Sessions: Boston
ACCESS Boston featured all-around accessibility experts who shared invaluable advice on how to navigate the ever-changing digital accessibility realm.
Josh Miller, 3Play Media
Back to TopInto the World of Video Accessibility
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Session Description
Josh Miller, co-founder and CRO of 3Play Media, discusses why accessible video is important for your content and your audience.
Presenter
Josh Miller
CRO and Co-Founder | 3Play Media
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Lainey Feingold
Back to TopHow to Navigate the Galaxy of Accessibility Laws
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Session Description
Next up we have legal rebel Lainey Feingold, an internationally recognized disability rights lawyer and pioneer of Structured Negotiation known for negotiating landmark accessibility agreements. In this session, Lainey will take us through key cases, court decisions, government agency activity, settlements, and other recent developments in the digital accessibility legal landscape.
Presenter
Lainey Feingold
Disability Rights Lawyer l Law Office of Lainey Feingold
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USFSP
Back to TopAn Exploration into How You Can Use Accessible Video to Improve Comprehension
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Session Description
Karla Morris and Casey Frechette from the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, set out to see if they could find a meaningful difference between the benefit of closed captioning and interactive transcripts in the classroom. In this study, Karla and Casey will dive into their findings uncovering the truth behind the impact of closed captions and interactive transcripts.
Presenter
Karla Morris
Manager of Instructional Design | University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
Casey Frechette
Professor | University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
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Verizon
Back to TopThe Relationship of Video, Sound, Captions, & Everything Under the Sun
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Cara Pantano, Sr. Manager at Verizon will dive into the results from a multi-pronged study on the relationship between video and sound. You’ll get answers to your most burning questions on how consumers are using video and what you can do to increase engagement and capture followers.
Presenters
Cara Pantano
Sr. Manager | Verizon
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Adobe
Back to TopToolkit for the Digital Accessibility Space
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Session Description
In this session, Jack Nicolai, Accessibility Product Manager at Adobe, will share tools, techniques, and best practices to integrate accessibility requirements into your projects. This presentation will help you create better documentation to effectively communicate accessibility requirements throughout all phases of the product development lifecycle.
Panelist
Jack Nicolai
Product Manager | Adobe
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CJ Jones
Back to TopAstronaut Chat with actor CJ Jones
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Session Description
In this fireside chat, we sit down with actor CJ Jones to learn about his experience as a Deaf actor in Hollywood, and how he’s using his production company, Sign World TV, as an emblem of accessibility in the entertainment industry.
Panelist
Cj Jones
Actor, Comedian | Sign World Tv
Hubspot
Back to TopFrom 0-100: Down-to-Earth Tips for Centralizing Accessibility
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Session Description
First up, we have Snaedis and William, accessibility experts from Hubspot, who will dish on how you can begin to implement accessibility at your organization – even if you don’t have an accessibility initiative in place. They will walk us through how they are building an accessibility team at Hubspot and implementing accessibility into their development process.
Speakers
Snaedis Valsdottir
Implementation Specialist | Hubspot
William Murray
Sr. Product Designer | Hubspot
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