April 2015 - ttf - lists.iana.org

Real Time Captioning-Pilot Study has been funded
by Judith Hellerstein May 4, 2015

May 4, 2015

Dear Technology Task Force Working Group Members, I wanted to report the great news that the Special Budget Request that I put in has been approved and funded by the ICANN Board. This is really great news!! While they did not give us everything we asked for. We had requested a one year pilot with a review after 6 months. Instead the board approved a 6 month pilot with a review after 3 months to determine viability. The goal will be at least three calls/meetings per month to determine viability. The Pilot will begin October 2015. Also good news is that ICANN has recognized that this is not just an ALAC need but a core need for all. It is great that ICANN has recognized the value of captioning technology during meeting support efforts. I will be working with Heidi Ulrich and other staff to figure out how to structure the pilot. Those who are interested in working on creating the pilot, please feel free to email me. When I have more information I will send another email out but just wanted to let everyone know this great news. Best, Judith -- _________________________________________________________________________ Judith Hellerstein, Founder & CEO Hellerstein & Associates 3001 Veazey Terrace NW, Washington DC 20008 Phone: (202) 362-5139 Skype ID: judithhellerstein E-mail: Judith(a)jhellerstein.com Website: www.jhellerstein.com Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/jhellerstein/ Opening Telecom & Technology Opportunities Worldwide

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BA Newspaper
by Glenn McKnight April 29, 2015

April 29, 2015

Hi All In BA we produced a Technology Taskforce Newsletter. ATTACHED This one pager was tips for the Tech Traveller. -Power needs -Cell phone -Transit -Etc Needed - Need a good skyline image of BA -Volunteers for the sections and the content should be placed on the TTF page for edits -Volunteer to translate to Spanish We need to get this document done in English to give the Spanish translator time to convert the document. Digital and hard copies will be available. I will print and bring the hard copies and we will send in advance the digital copies too. Questions? Glenn Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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Lifehacker Article on Conference tools
by Glenn McKnight April 13, 2015

April 13, 2015

http://lifehacker.com/five-best-web-based-video-chat-services-844494319 Also Gruveo Video Calls https://www.gruveo.com/# https://www.gruveo.com/#12345 Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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Conference Tools Article
by Glenn McKnight April 13, 2015

April 13, 2015

http://www.idealware.org/articles/few-good-online-conferencing-tools-1 Also interesting comparison chart of tools http://www.idealware.org/articles/few-good-online-conferencing-tools-1 Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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sli.do - Q&A and Polling Platform for conferences and live events
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh April 9, 2015

April 9, 2015

This looks much more useful re: Rec 31 ( https://community.icann.org/x/YhfxAg) https://www.sli.do/ https://www.sli.do/features-questions Sli.do Youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGWQOQlYtSPG0MrKgIkMhQ - Events are given a hashtag - from desktop or mobile, persons can crowdsource questions and vote those to rise to the top - Anyone can easily *ask a question*, anonymously or with their name - can also poll the audience to get feedback - incoming questions can be moderated before appearing live via *presentation view* (like a live wall) - the event hashtag can be used as a Twitter hashtag - Attendees can use their native Twitter app or sli.do to *post tweets.* - Incoming tweets can be moderated before appearing live via the presentation view Dev Anand

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Google Moderator is shutting down
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh April 9, 2015

April 9, 2015

https://www.google.com/moderator/ Not entirely unexpected - it was not updated for years now. But its one tool we don't have to evaluate for ATLAS II Rec 31 https://community.icann.org/x/YhfxAg Dev Anand

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List of Remote Hubs connected over the last three ICANN meetings
by Nathalie Peregrine April 2, 2015

April 2, 2015

Dear all, As per Judith's request during the last At-Large Technology Taskforce meeting, please find below the names of the ALS who connected as remote hubs over the last three ICANN meetings. ICANN 50 - London ISOC Philippines ISOC Cameroon ISOC Pakistan Islamabad ISOC Kenya ISOC Togo ISOC Ukraine ISOC Burkina Faso ISOC Liberia Chapter ICANN 51 - Los Angeles ISOC Trinidad and Tobago ISOC NY AGEIA DNSI Colombia ISOC Chad ISOC Pakistan Islamabad ISOC Kenya iNGO European Media Platform ISOC Gambia (not yet an accredited ALS) ISOC Canada ISOC Bangladesh Dhaka ISOC Yemen Universidad to Buenos Aires ISOC Argentina Centre Africain d'Echange Culturel Asociacion Conexión al Desarrollo de El Salvador ISOC Benin ISOC Cameroon Internauta Venezuela BIPA Asociacion Colombiana de Usuarios de Internet ICANN 52 - Singapore iC3 InGO European Media Platform Centre Africain d'Echange Culturel ISOC Pakistan Islamabad ISOC Armenia ACUI ISOC Gambia (not yet ALS accredited) ISOC Kenya ISO Sudan iSOC BF ISOC Cameroon Kind regards Nathalie

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