{"id":7688,"date":"2022-11-06T14:09:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T20:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7688"},"modified":"2022-11-06T14:09:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T20:09:08","slug":"%ef%bf%bctech-abilities-education-and-learning-twitter-accessibility-team-is-laid-off-traveling-blind-bard-update-and-resources-for-learning-and-knowledge-with-blindness-in-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7688","title":{"rendered":"\ufffcTech Abilities &#8211; Education and Learning, Twitter Accessibility Team is Laid Off, Traveling Blind, BARD Update, and Resources for Learning and Knowledge with Blindness in Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8966\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7688-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TAEducation.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TAEducation.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TAEducation.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Podcast Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Big salute to the entire Accessibility Experience Team formally at Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the takeover at Twitter and all the layoffs, the entire Accessibility Experience Team at Twitter has been laid off. Accessibility Experience Team Manager, Gerard Koen, released a twitter thread acknowledging the members of the Accessibility Experience Team, the work they did and is looking forward to working on accessibility for future companies. We play a voice over rendition of his Twitter thread posted the other day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of Tech Abilities the team, and no, Serina has not been laid off, comes together in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about resources for general knowledge and learning on an everyday basis along with the latest news and tech tidbits from a Blindness perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Here are the topics and some links from the show:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wow,&nbsp;Twitter, Hmm.<\/li><li>Learning &#8211; Where do we get our knowledge?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resources&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.freedomscientific.com\/november-2022-training-events\/\">Freedom Scientific Training Events<\/a><\/li><li>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hadley.edu\/\">Hadley<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perkins.org\/\">Perkins<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aph.org\/educational-resources\/\">APH Educational<\/a>&nbsp;Resources<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.applevis.com\/\">Apple Vis<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">Blind Abilities<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toptechtidbits.com\/\">Top Tech Tidbits<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nypl.org\/about\/locations\/heiskell\/news\">New York Libraries Andrew High School Talking Book<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/vistacenter.org\/\">Vista Center for the Blind<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lighthouse-sf.org\/\">San Francisco Lighthouse<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/acb.org\/events\">ACB Events<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nabslink.org\/\">NFB NABS<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Letters, News and Tech Tidbits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Letter from Doc &#8211; Where do you park your cane?<\/li><li>Traveling tips.<\/li><li>iOS 16.1 &#8211; How has the update gone for you?<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/nls\/braille-audio-reading-materials\/bard-access\/\">Bard gets a great update with searching now on the app!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/11\/1\/23433585\/amazon-music-prime-subscribers-library-songs-podcasts\">Amazon Music &#8211; Free, sort of and up to Amazon Music Unlimited for $8.99<\/a><\/li><li>Ads, Ads, Ads&#8230; from Apple TV to all the socials, game changer?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact-your-state-services\"><strong>Contact Your State Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Pre-ETS Program and Transition Services Manager Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a>email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@BlindAbilities.com?subject=Podcast\">email<\/a>&nbsp;and give us a call at 612-367-6093, we would love to hear from you!<br><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-6093 we would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>&nbsp;on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jobinsightsgroup\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8968\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7688-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TAEducation.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TAEducation.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TAEducation.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TAEducation.mp3 Podcast Summary: A Big salute to the entire Accessibility Experience Team formally at Twitter. As part of the takeover at Twitter and all the layoffs, the entire Accessibility Experience Team at Twitter has been laid off. Accessibility Experience Team Manager, Gerard Koen, released a twitter thread acknowledging the members of the Accessibility Experience Team, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[524,467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-abilities","category-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TechAbilitiesLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-200","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6577,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6577","url_meta":{"origin":7688,"position":0},"title":"How a Journey Through Vision Loss Prepared Laura Allen to Become Head of Strategy for Accessibility and Disability Inclusion at Google","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"March 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Full Transcript Show Summary: Laura Allen joins Raqi and Jeff in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about new developments in Google\u2019s accessibility and disability inclusion. 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