<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Ericka Nelson</div><div>KD9VBX</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "David Goldfield via groups.io" <david.goldfield=outlook.com@groups.io><br><b>Date:</b> December 2, 2024 at 4:18:20 PM CST<br><b>To:</b> Tech-VI Announcement List <tech-vi@groups.io><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Tech-VI] The Tactile Times advent calendar returns for 2024</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> tech-vi@groups.io<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Tactile Times <info@tactiletimes.org>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear Tactile Times subscriber,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tactile Times are getting into the Christmas spirit already! We love a countdown and so...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Today we are launching our fully-accessible, online advent calendar for its third year running.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Are you tired of print advent calendars that just feel like…well…paper! This one is different, It is fully-accessible with all major
screen readers using a computer or a phone and you can access it with a BrailleNote Touch as well. You might even hear a few familiar voices along the way!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You can visit it to open the first door right now:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://games.tactiletimes.org/advent"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1">https://games.tactiletimes.org/advent</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We will have a new door unlocking each day, and a bumper day on the 24th.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It is a great opportunity to practice your internet navigation skills, while discovering a new piece of hidden content each day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For example, in JAWS, you can use Insert+F5 to get a list of all 24 doors on the page, press enter to select one, and then simply press
the number 4 to jump straight to the door’s contents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alternatively, you could use this is an opportunity to practice navigating tables. In any browser supporting quick navigation keys,
just press the letter t to jump to the advent calendar (which behind the scenes is actually a table). After that, you can navigate around it either using JAWS table layer mode (Insert+Space followed by the letter T) or the AltControl Key to the right of your
space bar in conjunction with the arrow keys.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If you’re on a phone you can still practice rotor skills by setting the VoiceOver rotor to “headings” to find the table, “Form controls”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">to find the doors and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You can also practice more general keyboard shortcuts in conjunction with the calendar. In Chrome for Windows Control+D will bookmark
the page so you can come back later, and Control+M will play the audio file in doors that contain one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We hope that you all enjoy the advent calendar, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msoplaintext" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Tactile Times editors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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