Re: Introducing a Free Webinar Series on Accessible Publishing and Reading

now that is an inclusive survey!
thank you thank you thank you.
karen



On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, kerscher@montana.com wrote:

> Dear Wai Interest groupcommunity,
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> Sorry for cross posting.
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> Please feel free to circulate broadly.
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> Sign up today to be notified about the free webinar series to be held every
> Wednesday at 15 UTC, i.e. 11:00 a.m. East Coast time, USA.
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> The DAISY Consortium along with leaders in the accessible publishing and
> reading ecosystem will be presenting on a diverse range of topics each week
> and available for anyone interested to either participate in the live
> webinar or review the recording at their convenience. The webinar system we
> use (Zoom) is accessible, and both the live webinars and the recordings will
> have captions available.
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> These webinars will include presentations intended for industry events such
> as the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in California, the London Book
> Fair, the Canadian Tech Forum event, as well new sessions covering
> announcements and innovations in the industry.
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> You can sign up for the latest information using our webinar only email list
> at:  <https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WG8H879>
> https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WG8H879
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> The presentation topics will change each week, so people can sign up for the
> webinars individually using the links located below the session titles.
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> The first webinar, which will be held on April 1, 2020 is titled "Helping
> Higher Ed Students with access to accessible course material during the
> COVID-19 crisis" exploring some of the considerations the industry is making
> to support students at this challenging time. Register now:
> <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WLJbXgccQnyPoGGmqbeVUA>
> https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WLJbXgccQnyPoGGmqbeVUA
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> April 8, 2020 will be "Publishers Faceoff to Prove the Accessibility of
> their titles."  <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MIOGV3kySwGR-Fo4lCN0Mw>
> https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MIOGV3kySwGR-Fo4lCN0Mw
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> April 15, 2020 will be "Create EPUB publications from Word with a simple
> tool anyone can use"
> <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_scaK_d3NQfalkoyTnBawtQ>
> https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_scaK_d3NQfalkoyTnBawtQ
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> April 22, 2020 will be "Making Math Accessible, One Step at a Time"
> <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fwL5s83QQ5uT5iN5Q_xGjw>
> https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fwL5s83QQ5uT5iN5Q_xGjw
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> The full list of forthcoming and archived webinars will be available at:
> <https://daisy.org/webinars> https://daisy.org/webinars
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> DAISY will be keeping this webinar series running throughout 2020 as a
> primary mechanism to keep people up to date on developments in accessible
> publishing and reading. We encourage anybody with a question, suggestion, or
> a proposal for a webinar to contact us at:
>
> <https://daisy.org/about-us/contact/> https://daisy.org/about-us/contact/
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> or email us at  <mailto:webinars@daisy.org> webinars@daisy.org
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> The DAISY staff will review proposals and arrange the schedule.
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> Sincerely,
>
> George
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> On behalf of the DAISY Consortium
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> George Kerscher Ph.D.
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> -In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.
>
> Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium
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> http://www.daisy.org
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> Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech
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> http://www.benetech.org
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> President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)
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> http://www.idpf.org
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> Member of the National Museum and Library Services  Board (IMLS)
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> http://www.imls.gov
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> Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of the
> W3C
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> http://www.w3c.org/wai
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> Phone: +1 406/549-4687
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> Cell:+1 406/544-2466
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> Email: kerscher@montana.com <mailto:kerscher@montana.com>
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Received on Thursday, 26 March 2020 03:17:07 UTC