From oriolefan38 at gmail.com Mon Jul 1 16:30:00 2024 From: oriolefan38 at gmail.com (Zachary Ledford) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 10:30:00 -0600 Subject: [NABS-L] NABS Walk-A-Thon Message-ID: NABS, NABS! The NFB National Convention is this week and so is the NABS Walk-A-Thon! This is a friendly reminder to walk with NABS this summer! At the National Association of Blind Students, we are hosting our annual NABS Walk-A-Thon! This fun effort will focus on raising funds for our organization which provides many resources for blind students, including mentorship, guidance on success in high school and higher education, sponsoring attendance at leadership seminars, and sending national student leaders to events to empower our youth. What are we asking of you? Please join us by participating in this initiative, solely involving walking…something that is routine to most of us! You will be able to participate anywhere in the world, as long as you are willing to review your steps at the beginning and end of the day, but we hope you will be walking with us in Orlando, FL, in conjunction with the National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind. As for participating, there will be exciting incentives! The incentives will include $100 for the individual who raises the most, 10% of the total pot for the affiliate who raises the most, and pizza for the group who wins the most. For those who raise $25, you will be put into a raffle to potentially get $50 in cash. Below, you will find two different links. One is to a Google Form that we ask you to fill out when participating, this allows for tracking purposes. The other link will be to the NABS Rally Up page, which provides a way for more information and how you will be participating or donating in our Walk-A-Thon. You will need to make an account on rally up as a way of participation. With Rally Up, you are able to have individuals donate directly to the website or have people sponsor you per metric that they are willing to sponsor you for. For example, I would give you $50 for every mile that you walk. All proceeds under your name will go towards what you raise overall and would be taken into account when calculating for the incentives. Please note that you have to fill out both the Google form and the rally up sign ups in order to be eligible for the incentives. Completing both actions should take no longer than 15 minutes! Google Form: https://forms.gle/jZ8Pr8iBFDvC79CK6 NABS Rally Up: https://go.rallyup.com/2024blindstudents/ We hope you will join us for the journey! If you have any questions, please contact Zachary Ledford at ledford.zachary38 at gmail.com. All the best, The NABS Fundraising Committee From gene.sh.kim at gmail.com Mon Jul 1 16:38:13 2024 From: gene.sh.kim at gmail.com (Gene Kim) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 11:38:13 -0500 Subject: [NABS-L] Research study opportunity at national convention on accessible data visualization Message-ID: Hi all, See below for two research opportunities from July 3 - 5 at national convention. These projects are lead by a blind professor/researcher and seem like very important work. My understanding is that these have been through the NFB research solicitation process. Participate in paid research on accessible graphics We are a group of researchers from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Saint Louis University, the University of Maine, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. As part of an NSF-funded project, we are exploring how to convey graphics (such as charts and graphs) on touchscreens using vibrations and sounds for individuals with low vision or blindness. User input is critical in designing new technology interfaces, and we need your feedback! We are bringing two studies to the NFB 2024 National Convention. Individuals can select to participate in one or both studies. In these studies, we will learn how individuals interact with and understand data presented in different nonvisual formats, including graphics conveyed by verbal descriptions, using a touchscreen-based interface, and using traditional paper-based graphics in tactile form. As a participant, you will explore charts on a touchscreen and answer questions about them. Any adult (18 years or older) individual with low vision or blindness present at the 2024 NFB Convention may participate. Individuals must have sensation in their fingers, mobility of their dominant hand and arm, and have a functional level of hearing to participate. We expect each study to take around 60 minutes. Individuals will each be compensated for their time with a $50 Amazon gift card per study they participate in. We will have time slots available on July 3th and July 4th. To learn more or to enter either study, please e-mail the research team ( touchscreenstudies at gmail.com) with preferred days and times for study participation. Please indicate in your email that you are an NFB Annual Convention attendee and if you would like to participate in one or both studies. Cheers, Gene From nabs.president at gmail.com Mon Jul 1 18:45:47 2024 From: nabs.president at gmail.com (Lauren Altman National Student President) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 14:45:47 -0400 Subject: [NABS-L] Research Study about the Accessibility of Undergraduate Chemistry Classes Message-ID: <5D3CAEAA-B808-4DE7-8484-584F24EF32F7@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ljmaher03 at outlook.com Mon Jul 1 21:00:54 2024 From: ljmaher03 at outlook.com (Louis Maher) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 21:00:54 +0000 Subject: [NABS-L] FW: relevant NFB research In-Reply-To: <029901dacbca$ae3608a0$0aa219e0$@maine.edu> References: <029901dacbca$ae3608a0$0aa219e0$@maine.edu> Message-ID: From: nicholas.giudice at maine.edu Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 10:24 AM To: 'Louis Maher' ; johnmillerphd at hotmail.com Subject: relevant NFB research Hello Louis and John, My name is Nicholas Giudice, a blind professor in spatial computing at the University of Maine. I received the notice about the annual Science and engineering division meeting at NFB this year. This group is well aligned with my interests as a blind scientist working in the field of information access technology for data science and graphical access. I would like to become a member and attend the meeting as you have an excellent sounding agenda (and I know some of the presenters). I am also hoping that you might share an announcement of relevant research we are conducting on Wed and Thurs at the convention on accessible data graphics. Getting input from blind folks is critical for making tech that works (input that is all too often ignored in design) and we usually run studies at NFB. However, there is some change in organization for communications this year and the ad that was agreed to be sent out to all NFB participants (see below) was not sent. Thus, we are looking for participants for paid studies we are running and your group seems like people who would both be interested and provide us with valuable feedback. I provide the ad below my name and I was hoping that you could pass it along to your group list and share with any others who may be interested. There is an email in the ad below to use for more info or to sign up. Thanks much in advance, Nick Research blurb: Participate in paid research on accessible graphics We are a group of researchers from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Saint Louis University, the University of Maine, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. As part of an NSF-funded project, we are exploring how to convey graphics (such as charts and graphs) on touchscreens using vibrations and sounds for individuals with low vision or blindness. User input is critical in designing new technology interfaces, and we need your feedback! We are bringing two studies to the NFB 2024 National Convention. Individuals can select to participate in one or both studies. In these studies, we will learn how individuals interact with and understand data presented in different nonvisual formats, including graphics conveyed by verbal descriptions, using a touchscreen-based interface, and using traditional paper-based graphics in tactile form. As a participant, you will explore charts on a touchscreen and answer questions about them. Any adult (18 years or older) individual with low vision or blindness present at the 2024 NFB Convention may participate. Individuals must have sensation in their fingers, mobility of their dominant hand and arm, and have a functional level of hearing to participate. We expect each study to take around 60 minutes. Individuals will each be compensated for their time with a $50 Amazon gift card per study they participate in. We will have time slots available on July 3th and July 4th. To learn more or to enter either study, please e-mail the research team (touchscreenstudies at gmail.com) with preferred days and times for study participation. Please indicate in your email that you are an NFB Annual Convention attendee and if you would like to participate in one or both studies. ------------------------- Nicholas A. Giudice3, Ph.D., Founder & Chief Research Scientist: VEMI Lab Professor of Spatial Computing: School of Computing and Information Science University of Maine, 348 Boardman Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5711 Co-founder & Chief Research Officer, Unar Labs, LLC. nicholas.giudice at maine.edu, 207-581-2151, About Me From nabs.president at gmail.com Tue Jul 2 01:46:33 2024 From: nabs.president at gmail.com (nabs.president at gmail.com) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 21:46:33 -0400 Subject: [NABS-L] 2024 NABS Business Meeting Message-ID: <016501dacc21$ab5eba30$021c2e90$@gmail.com> Hi all! It's that time of year again. In just a few days we will be kicking off the start to the 2024 National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind. This year we will be hosting the Business Meeting of the National Association of Blind Students on July 4th from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. Registration will be starting at 6:00 PM. If you are interested in attending and would like to preregister in order to save time on Thursday, please fill out our form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehcKzl1As1ICFgsykL50aLqLoNogvIg7AW C04R-4uE1gs1Nw/viewform?usp=sf_link. This year we will be streaming our meeting via our typical Zoom link. If you are unable to attend in person, we would still love you to join us virtually. Click here for the NABS Zoom room. Please note that you must be a dues paying member as of June 30, 2024 to participate in the elections process. Additionally, you will be unable to vote or win door prizes if you are attending virtually. Looking forward to a fantastic evening! Lauren Lauren Altman President National Association of Blind Students Pronouns: she/her Email: nabs.president at gmail.com Phone: (973) 9307473 From oriolefan38 at gmail.com Thu Jul 4 16:30:00 2024 From: oriolefan38 at gmail.com (Zachary Ledford) Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 12:30:00 -0400 Subject: [NABS-L] NABS Walk-A-Thon Happening Tomorrow! Message-ID: NABS, We hope those that are attending the NFB National Convention are enjoying it and if you’re not attending, we hope you are having a good week so far! This is your final friendly reminder to walk with NABS tomorrow, July 5th! At the National Association of Blind Students, we are hosting our annual NABS Walk-A-Thon! This fun effort will focus on raising funds for our organization which provides many resources for blind students, including mentorship, guidance on success in high school and higher education, sponsoring attendance at leadership seminars, and sending national student leaders to events to empower our youth. What are we asking of you? Please join us by participating in this initiative, solely involving walking…something that is routine to most of us! You will be able to participate anywhere in the world, as long as you are willing to review your steps at the beginning and end of the day, but we hope you will be walking with us in Orlando, FL, in conjunction with the National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind. As for participating, there will be exciting incentives! The incentives will include $100 for the individual who raises the most, 10% of the total pot for the affiliate who raises the most, and pizza for the group who wins the most. For those who raise $25, you will be put into a raffle to potentially get $50 in cash. Below, you will find two different links. One is to a Google Form that we ask you to fill out when participating, this allows for tracking purposes. The other link will be to the NABS Rally Up page, which provides a way for more information and how you will be participating or donating in our Walk-A-Thon. You will need to make an account on rally up as a way of participation. With Rally Up, you are able to have individuals donate directly to the website or have people sponsor you per metric that they are willing to sponsor you for. For example, I would give you $50 for every mile that you walk. All proceeds under your name will go towards what you raise overall and would be taken into account when calculating for the incentives. Please note that you have to fill out both the Google form and the rally up sign ups in order to be eligible for the incentives. Completing both actions should take no longer than 15 minutes! Google Form: https://forms.gle/jZ8Pr8iBFDvC79CK6 NABS Rally Up: https://go.rallyup.com/2024blindstudents/ We hope you will join us for the journey! If you have any questions, please contact Zachary Ledford at ledford.zachary38 at gmail.com. All the best, The NABS Fundraising Committee From caseyreyes25 at gmail.com Wed Jul 10 15:31:24 2024 From: caseyreyes25 at gmail.com (Casey Reyes) Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:31:24 -0500 Subject: [NABS-L] Preparing for the GRE? Message-ID: Hello! Has anyone taken the GRE? If so,how long did you study for it? What materials or courses did you use to study? Do you have any tips and tricks for taking the GRE? Any advice will be very appreciated. Best, Casey Reyes From stanley7709 at gmail.com Tue Jul 16 21:57:14 2024 From: stanley7709 at gmail.com (Steve Cook) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 17:57:14 -0400 Subject: [NABS-L] July Events Message-ID: <074101dad7cb$1ea36a90$5bea3fb0$@gmail.com> Hi All, Everyone is invited to the below events, feel free to share with everyone! Events take place at 8:00 PM Eastern on the below Zoom platform. Friday, July 19, 2024 The Fall Guy 2024 audio described movie Friday, July 26, 2024 Trivia The room will be open at 7:45 PM Eastern. If you are planning to play Trivia, requesting you sign in around this time in order to place everyone on a team in order to start at 8:00 PM Eastern. New information! If you would like to join my Smart Glasses group in which all Smart Glasses can be discussed. Sen a message to SmartGlasses+subscribe at googlegroups.com and put Subscribe in the subject field. Then once subscribed, to send a message to the group use SmartGlasses at googlegroups.com Call in information: Phone number: 19292056099 Meeting ID: 803 254 3777 Password: 124578 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8032543777?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09 Meeting ID: 803 254 3777 Passcode: 124578 One tap mobile +19292056099,,8032543777# The Fall Guy Working as the stunt double for action star Tom Ryder, Hollywood stunt performer Colt Seavers breaks his back during a stunt gone wrong and abandons his career and his girlfriend, camerawoman Jody Moreno. Eighteen months later, Colt, now a valet for a small Mexican restaurant, is contacted by Gail Meyer, Tom's film producer. She tells him that Jody is directing her first film, a space opera film titled Metalstorm starring Tom, and wants Colt to join the production in Sydney. After arriving on set, Colt learns that Jody never asked for him and is still angry about their breakup, with the film being a less-than-subtle attempt at airing her grievances at Colt. Gail reveals that Tom has disappeared after getting into trouble with "very bad people", and she wants Colt to find him before his absence causes the already overbudget film's cancelation. Not wanting Jody's directorial debut ruined, Colt starts to track down Tom. He first goes to Tom's apartment where he meets Tom's girlfriend and co-star Iggy. She gives Colt a lead, so he visits a nightclub, where he meets drug dealer Doone, who tricks Colt into drinking a cocktail laced with hallucinogenic drugs. After getting into a fight with Doone's henchmen, Colt visits Tom's hotel room where he finds a dead body in a bathtub full of ice. When Colt returns with the police, the body has disappeared. As the production of Metalstorm continues, Colt and Jody begin to rekindle their relationship until Gail abruptly informs him that he must return to the United States. Instead, he continues looking for Tom by tracking down his personal assistant Alma Milan. She hands him Tom's phone that Tom and Gail had been searching for, before they are both attacked by Tom's head of security, Dressler, and his team who are looking for the phone. Colt and Alma defeat them after an extended chase through Sydney involving a rubbish truck. He and his long-time friend Dan Tucker, the stunt coordinator on Metalstorm, unlock the phone and discover a video of an intoxicated Tom killing his most-recent stunt double Henry Herrera (the man in the bathtub) while sparring at a party. The henchmen attack Colt and Dan, destroying the phone with shotgun pellets. Dan escapes, but Colt is captured and brought face-to-face with Tom, who has been hiding out on a yacht on Gail's instructions. He reveals that Gail is framing Colt for the crime using deepfake technology to replace Tom's face with Colt's on the incriminating video and that he orchestrated Colt's accident because he felt that Colt was stealing the spotlight from him. Henry's body is discovered and the doctored video is released on news media, while Gail tries to convince Jody that Colt is guilty. Colt escapes and is presumed dead after a boat chase, though he swims to safety. The next day, Tom arrives at the Metalstorm set and production continues. Colt secretly returns to the set and convinces Jody of his innocence. Together, they trick Tom into participating in a stunt sequence and confessing while he is wired with a lav mike. The rest of the crew, led by Dan, hold off his goons. Gail steals the recording at gunpoint and tries to escape in a helicopter with Tom, but Jody helps Colt leap onto the helicopter in mid-air. He retrieves the recording and falls onto a crash mat prepared by Dan, while the helicopter crashes with Gail and Tom in it. Metalstorm's trailer premieres at San Diego Comic-Con, with Jason Momoa being made the new lead and Alma the film's new producer; the film eventually becomes a box-office hit. Colt gets exonerated, and he and Jody get back together. The credits play over a montage of behind-the-scenes footage of the real stunt work involved in making the film, followed by a mid-credits scene in which Tom and Gail are shown surviving the helicopter crash but are apprehended by undercover bounty hunters (two of them played by Lee Majors and Heather Thomas). In trying to escape, Tom accidentally triggers the pyrotechnics and blows himself up; Alma immediately calls Jason Momoa's agent. Cast Ryan Gosling as Colt Seavers, a seasoned action stuntman[9] Emily Blunt as Jody Moreno, Colt's ex-girlfriend and a first-time director[9] Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Tom Ryder, a famous action film star[10] Hannah Waddingham as Gail Meyer, the producer of Jody's film[11] Teresa Palmer as Iggy Starr, Tom's girlfriend and co-star[12] Stephanie Hsu as Alma Milan, Tom's personal assistant[13] Winston Duke as Dan Tucker, Colt's long-time friend and stunt coordinator[10][14] Ben Knight as Dressler, Tom's bodyguard Additionally, Lee Majors and Heather Thomas, who starred as Colt Seavers and Jody Banks respectively in the original television series, reprise their roles in a mid-credits scene with Majors credited as "The Fall Guy",[15] while Jason Momoa has an uncredited appearance as himself.[16] Steve Cook If you would like to join my Smart Glasses group in which all Smart Glasses can be discussed. Sen a message to SmartGlasses+subscribe at googlegroups.com and put Subscribe in the subject field. Then once subscribed, to send a message to the group use SmartGlasses at googlegroups.com From njackson at nfb.org Wed Jul 17 19:36:51 2024 From: njackson at nfb.org (Jackson, Delores Nikki) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:36:51 +0000 Subject: [NABS-L] Blind Students: Time To Build Confidence Message-ID: [National Federation of the Blind logo and tagline live the life you want. A man smiles and he walks with his long white cane into his office.] Mid-Atlantic Student Seminar - Register Now Friday, August 16, 5:00 p.m. - Sunday, August 18, 2024, 12:00 p.m., eastern. Jernigan Institute 200 East Wells Street Baltimore, Maryland 21230 Register for a weekend of discovery at the National Federation of the Blind and the National Association of Blind Students' Mid-Atlantic Regional Seminar, hosted by the Maryland Association of Blind Students (MDABS). This seminar is an opportunity to build confidence through engaging workshops, skill-building activities, networking opportunities, and more. The deadline to complete the Mid-Atlantic Student Seminar registration is August 2. Please direct all questions to MDABS President Qualik Ford at qford at bism.org. We look forward to your participation. About National Federation of the Blind Employment Initiatives With opportunities to compete in the workplace in terms of equality, blind people can achieve careers based on their dreams, talents, and abilities. The National Federation of the Blind connects working-age blind people with opportunities and resources to compete in the workplace on terms of equality. For more information, contact Nikki Jackson, Employment Programs Coordinator at njackson at nfb.org or 410-659-9314, extension 2404. 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I'll be starting my intensive Russian beginner classes this Fall semester around the 26th of August. I'm also the first blind student at my university to ever take Russian so it will be an interesting experience. Any help would be greatly appreciated and I hope everyone is having a good Monday so far. Best, Maxine J. Gretchokoff (They/Them) Civil Air Patrol Auxiliary Airman Cell: 769.768.0335 Email: Maxine.Gretchokoff at yahoo.com From mkvnfb94 at gmail.com Mon Jul 29 18:32:26 2024 From: mkvnfb94 at gmail.com (Mariya Vasileva) Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:32:26 -0400 Subject: [NABS-L] Assistance with using the ninja 15 and one foodie air fryer Message-ID: <4979AD21-C7C8-436A-A2F5-97F41889CB8C@gmail.com> Good afternoon to all, I was wondering if anyone on this list has utilized the air fryer above? I have one, and I recently started making some labels for it. I’m not sure if that’s a great idea because the family members that I’m living with, are telling me that it’s not very accessible for labels, and you have to turn a dial for function and cooking time. How have you guys successfully used this non-visually? Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Mariya Vasileva Sent from my iPhone