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Meeting Invitation: At-Large Technology Taskforce 26 January 2015
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org Jan. 21, 2015

Jan. 21, 2015

Dear All, The next At-Large Technology Taskforce call is scheduled on Monday 26 January 2015 at 1500 UTC. Adobe Connect room:http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlargetechtaskforce/ <http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlargetechtaskforce/> For other times: http://tinyurl.com/qgbs3zx The agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/jpcQAw 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 <https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge <https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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Hallo, hola, olá to the new, more powerful Google Translate app
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Jan. 19, 2015

Jan. 19, 2015

Google has updated the Google Translate app for iOS and Android devices The latest update offers powerful and impressive translation capabilities, First, Google Translate offers instant translation using your camera to recognize and to automatically overlay the translated text on the screen. (this is the technology from Word Lens which Google acquired some time ago). Instant translation currently works for translation from English to and from French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish Note that the Google Translate app can still scan a photo taken from your phone and to get a translation of it in 36 languages. What's more interesting is the ability for your phone to capture audio from two speakers and have Google Translate speak a translated version so two speakers speaking different languages can communicate back and forth. See the 30 second YouTube video to see it in action http://youtu.be/jZII2ksensw This follows the release of Skype's Translator Preview last month (see http://blogs.skype.com/2014/12/15/skype-translator-preview-an-exciting-jour…) However Skype Translate Preview is not generally available (you have to register and you then may be offered to participate) ; Google Translate is available now for iOS and Android phones Read the full post on the Google Translate blog : http://googletranslate.blogspot.com/2015/01/hallo-hola-ola-to-new-more-powe… --- Dev Anand

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Accessibility activities across ICANN- small task force
by Silvia Vivanco Jan. 5, 2015

Jan. 5, 2015

Dear all, The Accessibility WG ( See WG WIKI<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Ad-Hoc+ICANN+Accessibi…> ) has discussed the need to identify current accessibility activities across ICANN. To this end the WG has requested that a small group be formed to work on this task. The overall objective of this task is to obtain the relevant data to encourage ICANN and its staff stock take any accessibility activities in all administrative and management areas of ICANN. Please send an email to the Chair of the working group Cheryl Langdon-Orr langdonorr(a)gmail.com<mailto:langdonorr@gmail.com> and At Large staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> and let us know if you would like to be part of this group. Thank you! Silvia Silvia Vivanco Manager, At Large Regional Affairs ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/>

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Topics for 2015 Technology Show and Tell
by Glenn McKnight Jan. 1, 2015

Jan. 1, 2015

I was reviewing the NTN 15 Technology conference agenda and I came across an idea by one of the speakers. It's a Technology Solution Show and Tell session and it might be fun to get everyone involved in our discussion. I have cut and pasted his description of the session. I intend to participate at the session and speak about our CIVICRM solution for the Internet Society of Canada Here it is *This is a crowdsourced session. Participants are given up to 5 minutes to share one tool that they use which is valuable to their non-profit communication / fundraising / community management life. It can be a CRM, communication tool, fundraising platform, some social media magicsauce or other clever web tool that helped further your mission, cause or execute your work. The goal is to learn of other tools and techniques, and connect people that may be using similar solutions to build a network of peer support.Participants will vote anonymously for a "I'm totally doing that" prize winner. Speakers [image: avatar for Chad Leaman] <http://15ntc.sched.org/speaker/chadleaman?iframe=yes&w=i:0;&sidebar=yes&bg=…> **Chad Leaman <http://15ntc.sched.org/speaker/chadleaman?iframe=yes&w=i:0;&sidebar=yes&bg=…>* *Director of Development and Moodler at Large, Neil Squire Society* *I'm passionate about how technology can be used for social change. I primarily work for a non-profit organization the Neil Squire Society. We use technology and skills training to empower people with physical disabilities. I also work with Lambda Solutions, a certified Moodle Partner. I volunteer with NetTuesday, where we host free monthly workshops to connect social change makers with technology best practices* Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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Topics for 2014
by Glenn McKnight Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2014

Hi All We are coming to a close of 2014 and I wanted to remind the group that we are asking for community feedback on various topics for discussion on our monthly calls. Note the technology solutions should be tied to the strategic objectives of ALAC and they should be screened as to cross platform application I have posted here the three topics I am recommending https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Recommended++Topics+for+Monthly… Topic One is on EBOOKS . This is a portable and interactive mobile solution to harmonize ICANN content and push the content to the mobile phone Topic Two is on Captioning of Videos This is a followup to the demonstration of ADOBE CONNECT calls using Captioning. The absence of Captioning in ICANN Videos is a serious issue with simple solutions Topic Three is on Online Collaborative Project Management Tools. Free or low cost project management to-do lists and action items is critical to help manage the flow of ideas into actions Please add your topics so we can start planning the presenters each month. Thanks <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Recommended++Topics+for+Monthly…> Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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[Accessibility-wg] Web Accessibiity RFP (request for proposal)
by Laura Bengford Dec. 24, 2014

Dec. 24, 2014

Hello, ICANN has issued the RFP for web accessibility assessment of ICANN websites and it has been openly posted, https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rfps-2012-02-25-en. The following vendors have been specifically contacted but if you are aware of other vendors that may be interested, please feel free to direct them to the RFP. Media Access Australia Vision Australia Simply Accessible (Portland): MercatorNet, Nicholas Steenhout: SSB Bart Group : Deque: Accessible Computing, Inc Essential Accessibility Loop11: New Editions Consulting, Inc. Paciello Group, LLP RampWEB, Inc. A special thank you to Chair and WG members Cheryl, Gunela, and Anthony for assisting with development of the RFP and Glenn, Judith and others for providing additional background information. Happy Holidays! Laura Bengford ICANN

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Skype Translator Preview kicks off with English and Spanish languages
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Dec. 17, 2014

Dec. 17, 2014

http://blogs.skype.com/2014/12/15/skype-translator-preview-an-exciting-jour… "Today, we are excited to announce the first phase of the Skype Translator preview program. The preview program will kick-off with two spoken languages, Spanish and English, and 40+ instant messaging languages will be available to Skype customers who have signed-up via the Skype Translator sign-up page and are using Windows 8.1 on the desktop or device." There's a video of it in action with two schools one in the US and one in Mexico. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G87pHe6mP0I One can register for the Skype Translator Preview at http://www.skype.com/en/translator-preview/ There is also a Infographic describing how Skype Translator works: http://news.microsoft.com/download/presskits/skype/docs/SkypeTranslatorInfo… and associated technical blog post and video at http://blogs.skype.com/2014/12/15/skype-translator-how-it-works/ Kind Regards, Dev Anand

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Central Workspace for At-Large Action Items
by Ariel Liang Dec. 15, 2014

Dec. 15, 2014

Dear All As you are aware, there has been a long standing Action Item from the ALT & ALAC calls: > "Ariel Liang to work with Dev Anand Teelucksingh and Olivier Crepin-Leblond on > the development of an overall workspace for the collection of At-Large AIs." > After the recent Confluence system upgrade, a new task report macro <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Task+Report+Macro> has been enabled. It allows us to create an overall workspace to aggregate and display action items across the community wiki based on different requirements. Below are some test workspaces that I created: * Assignees <https://community.icann.org/x/y4QQAw> : It displays all open action items assigned to Ariel, Alan, Olivier, and/or Dev * Assigned by Ariel <https://community.icann.org/x/1IQQAw> : It displays all open action items assigned by Ariel * Label <https://community.icann.org/x/DIEQAw> : It displays all open action items on the pages labeled as <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Confluence+Labels > ³alac-call² or ³alt-call² * 2014 ALAC Meetings <https://community.icann.org/x/z4QQAw> : It displays all open action items on the child pages of the parent page titled ³2014 ALAC Meetings" * ALT <https://community.icann.org/x/0oQQAw> : It displays all open action items within the space titled ³ALAC Executive Committee² Please kindly note the following additional functionalities: * In the task report macro setting, we can also choose to display completed action items, as well as action items created after certain date. * We can assign due date <http://blogs.atlassian.com/2014/04/introducing-confluence-5-5-tasks-work/> for action items by using the ³//³ hotkey to pick a date we want the task accomplished by. The task display page will give us a visual reminder (i.e. color change of the due date). * Besides the task report macro, a new ³Tasks² page aggregates and displays all your own personal action items: https://community.icann.org/plugins/inlinetasks/mytasks.action. This page is in the drop-down menu once you click your profile picture icon in the top right corner. Please note the following limitations: * Perhaps due to glitches appeared during the Confluence system upgrade, assignees of some older action items are not properly displayed by the task report macro. Hence, if we decide to create a workspace that aggregates action items assigned to certain people, we may not be able to capture all those action items. That being said, this situation will likely cease when new action items are created and assigned to people in the upgraded Confluence system. * The system cannot send auto reminders about open action items to assignees yet. However, assignees will receive notifications when action items are created and when the content of the action items is changed. * When multiple people are tasked to complete an action item, the system only recognizes the first person in the list as the ³assignee² and will send him/her a notification about the action item. Thus, we will need to identify a primary task taker who will lead and coordinate with team members to tackle the task. I hope this information is satisfactory and the upgraded task function in Confluence can help us track our work more effectively. Best Regard, Ariel

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LACRALO mailing list translation issues wiki page updated
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Dec. 15, 2014

Dec. 15, 2014

Dear All, I've updated the LACRALO mailing list issues page to provide a history of the translation issues since 2008 and a table to track the issues discovered during the testing of the new translation tool. Currently, ICANN Staff have created two mailing lists (New-transbot-en and New-transbot-es) with a select number of persons on those lists for testing purposes. The LACRALO mailing list page can be found at https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/discussion-of-LACRALO-mailing-l… Dev Anand

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Reminder: Meeting Invitation: At-Large Technology Taskforce 15 December 2014
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org Dec. 12, 2014

Dec. 12, 2014

Dear All, The next At-Large Technology Taskforce call is scheduled on Monday 15 December 2014 at 1500 UTC. Adobe Connect room:http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlargetechtaskforce/ <http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlargetechtaskforce/> For other times: http://tinyurl.com/n2rbxu9 The draft agenda and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/4YAQAw 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 <https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge <https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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