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Transcense: Making group conversations between Deaf & hearing possible: the first realtime captioning on a phone
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Oct. 16, 2014

Oct. 16, 2014

Interesting tech from Transcense which is running an Indiegogo funding for $25,000 US to make their app available on major mobile platforms to allow real time captioning on mobile phones so deaf or hard of hearing persons can follow group conversations. 46 sec Transcense demo in action : http://youtu.be/sC3Q21WCEVc 3min 30sec video Indiegogo funding video : http://youtu.be/vvoglCTd6x8 Indiegogo Transcense campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/transcense-finally-talk-with-any-deaf-pe… >From the Techcrunch story: http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/14/an-app-that-lets-you-converse-with-the-dea… "Transcense is a new app that accurately translates conversations in real time so the deaf and hard of hearing can participate in meetings, presentations and conversations. Founders Thibault Duchemin, Pieter Doevendans and Skinner Cheng say one-on-one conversations are easy for the deaf. Either they are speaking with someone who can sign or they can just read lips. However, it’s very hard to follow group conversations with several people speaking at once. This makes it hard to catch things and converse during group meals with friends who don’t sign or at an office meeting where they might miss something important..... ..... It works by catching conversations from the voices of different individuals and assigning them a color bubble so the deaf person knows who said what. It works with a distributed microphone system on all the devices using the app so that it can distinguish each person from another. It then translates those words and starts jotting them down in real time on the app. The deaf and hard of hearing can then read what is going on as it happens." Dev Anand

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Beginners Guides
by Glenn McKnight Oct. 13, 2014

Oct. 13, 2014

As suggested by Gordon that I share my experience on EBOOKS approach as a topic for future TTF discussion For the record. Suggested to authors of the Beginners guide to create an EBOOK and Complimentary videos for the guide. Very short videos that demonstrate an idea or deal with Q and A. Did this for ISOC created a E book and distributed it through Amazon, Itunes and Archives.org( Free) We need to start thinking of Open Pub distribution on mobile phones and Just IN Time training. Link to book *Google Play* The Epub called *Live Stream Manual for Internet Society Chapters i*s available Free at Google Play https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Glenn_McKnight_Live_Streaming_M… *Amazon Kindle* The Kindle Version is on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JMV8ZQE *Internet Archive* It is also available free via Internet Archives https://archive.org/details/ePub-22 Direct links to videos The video series are located on YouTube *Epispode One: Overview* http://youtu.be/2d0_4NvZDi8 *Episode Two Mics and More* http://youtu.be/WDS4JED5lTM *Episode Three: Tripod, Monopods and More* http://youtu.be/bGov_TFDJRE *Episode Four Computer Sound Recording* http://youtu.be/pVNZ_1evyfo *Episode Five Lighting* http://youtu.be/NGjYG3r3pAY *Episode Six Greenscreening* http://youtu.be/NwaNVQuCHp0 *Episode Seven Cameras* http://youtu.be/fMBKdusFxdc *Episode Eight Livestream Your Event* http://youtu.be/ITOfW-cdkU0 *Episode Nine: Internet Streaming on Google Hangout and SKYPE* http://youtu.be/s0QifQ1y1c4 *Episode Ten Whitebalance Your Equipment* http://youtu.be/XX8bmjgvPPE *Episode Eleven Sound Correction* http://youtu.be/yJQ8lQhTib8 Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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Interpretation of ATLAS II Summit Recommendation 11
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Oct. 1, 2014

Oct. 1, 2014

Dear ATLAS2 Thematic Group 2 coordinators, As chair of the Technology Taskforce (TTF), I am seeking clarification from the coordinators of the Thematic Group 2 which was responsible for Recommendation 11 from the ATLAS II Summit Declaration. The TTF, along with the Accessibility WG has been tasked with overseeing the implementation of Recommendation 11. Recommendation 11 states: "ICANN must implement a range of services to facilitate access according to various criteria (gender; cultural diversity) and user needs (disabilities, etc…)." The TTF discussed this recommendation on its Monday 29 September 2014 call, and there was some confusion re: the phrase "ICANN must implement a range of services to facilitate access according to various criteria (gender; cultural diversity)" Can you please clarify the "various criteria such as gender or cultural diversity" aspect? The "user needs" aspect was understood to mean access for the differently-abled or for those that don't have high speed internet or for those with no reliable internet access. Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh TTF chair

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Social Media connection
by Glenn McKnight Sept. 30, 2014

Sept. 30, 2014

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/09/29/352476454/how-hong-ko… Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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REMINDER - At-Large Technology Taskforce Working Group call - Monday 29 September 2014 at 1400 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Sept. 29, 2014

Sept. 29, 2014

Dear All, The next At-Large Technology Taskforce call is scheduled on Monday 29 September 2014 at 1400 UTC. Adobe Connect room:http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlargetechtaskforce/ For other times:http://tinyurl.com/pu9jufq The draft agenda and call details are available at:https://community.icann.org/x/TxPxAg Wiki Workspace:https://community.icann.org/x/FpfbAQ If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at:staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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Meeting Invitation: At-Large Technology Taskforce 29 October 2014
by Nathalie Peregrine Sept. 29, 2014

Sept. 29, 2014

Dear All, The next At-Large Technology Taskforce call is scheduled on Monday 29 September 2014 at 1400 UTC. Adobe Connect room: <http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlargetechtaskforce/> http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlargetechtaskforce/ For other times: http://tinyurl.com/pu9jufq The draft agenda and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/TxPxAg Wiki Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/FpfbAQ If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at:staff@atlarge.icann.org. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullr ich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gru ber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Sta ff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge <https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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Fwd: ICANN Website - New 'Search' Beta Rollout
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Sept. 25, 2014

Sept. 25, 2014

Dear TTF, I am forwarding the email below with permission from Laura Bengford and which explains the beta testing of a customized Google search, soon to be implemented on the ICANN Web site. Laura and her Team are looking for beta testers of the feature. You may need to have a log-in on the ICANN.ORG Web site so if you are interested in taking part, please email her. Also, perhaps the TTF could be looking at this feature during one of its future calls. Kindest regards, Olivier -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: ICANN Website - New 'Search' Beta Rollout Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:44:44 +0000 From: Laura Bengford <laura.bengford(a)icann.org> To: Laura Bengford <laura.bengford(a)icann.org> > Dear valued member of ICANN Community, > > As you know with the launch of the new ICANN website, several attempts > were made to improve the Search capabilities using a new engine, > Elastic Search. This was based on feedback from the community to > improve search capabilities. Elastic search relies on sophisticated > algorithms and weightings to optimize search results based on document > metadata tagged in our pages. Due to the high volume of content (over > 60,000 pages) on the site, this approach uncovered some missing data > that resulted in Search not being as effective as we would have > liked. We have therefore concluded that our best approach at this time > is to revert back to the Google Search API on the website. > > You can read further about the Search background and technology in > the paper that has been previously shared with the community digital > advisory group. > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wB-jvXklBUErVmoAZ-MB7f66ApZag-vefECAbpb… > > *We wanted you to be the first to preview the /Search/ as part of a > planned Beta. Over the next few weeks, we will gradually widen the > rollout which will allow us to gather additional feedback. Please > feel free to send us any feedback that you think may be useful in the > Feedback channel on the website or to laura.bengford(a)icann.org.* > > You will also notice a slight difference in the appearance of Search > as we have moved it to the top of the screen in the blue bar and > included a white box to make it more visible. This was also a result > of feedback from the community. > > We know how important "search" is to using ICANN.org > <http://icann.org/> and for the community to do it's work, and we > apologize for any inconvenience as we try and find the best path > forward. Thank you for your feedback. > > Thank you, > ICANN Online Community Services

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Adding Closed Captions to Video
by Glenn McKnight Sept. 24, 2014

Sept. 24, 2014

http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/How-to-D… As to Accessibility technology issues Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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Fwd: [IP] Microsoft legend Ray Ozzie wants to kill the conference call
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Sept. 23, 2014

Sept. 23, 2014

Oh yes? :-) -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [IP] Microsoft legend Ray Ozzie wants to kill the conference call Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:22:57 -0400 From: Dave Farber via ip <ip(a)listbox.com> Reply-To: dave(a)farber.net To: ip <ip(a)listbox.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Dewayne Hendricks" <dewayne(a)warpspeed.com <mailto:dewayne@warpspeed.com>> Date: Sep 23, 2014 11:51 AM Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Microsoft legend Ray Ozzie wants to kill the conference call To: "Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net" <dewayne-net(a)warpspeed.com <mailto:dewayne-net@warpspeed.com>> Cc: Microsoft legend Ray Ozzie wants to kill the conference call Talko is a phone app that even your boss will approve of By Ellis Hamburger Sep 23 2014 <http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/23/6829581/ray-ozzie-talko-app-conference-ca…> We haven’t heard from Ray Ozzie in a while, which is unusual. Ozzie has been a very busy man since the early 80s — he worked on VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet app, invented Lotus Notes and sold it to IBM for billions, then founded Groove Networks, a peer-to-peer collaboration app, which he sold to Microsoft in 2005. In 2006, Ozzie took the reins from Bill Gates as Microsoft’s chief software architect. It’s quite the resume. Five years have past since Ozzie left Microsoft, but he hasn’t retired. He’s been pursuing an old vision disguised as a new one. It turns out that Ozzie wasn’t finished with the problems Groove set out to solve. The app prophesied a new age of internet services where you could share files, instant message, and manage tasks with colleagues in real-time, but floundered under Microsoft (similarly, Wave floundered at Google). Today, Ozzie is reviving that vision with Talko, a new app for iPhone that’s coming soon to Android and web. Talko is a little bit WhatsApp, a little bit Google Voice, and a little bit push-to-talk app Voxer. The app lets you text, call, send voice or photo messages, and conference call your team — with the ease of today’s top consumer apps. Every message and call is recorded inside one thread, and you can bookmark specific audio bits or messages so people can return to them later (similar to SoundCloud). Talko is designed to turn your average meeting minutes doc into a living conversation — a conference call, then a series of messages, then a photo — and each conversation has a URL only accessible to your team. "The ring is evil." "People have been able to record conference calls for quite some time, and there are various products that let you take sideband text notes, but they haven’t been wrapped in a form that has broadly gotten people’s minds away from equating voice with the phone," says Ozzie. "What’s broken about the phone call fundamentally is that people hate interrupting other people. The ring is evil." So, Talko is built around the asynchronous nature of how we talk to each other today. If somebody misses the beginning of a conference call, they can hop in midway and listen to what’s happened, or send a quick text to the people on the call, or listen to the call later with the aid of bookmarks and tags to guide the way. Someday, Ozzie says, Talko will likely transcribe all these missed calls for you. [snip] Dewayne-Net RSS Feed: <http://dewaynenet.wordpress.com/feed/> Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/10842266-839cd10d> | Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=10842266&id_secret=10842266-89100…> Your Subscription | Unsubscribe Now <https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=10842266&id_secret=10842266-…> [Powered by Listbox] <http://www.listbox.com>

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At-Large Technology Taskforce Working Group call - Monday 29 September 2014 at 1400 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Sept. 19, 2014

Sept. 19, 2014

Dear All, The next At-Large Technology Taskforce call is scheduled on Monday 29 September 2014 at 1400 UTC. Adobe Connect room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlargetechtaskforce/ For other times: http://tinyurl.com/pu9jufq The draft agenda (TO BE UPDATED) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/TxPxAg Wiki Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/FpfbAQ If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at:staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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