[NFB-DB] zoom meetings

Tue May 5 20:51:50 UTC 2020

Scott, I would suggest getting in touch with

John Berggren jberggren at nfb.org
who is in charge of convention arrangements,
and Ross Kirschner
rkirschner at nfb.org
who is the Zoom expert there.

Dave

At 07:53 PM 4/19/2020, Scott Davert via NFB-DB wrote:
>Hi Heather.
>Sprint Ip-Relay still exists, and will continue 
>to do so for the foreseeable future. As for 
>using IP-Relay on one of these Zoom meetings, in 
>theory at least, you could call into a Zoom 
>meeting if a phone number is listed. I'll warn 
>you that you may have trouble keeping up, as 
>would the relay operator. I may contact national 
>about another captioning option for convention 
>and possibly even these Zoom meetings, but I do 
>not know who to contact, and still need to see 
>if this is something that can be supported. It's 
>been a rough 2020 for me personally, so although 
>I wanted to do this before, I've not had the 
>energy to do so. Sorry I do not have any 
>immediate answers for you. For disclosure: I'm 
>not on the board, but am an NFBDB member. I work 
>for Sprint Accessibility, among other things.
>
>Scott
>
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Apr 19, 2020, at 5:14 PM, Maurice A. mines 
>via NFB-DB <<mailto:nfb-db at nfbnet.org>nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>>  Hello everyone, Iâ€™ve been reading the two 
>> emails that have been written about the 
>> subject. I think it is an important issue. 
>> Iâ€™m going to pass this message on to Pres. I 
>> will study was the president of the deaf blind 
>> division. Iâ€™m also on the same division 
>> board. I certainly cannot speak for the entire 
>> board but I would ask that people on the list 
>> give us some time to discuss it. And look at 
>> possible suggestions we may make to the 
>> national office. I would encourage anyone to 
>> certainly send a question to Pres. Riccobono 
>> through Pam Allen was facilitating the next 
>> live presidential release to be held on 1 May to bring this issue up.
>>
>>Heather I donâ€™t know if a relay service would 
>>be willing to take on an entire convention. 
>>That suggestion although good I think has to be 
>>cleared with them and either the division or 
>>the organization as a whole needs to work with 
>>said relay service wherever that service may be 
>>to make certain that it is appropriate. I do 
>>know that Zoom has captioning and I think the 
>>first live presidential release was captioned. 
>>But I donâ€™t know at what levels that was in 
>>terms of the level of detail. I was also told 
>>afterwards that there was occasional text 
>>chatting going on to look someone could 
>>potentially follow what was going on. But 
>>youâ€™re right that it does need to be 
>>discussed and some arrangements need to be made 
>>if thatâ€™s applicable. Please be rest assured 
>>that I will pass that on to Pres. Alice Eddie. 
>>Because I donâ€™t know if sheâ€™s on this 
>>Issue. I hope everyone also understands that 
>>Iâ€™m only one person. There are nine people on 
>>the board. I am hopeful that once we discuss it 
>>and hopefully formulate something we will of 
>>course make that known on this list. And if 
>>itâ€™s agreed that the national office 
>>completely handle it I am hopeful that they 
>>will make certain that it is made clear what 
>>way forward will be pursued almost list. I hope 
>>everyone is safe and as comfortable as can be 
>>if there used to getting out and Iâ€™m 
>>certainly going to publish my real personal 
>>address here if anyone wants to write me off 
>>list privately I certainly read every email I 
>>get. I thank you in advance for any suggestions 
>>you may have for us to pass along to the 
>>national office or on anything that we may do 
>>to help things work out for the benefit of everyone.
>>
>>The following email address is my personal 
>>address. Again please feel free to write me. I 
>>go through personal emails first and then I 
>>look at list emails second. I check email 
>>several times a day. So I look forward to 
>>reading any emails that people may wish to 
>>write me. I do ask that you let me know if it is okay to pass your email along.
>>
>> 
>><mailto:maurice at maurice-amines.com>maurice at maurice-amines.com. 
>>if you just have me lay and wish to leave me a 
>>relay message, that number follows
>>Sprint IP relay number 6612463110.
>>
>>Maurice Mines, Board Member
>>National Federation of the Blind Deaf-Blind Division
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>><http://www.nfbdeaf-blind.org>
>>Live the life you want.
>>The National Federation of the Blind Deaf-Blind Division, a proud division
>>of the National Federation of the Blind, is a community of members and
>>friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day
>>we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.
>>
>>>On Apr 19, 2020, at 13:23, heather via NFB-DB 
>>><<mailto:nfb-db at nfbnet.org>nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>I wonder if the national can use sprint relay 
>>>services? If sprint relay still exists after 
>>>the te-mobile take over! So I heard apple has 
>>>content that one can read with their braille 
>>>displays as part of their close captioning, 
>>>hope that we can use the same technology for 
>>>the convention this year. I worry because not 
>>>everyone has braille equipment at home. The 
>>>equipment may have been at their schools and 
>>>all the schools are closed till the end of the 
>>>year. Is I can connect giving out equipment to 
>>>folks to use at home? I wish there was a way 
>>>to find out the answers to these questions!  Heather
>>>
>>>From: <mailto:nfb-db at nfbnet.org>Doula Jarboe via NFB-DB
>>>Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2020 2:44 PM
>>>To: <mailto:nfb-db at nfbnet.org>'NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List'
>>>Cc: <mailto:doula.jarboe at gmail.com>doula.jarboe at gmail.com
>>>Subject: Re: [NFB-DB] zoom meetings
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>      My state affiliate, Colorado, was the 
>>> first affiliate doing zoom workshops.  And 
>>> weâ€™ve been trying to figure out this 
>>> issue.  Iâ€™m not sure if any solution has 
>>> come up.  I know Cart costs a lot of 
>>> money.  My understanding is that thereâ€™s 
>>> the ability for someone to type about what is 
>>> going on verbally.  But someone has to be 
>>> assigned to that position.  And I donâ€™t 
>>> know if thatâ€™s been tried at 
>>> all.  Considering that National Convention is 
>>> going to be virtual, some kind of 
>>> accommodation will have to be figured out by then.  Anyone else?
>>>Doula
>>>President of the fledgling Colorado Deaf-Blind division
>>>From: NFB-DB 
>>><<mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org>nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org> 
>>>On Behalf Of heather via NFB-DB
>>>Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2020 12:53 PM
>>>To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List 
>>><<mailto:nfb-db at nfbnet.org>nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
>>>Cc: heather <<mailto:kd5cbl at gmail.com>kd5cbl at gmail.com>
>>>Subject: [NFB-DB] zoom meetings
>>>
>>>Hello, there have been a lot of zoom 
>>>meetings.For last weeks zoom meeting on 
>>>firday, I posted the presidential  speech that 
>>>was up for discussion off the blind pinpowls 
>>>list. I wanted to make sure the deaf blind 
>>>would be part of the discussion. I did not see 
>>>them providing closed captioning so people who 
>>>are deaf blind can follow along. Has any had 
>>>this discussion with national, that they maybe 
>>>leaving the deaf-blind out of the loop? 
>>>Chapter meetings and nfb groups need to use 
>>>the zoom feature that has closed captioning. 
>>>Does anyone know if this feature even works 
>>>for those using braille displays? Any devision 
>>>leaders out there can verify this or not? Stay safe everyone! Heather

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