<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div id="gmail-:23j" class="gmail-Ar gmail-Au gmail-Ao"><div id="gmail-:23f" class="gmail-Am gmail-Al editable gmail-LW-avf gmail-tS-tW gmail-tS-tY" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" tabindex="1" style="direction:ltr;min-height:404px"><div class="gmail_default">This is underway. Quite a complicated set up. Presenter is using ASL via video in Hubs, and in a Zoom call with interpreters for two way communication.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default"></div><br><u></u>
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ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday November 11 2021 at 19:00 EDT / 00:00 UTC / 09:00 JST (Wed) the Accessibility VR Meetup hosts 'Paradigm Shifts in Interacting With Virtual Environments: A Focus on Deaf People' on Mozilla Hubs. Professor Wendy Dannels of the XR Accessibility S" </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yvr19" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/a11yvr19-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>Thursday November 11 2021</strong> at <strong>19:00 EDT / 00:00 UTC / 09:00 JST</strong> (Wed) the <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.meetup.com/A11yVR/" target="_blank">Accessibility VR Meetup</a></strong> hosts '<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.meetup.com/a11yvr/events/281355381/" target="_blank">Paradigm Shifts in Interacting With Virtual Environments: A Focus on Deaf People</a></strong>' on Mozilla Hubs. <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.rit.edu/directory/wadnet-wendy-dannels" target="_blank">Professor Wendy Dannels</a></strong> of the XR Accessibility Solutions Laboratory at <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.rit.edu/ntid/" target="_blank">Rochester Institute of Technology</a></strong> will will point to some challenges and opportunities deaf individuals using American Sign Language as their primary language have faced when navigating and interacting with others through Mozilla Hubs. She will discuss ideas on making VR social platforms more inclusive including working with host and access service providers such as ASL interpreters.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">The session will be webcast live via a partnership with the <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://a11ySIG.org" target="_blank">Internet Society Accessibility SIG</a></strong> (A11ySIG).</p>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>PARTICIPATE VIA MOZILLA HUBS: <a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.meetup.com/a11yvr/events/281355381/" target="_blank">https://www.meetup.com/a11yvr/events/281355381/</a></strong> (open captions / ASL)</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>REAL TIME TEXT: <a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=a11yvr" target="_blank">https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=a11yvr</a></strong></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>TWITTER: <a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://bit.ly/A11yVR" target="_blank">@a11yvr</a> #xrasl #ritntid @wdannells @RITtigers #a11y #XR #VR @IAAPOrg @MozillaHubs #captioned</strong></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>SIMULCASTS</strong> (open captions / ASL)<br><strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/</a></strong><br><strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive" target="_blank">https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive</a></strong><br><strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/</a></strong><br><strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://youtu.be/by-JkpU-AXI" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/by-JkpU-AXI</a> </strong>(monitored for comments)<br><strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.facebook.com/DeafScience" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/DeafScience</a> </strong>(maybe)</p>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>ACCREDITATION - </strong>All A11yVR meetups are pre-approved for <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/s/certification-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">IAAP Continuing Accessibility Education Credits (CAEC)</a>.</strong></p>
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