<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">It might not, at first, be obvious about tactile design affects Internet accessibility. But the Internet Society is not just about networking machines, it's also about people. Recently the Accessibility SIG went to some pains to produce braille business cards, ending up using an Australian firm that is pioneering new technology.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u>
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ISOC Live posted: "Today, Tuesday December 3 2019 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. At 7pm EST (00:00 UTC) the AccessibiltyNYC Meetup will hold a workshop Tactile Design For Accessibility facilitated by the NYU Ability Project. The first half of the sessio" </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/tactiledesign/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/a11ynyc1219b-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>Today, <strong>Tuesday December 3 2019</strong> is <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/news/news/idpd2019.html" target="_blank">International Day of Persons with Disabilities</a></strong>. At <strong>7pm EST</strong> (00:00 UTC) the <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/" target="_blank">AccessibiltyNYC Meetup</a></strong> will hold a workshop <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/266585985/" target="_blank">Tactile Design For Accessibility</a></strong> facilitated by the <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://ability.nyu.edu/" target="_blank">NYU Ability Project</a></strong>. The first half of the session will highlight design standards and best practices for producing discernible tactile graphics. The second half of the session will provide hands-on experience <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>designing and producing tactile designs using microcapsule paper and a fuser. The presentations will be webcast live on the <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/" target="_blank">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a></strong>.</p>
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