[Nyabs] FW: Raising the Floor Newsletter - March 2013

[Kathryn Carroll]

Kathryn Carroll Intern, One Billion Strong J.D. Candidate, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2013 Google Voice: (347) 455-1521 http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryncarroll http://carrollkathryne.wix.com/kathryncarroll From: Raising the Floor (info at raisingthefloor.org) Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 08:59 AM To: Kathryn Carroll (kc2992a at student.american.edu) Subject: Raising the Floor Newsletter - March 2013   Trouble reading this? Read it on the web instead:  http://raisingthefloor.org/index.php?q=civicrm/mailing/view&reset=1&id=174   Raising the Floor Newsletter   March 2013 Welcome to the March 2013 issue of Raising the Floor's newsletter highlighting our participants, accomplishments, upcoming events and activities. Gathering Needs And Numbers UK Study Shows Gaps in Internet Use A new study by the Royal National Institute for the Blind shows that seniors with visual disabilities are missing out on using the Internet for specific reasons. The primary reason (given by 83% of the respondents) was their vision loss, possibly revealing low awareness of assistive technology solutions. Spotlight Caption and Translate YouTube Videos Via Amara Amara always let you crowdsource captions and subtitles for your online videos, including YouTube. Now you can link your YouTube channel to Amara so that your YouTube viewers are brought into the process, and their work is automatically updated. This expands the reach of both language and disability access to the expanding world of video in education, work, entertainment, and cultural inclusion. Google Adds Accessibility Features to Hangouts Google Hangout users have been able to get their sessions transcribed in real time via CART services for several months, and sign language users and interpreters can participate equally. A new feature integrates sign language interpreting even better: when the sign language user begins signing, he or she gets the focus instead of the interpreter. (Hangout's default is to focus on whoever is speaking, so previously the interpeter got the focus instead of the person being interpreted.) Another improvement is a wider range of keyboard shortcuts. Get Involved Would you like to become involved in Raising the Floor? Come visit our website and let us know how you would like to pitch in. About Raising the Floor (RtF) Raising the Floor (RtF) is an international coalition of individuals and organizations working to ensure that the Internet, and everything available through it, is accessible to people experiencing accessibility barriers due to disability, literacy, or age. Of particular concern are people who are underserved or unserved due to the type or combination of disabilities they have, the part of the world they live in, or the limited resources (financial or program) available to them. A central activity of Raising the Floor – International is coordination of an emerging consortium to build a Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII). For more information see http://raisingthefloor.org. This email was sent to kc2992a at student.american.edu. To unsubscribe from future newsletter mailings, click this unsubscribe link. To unsubscribe from ALL Raising the Floor announcements of any type, click this Opt-Out-ALL link. Raising the Floor - International 150 route de Ferney Geneva, 1204 Switzerland http://RaisingTheFloor.org    
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