<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://isoc.live/12765/">Last time</a> we visited AltSpaceVR, they rolled out some fairly impressive AI captioning, including instant translation to your preferred language. In this session we'll get an update, and learn about the development process.<br><br>For our normal open captions, and also ASL, you'll have to watch via the stream. <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">It's on the<a href="https://www.a11ysig.org/a11ysig-calendar/"> A11ySIG calendar.</a> </div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><br><br><u></u>
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ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday June 17 2021 at 18:30 EDT / 22:30 UTC / 07:30 JST (Fri) the Accessibility VR Meetup hosts 'Captions and Beyond: Building XR software for all users' on AltSpaceVR. Captions in XR provide an opportunity for participants with hearing and speaking" </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yvr15" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/a11yVR15-300x169.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;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>On <strong>Thursday June 17 2021</strong> at <strong>18:30 EDT / 22:30 UTC / 07:30 JST</strong> (Fri) the <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.meetup.com/A11yVR/" target="_blank">Accessibility VR Meetup</a></strong> hosts <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.meetup.com/a11yvr/events/278183292/" target="_blank">'Captions and Beyond: Building XR software for all users</a></strong>' on <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://altvr.com/" target="_blank">AltSpaceVR</a></strong>. Captions in XR provide an opportunity for participants with hearing and speaking differences or language barriers to communication. <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/barelytired" target="_blank">Evan Tice</a></strong>, Senior Software Engineering Lead for AltspaceVR, will cover captions design and implementation (so far) in AltspaceVR from the perspective of one of the engineers who worked on it. In addition, this talk explores how engineering and design teams might think about designing software for those who experience XR differently from them.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">The session will be webcast live via a partnership with the<strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://a11ySIG.org" target="_blank"> Internet Society Accessibility SIG</a></strong> (A11ySIG).</p>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>LIVESTREAM: <a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yvr15" target="_blank">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yvr15</a> </strong>(Open Captions / ASL)</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>PARTICIPATE VIA ALTSPACEVR: <a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.meetup.com/a11yvr/events/278183292/" target="_blank">https://www.meetup.com/a11yvr/events/278183292/</a> </strong>(AI captions)</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>REAL TIME TEXT: <a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=a11yvr" target="_blank">https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=a11yvr </a></strong></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>TWITTER: <a style="color:#2585b2" href="http://bit.ly/A11yVR" target="_blank">@a11yvr</a> @barelytired @AltspaceVR #GAAD #VR #XR</strong></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>SIMULCASTS</strong> (Open Captions / ASL)<br><strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/" target="_blank">https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/</a></strong><br><strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive" target="_blank">https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive</a></strong><br><strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://youtu.be/WN0Jvk57kmc" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/WN0Jvk57kmc</a></strong> (monitored for comments)</p>
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