[Live] WEBCAST TODAY – Accessible Wayfinding Systems will Start a New Era of Accessibility

[ISOC_live]

We are all used to using online maps for driving, but this takes it to
another level!

ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday February 2 2020 at 2pm-4pm EST (19:00-21:00
UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup
‘Accessible Wayfinding Systems will Start a New Era of Accessibility‘.
Accessible wayfinding systems will become ubiquitous in public"

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<https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wayfinding>On *Tuesday
February 2 2020* at *2pm-4pm EST* (19:00-21:00 UTC) the *Accessibility NYC
Meetup <https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/>* (A11yNYC) hosts an online
meetup ‘*Accessible
Wayfinding Systems will Start a New Era of Accessibility
<https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/275970066/>*‘. Accessible wayfinding
systems will become ubiquitous in public spaces by 2025. Different
technologies and policies are now being developed to prepare for the next
exciting era of accessibility in the built environment. In this lecture, *Idan
Meir* of *RightHear <https://www.right-hear.com/>* will walk us through the
opportunities, challenges, and other aspects of the new future of
accessibility for people with orientation challenges, including the blind
and visually impaired. He'll also discuss the duties, cost, and operational
efforts required towards this future as well as sharing real case-studies
from around the world in this field.

The meetup will be webcast live via a partnership with the *Internet
Society Accessibility SIG <https://a11ysig.org>*.

*LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wayfinding
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wayfinding>* (Open Captions)

*PARTICiPATE VIA ZOOM: https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/275970066/
<https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/275970066/>*

*REAL TIME TEXT: http://streamtext.net/player?event=a11ynyc
<http://streamtext.net/player?event=a11ynyc>*

*TWITTER: @a11ynyc <https://bit.ly/3cPwYhE> @idan_meir @RightHearApp*

*SIMULCASTS*
*https://youtu.be/Tz8x8TewyV0 <https://youtu.be/Tz8x8TewyV0>*
*https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live>/*
*https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>*

*ARCHIVE*
*https://archive.org/details/wayfinding
<https://archive.org/details/wayfinding>*

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