[Governance] WEBCAST TODAY: Universal Design and Social Innovation during the COVID-19 Pandemic @WSISProcess

[Joly MacFie]

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On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 10:33 AM Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

> This happened already. I'm afraid I was late picking up the feed because
> of problems accessing Microsoft Teams, WSIS's platform of choice. They had
> implemented Teams' integrated AI captions, which were less than
> satisfactory, They were awkward to turn on, and only appeared as brief one
> line snippets. After a short time you'll see me switch to webcaptioner
> <https://webcaptioner.com/> (google translate) and 3 lines. I also
> noticed Teams was very slow to switch camera when speaker changes. I have a
> suspicion WSIS will be switching to zoom. At least they are trying!
> Although I didn't test it but it did appear that the Microsoft AI offered
> auto-translation. This is something I am often asked about, and could be a
> big +1 for teams.
>
> ISOC Live posted: "Today, Friday 17 April 2020, at 12:00 UTC, the World
> Summit on the Information Society Forum 2020 (WSIS+15) presents 'Universal
> Design and Social Innovation during the COVID-19 Pandemic'. This panel, one
> of the ongoing virtual interactive TalkX series, wi"
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> [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/talkx>Today, *Friday
> 17 April 2020*, at *12:00 UTC*, the *World Summit on the Information
> Society Forum 2020 <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/>* (WSIS+15)
> presents '*Universal Design and Social Innovation during the COVID-19
> Pandemic*'. This panel, one of the ongoing virtual interactive *TalkX
> series <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/Home/WSISTalkX>*, will
> explore how universal design can ensure that everyone, including socially
> disadvantaged communities, can benefit from public health communications
> during the COVID-19 crisis. Speakers: *Elise Daaland* — Creative
> Director, Global Universal Design Commission Europe; *Michael W. Hodin* —
> CEO, Global Coalition on Aging; *Masahito Kawamori* — Rapporteur, ITU-T
> SG16 Q26, ITU and Professor, Keio University, Japan. Moderator: *George
> Anthony Giannoumis* — Associate Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University.
> Participation is via Microsoft Teams, with closed captions available.
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> *LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/talkx
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> *PARTICIPATE: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/Home/WSISTalkX
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