN answers those questions and shares her experience as a two-time cancer survivor: bit.ly/3LE2XCi #Captioned #VR

A11yVR with Heather Bucalos with a stethoscope around her neck

#VirtualReality #Accessibility: The Importance of Comfort Ratings and Reducing Motion: bit.ly/3oQbuIN by

@Equal_Entry

@MerylKEvans

#VR

Illustration of woman exercising with VR goggles and four virtual screens

Bill Curtis-Davidson

@BCurtisDavidson

I'm super excited to moderate a roundtable at

@gatherverse

next week on

@ARealityEvent

(AWE) Live - Feb 22, 2022 9:05-10:00AM Pacific!

@PEATWorks

@XRAccess

and

@XRAssociation

are honored to highlight importance of #a11y + #disabilityInclusion in the #metaverse

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@ARealityEvent

· Feb 17

GatherVerse Summit 2022 A global collective to express the #Metaverse. Join livestream panel 'Advancing a Disability-Inclusive Metaverse' with mod: @billcurtism and speakers Pia Zaragoza, @cdpatnoe and @reg_inee. @gatherverse #education #accesibility #equality #wellness

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

Jamie Teh

@jcsteh

Feb 16

When people ask me whether I'd go for bionic vision if it were an option, it's a complex question to answer. However, it never occurred to me that the tech could just stop working with no hope of a fix. Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

spectrum.ieee.org

These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.

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speaks at #AxeCon and TBA!

Meryl Evans, CPACC

@merylkevans

Hey

@zoom

the auto captions were very bad yesterday in four different meetings. Please check the tech. This isn’t an acceptable level of performance. If all Zoom meetings were like this, I’d be struggling /cc

@UsabilityFox

#accessibility #a11y

Cool event practicing Japanese in

@MozillaHubs

with

@cotoacademy

students #vr #japanese

Many users in a Mozilla Hubs room with large Japanese flag displayed

Feb 16

The case for describing race in alternative text attributes: bit.ly/3LcNTLW #Accessibility #A11y

Illustration of two black women and a black man with each having a Polaroid-shaped outline framing their faces

Feb 16

Theatre #Accessibility Smartphone App GalaPro Acquired by

@ShubertOrg

: bit.ly/34rus1k #A11y

Feb 15

Coming on Thu, Feb 17 at 2:30 PM ET: "How to avoid surface-level inclusion of people with disabilities in tech"

@MakeitFable

#webinar with

@Equal_entry

@MerylKEvans

: bit.ly/34GwXNo #Accessibility Image credit: Dana Chan for Disabled and Here. buff.ly/3GM8Cm9

Black person in wheelchair with service dog uses laptop for a video meeting

Feb 15

Join

on March 1 at 7 PM ET We're excited to have

who will talk about overlays that promise to make your website accessible with one line of code: bit.ly/3glJFTX #Captioned and preapproved for

@IAAPOrg

CAECs #accessibility #A11y

Tag Team - Whoomp! (There It Is)

Feb 15

I used to have a teacher in high school that was a lounge singer and when students would fall asleep in class he would get up in their face and yell “WHOOMP there it is” to wake them up

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