<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Thank you<div>Nicole</div><div><br></div><div>Nicole D. Fincham-Shehan</div><div>President </div><div><br></div><div>Treasure Coast Chapter</div><div>National Federation of the Blind of Florida </div><div>Home Phone: 561-366-7841 </div><div>Cell Phone: 410-493-4461 </div><div>Email: treasurecoastnfb@gmail.com</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Sherri Brun via NFBF-L <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> August 23, 2022 at 1:29:27 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Sherri Brun <flmom2006@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFBF-L] FW: Upcoming event, learn the basics of web accessibility: Screen readers, WCAG, and more</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org><br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">For those who did not get this email and may be interested I am passing it along.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sherri<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> National Federation of the Blind <webmaster@nfb.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 22, 2022 2:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> Sherri l. Brun <slbrun4@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Upcoming event, learn the basics of web accessibility: Screen readers, WCAG, and more<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr style="height:15.0pt"><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in"><tbody><tr><td style="background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr style="height:7.5pt"><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;background:#0075C9;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:7.5pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="600" height="28" style="width:6.25in;height:.2916in" id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/top-blue-bar.jpg" data-unique-identifier=""><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr style="height:7.5pt"><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:7.5pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="nfb.org"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="240" height="264" style="width:2.5in;height:2.75in" id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/nfb-logo-for-email-template.jpg" alt="National Federation of the Blind logo and tagline live the life you want" data-unique-identifier=""></span></a><img border="0" width="247" height="151" style="width:2.5729in;height:1.5729in" id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://nfb.org/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/mdod-logo-new-1.png" alt="Maryland Department of Disabilities logo" data-unique-identifier=""><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-color:initial"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="600" style="width:6.25in"><tbody><tr style="height:15.0pt"><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt"><h1><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black">Intro to Web Accessibility </span><o:p></o:p></h1><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Tuesday, August 30, 2022, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. via Zoom | <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=26880&qid=7458698">Register for the Intro to Web Accessibility Boutique</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Americans use the internet for everything from work, to caring for them selves and families, to being entertained. Yet, many websites and apps remain difficult to impossible for blind people to access because they are not designed with accessibility in mind.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Web accessibility is easy when designed from the start, and designing accessible websites and apps can benefit everyone, not just blind users. Join the National Federation of the Blind Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility Intro to Web Accessibility Boutique to learn how to make your websites and apps accessible to blind users and better for everyone. The boutique will cover:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">What is a screen reader, and what is the experience for someone who depends on this technology to navigate websites.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">What should a web developer keep in mind to make sure their websites are accessible.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">What are the current Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Recommended for developers, content creators, bloggers, influencers, communications professionals, web designers, web administrators, students and teachers in IT and web-related fields, and open to interested folks.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">The Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility is pleased to present this free Intro to Web Accessibility Boutique in partnership with the Maryland Department of disabilities.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=26880&qid=7458698">Register today to learn how to make all of your websites and apps accessible to blind users.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><h2><span style="color:black">It’s Worth the Effort</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Accessibility simplifies and improves interactions with blind customers, employees, and employers. Accessible documents are useful to more than blind users. Most of the features added to increase accessibility also make projects easier to use for a wide variety of people.</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Keyboard users</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Those with small screen devices</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Dictation software users</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">People using automated tools to gather information on documents, webpages, and other media.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Some accessibility features can make a project easier to migrate to other platforms or formats.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Creating accessible documents can be simple and powerful for anybody to incorporate into their workflow. Accessibility boutiques and seminars are workshops presented by our access technology experts that provide introductions to accessibility best practices and the latest trends in access tech.</span><o:p></o:p></p><h2><span style="color:black">About Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">The National Federation of the Blind is the transformative membership and advocacy organization of blind people. Our Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility (CENA) provides resources and events with access technology experts. <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=26889&qid=7458698"><span style="color:#0563C1">Learn more about CENA</span></a>. 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