DCLA ASIG meetup over Zoom Thursday March 3rd, 11am to 12noon

[patrick t]

Do you have questions about accessibility or assistive technology and want to share your problem solving process? The Adaptive Services Interest Group (ASIG) of the District of Columbia Library Association (DCLA) is holding another meeting on Thursday March 3rd from 11am to 12pm over Zoom. Invited are librarians, accessibility and assistive technology professionals and users from around the DC/MD/VA area who want to problem solve in a shared environment. Please feel free to share this announcement appropriately. Zoom link is at the end of this email. Topics of discussion could include any of the following:

Universal Design

Best practices in virtual services due to Covid

Are there audio loops incorporated into the design of buildings?

What types of effective communication are offered to the public?

Distributing adaptive technology service remotely

Marketing adaptive technology services to different communities

Converting materials to alternative formats

Evaluation of new adaptive technologies

Reports from national AT conferences

Local AT resource providers

Cloud-based AT notetaking solutions (e.g., Glean, Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai),

Smartpens (e.g., Livescribe),

Built-in options (e.g., Microsoft, Google),

Tools for executive functioning (e.g., Tiimo)

Best practices in virtual services due to Covid

The move of AT to personal devices

Patrick Timony is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: DCLA ASIG Meetup

Time: Mar 3, 2022 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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James Patrick Timony

he/they

Librarian, Adaptive Technology

JAWS Certified

DC Public Library

Center for Accessibility

901 G Street, NW, Room 205-D

Washington, DC 20001

www.dclibrary.org/services/accessibility

202-727-1335