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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> mastodon@groups.io <mastodon@groups.io> <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Goldfield<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 4, 2023 10:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> mastodon@groups.io<br><b>Subject:</b> [mastodon] From Hartgen Consultancy: One Week to Go Until Mastodon Training Course<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> <a href="mailto:Leasey@groups.io">Leasey@groups.io</a> <<a href="mailto:Leasey@groups.io">Leasey@groups.io</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Hartgen<br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>With Twitter accessibility getting worse and worse every day, it may be worth people thinking about an accessible social media platform.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>In the wake of the noisy takeover of Twitter last year, people have been looking for alternatives to the microblogging social media platform. Many of those fleeing or hedging their bets have turned to Mastodon, which has attracted millions of new users since Twitter's acquisition.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Like Twitter, Mastodon allows users to post, follow people and organizations, and like and repost others' posts. But while Mastodon supports many of the same social networking features as Twitter, it is not a single platform.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Instead, it's a federation of independently operated, interconnected servers. The interconnected Mastodon servers, along with other servers that can talk to Mastodon servers, are collectively dubbed "the fediverse". Sound confusing? It isn't when it is explained to you in easy to understand language, and that's the subject of our new training course.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Over several hours, you will learn that using Mastodon with Windows is not as difficult as you perhaps suppose. Undoubtedly, when considering the various social media platforms, Mastodon is by far the most accessible. So it's important to encourage as many people as possible to be part of it. Moreover, new features and ways of doing things are being discovered all the time.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>There is a myth that it is not especially easy to sign up to Mastodon. If you think that, or you've been told that, don't worry. If you don't have a Mastodon account. We'll help you set one up.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>During two Zoom webinars on 12 and 19 July, we will explore this platform together. We will begin with some theory before getting to the practical. Topics will include:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>A discussion as to the advantages of using Mastodon.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>How does Mastodon compare to Twitter?</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Getting to grips with the terminology.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Finding a server to host your account. For various reasons this may need some consideration. If you make an inappropriate choice, all is not lost. You can change it later and we'll explain how.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Creating and Modifying your profile.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Accessing Mastodon with a Windows screen-reader: using a browser and Tweesecake.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Creating a Bio.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Observing Mastodon Etiquette.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Working with Toots: Reading, Favouriting, creating, bookmarking and boosting.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>How much text can I write on Mastodon?</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Finding people to follow.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>How to Unfollow.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Mentioning users.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Sending more private messages.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Viewing an entire conversation.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Accessing a user's timeline.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Content warnings.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Opening web pages derived from a post.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Working with audio and images.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Adding alternative text to images.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>The importance of modifying the Tweesecake and TWBlue templates.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Viewing the local timeline.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Viewing the federated timeline.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Accessing the profile of a user.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Viewing followers of your friends.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Blocking and unblocking users.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Muting and Unmuting.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Hashtags.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Viewing the details of an Instance or Server.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Scheduling Toots.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Getting Further Help.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:20.5pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#181818;letter-spacing:-.75pt'>Accessing Mastodon.</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>At the time of writing, our preferred method of accessing Mastodon is using a Windows application called Tweesecake. Tweesecake makes it super easy to undertake many of the tasks being discussed and demonstrated. Even if you cannot remember all the keyboard shortcuts, there are other ways of accessing everything you need.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>TWBlue also provides an alternative way of accessing Mastodon. In addition, time will be devoted to accessing the platform using a browser and even that is highly accessible. It is less convenient on several levels but there may well be reasons why you would want to at the time of writing. In summary, at the present time one specific method of access may not allow you to do everything you want, so it may be necessary to use a combination of these.</span><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:20.5pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#181818;letter-spacing:-.75pt'>Training Course Structure.</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>In the training course you will receive:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>The chance to join the Zoom webinars so as to ask questions after each demonstration.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>A recording of the sessions.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>A text transcript of the sessions.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>A DAISY audio book of the sessions.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>Access to an Email list for course announcements and to ask questions.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif'>A text guide containing shortcut keys for the various clients covered in the training.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Please note: The demonstrations will be delivered using the JAWS for Windows screen-reader. You are welcome to join us if you are using an alternative screen-reading program, however the same results cannot be guaranteed.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>The structure of this training course will be a little different to usual practice.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>The first two training sessions will be held on 12 and 19 July 2023. However, it is our hope that access to Mastodon generally, and through access technology, will change over time. So for this training course only, we are offering an additional two hour-long sessions: one in late September and a further one in early December. This will give sufficient time to update course participants on current developments. You will also be able to access an Email list so as to discuss topics.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Each session will be held at 7 PM UK time which is 2 PM US Eastern.<br>You do not need to participate in the session as it happens. To repeat, you can access the recordings and text transcripts later.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'><a href="https://www.hartgen.org/mastodon">The cost of Masto-Done; Riding the Elephant is £50 which is approximately $61 US.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Alternatively you can request an invoice and this will be sent to you by Email. The invoice can be paid by any major credit or debit card. Send an Email to <a href="mailto:brian@hartgenconsultancy.com"><span style='color:#2782DE'>brian@hartgenconsultancy.com</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:20.5pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#181818;letter-spacing:-.75pt'>Conclusion.</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Join us to find out how truly accessible and usable Mastodon is when using Windows. You can start chatting with people in no time!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Brian Hartgen</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Hartgen Consultancy.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>David Goldfield,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.freedomscientific.com/Training/Certification"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=86 height=86 style='width:.8958in;height:.8958in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D9AE63.964749F0" alt="JAWS Certified, 2022"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="https://certification.nvaccess.org/">NVDA Certified Expert</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Subscribe to the Tech-VI announcement list to receive news, events and information regarding the blindness assistive technology field.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Email: <a href="mailto:tech-vi+subscribe@groups.io">tech-vi+subscribe@groups.io</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="http://www.DavidGoldfield.com">www.DavidGoldfield.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white;mso-ligatures:none'>_._,_._,_<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Groups.io Links:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>You receive all messages sent to this group. <o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="https://groups.io/g/mastodon/message/187" target="_blank">View/Reply Online (#187)</a> | <a href="mailto:mastodon@groups.io?subject=Re:%20%5Bmastodon%5D%20From%20Hartgen%20Consultancy%3A%20One%20Week%20to%20Go%20Until%20Mastodon%20Training%20Course" target="_blank">Reply To Group</a> | <a href="mailto:david.goldfield@outlook.com?subject=Private:%20Re:%20%5Bmastodon%5D%20From%20Hartgen%20Consultancy%3A%20One%20Week%20to%20Go%20Until%20Mastodon%20Training%20Course" target="_blank">Reply To Sender</a> | <a href="https://groups.io/mt/99947713/318502" target="_blank">Mute This Topic</a> | <a href="https://groups.io/g/mastodon/post">New Topic</a> <br><a href="https://groups.io/g/mastodon/editsub/318502">Your Subscription</a> | <a href="mailto:mastodon+owner@groups.io">Contact Group Owner</a> | <a href="https://groups.io/g/mastodon/leave/12304413/318502/616703466/xyzzy">Unsubscribe</a> [floza58@bellsouth.net]<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white;mso-ligatures:none'>_._,_._,_<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>