https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D2Td1ifBIYPMxMW5HtS6kB4ncQIAFmX_n8XK6XrFdn8/edit#

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Hello all,

I'd like to welcome a new member to the Promotions committee, Josh Hildebrand!

Derek, please go ahead and add jhdrummer3@... to the NVDACon folder. The Teams link is here:

https://teams.microsoft.com/join/k2db58w7i7k0

If you already have a Microsoft account you can go ahead and login with that. Otherwise, just use your email address and go from there.

I forget what the link is to subscribe to this group as well, could someone please pass the +subscribe email along?

Anything else I've missed, please Reply all!

Take care,

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Sounds great for the tweet. What do people think, Nov 10< or whatever friday comes nearest?

On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 7:50 PM Christopher Duffley <christophernduffley@...> wrote:

Thanks for this, Derek.

As I've said in my Teams message, here's what I've suggested for a tweet, and also would like to consider a deadline for said announcement. Here's what I was thinking--anyone else's thoughts are appreciated:

NVDACon 2021 will be here before we know it, & it's time for submitting topics! Please submit your topics for consideration in this year's conference by [deadline date] via this link: [form link].

Thoughts?

Christopher Duffley

Host of Mission Possible Podcast

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On Oct 14, 2021, at 11:40, derek riemer <driemer.riemer@...> wrote:

We are go for takeoff. Quentin, can you put this in in-process? 

Everyone: The link to promote is https://forms.gle/YFYwnG2GweBXrNDeA

On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 4:37 AM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

Are you guys in promotions are we ready for the code for topics to be sent out? Because if we are I can go ahead and start doing that. Please let me know before I do anything crazy.

On Oct 11, 2021, at 10:57 AM, derek riemer <driemer.riemer@...> wrote:



That'll be absolutely necessary for scheduling, good thought.

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 8:42 AM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevQT8c-t6DBtfxPVUE9Qlwv653gUhLfZlKjB3tthBSL_lAIA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

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•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

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•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

Thanks for this, Derek.

As I've said in my Teams message, here's what I've suggested for a tweet, and also would like to consider a deadline for said announcement. Here's what I was thinking--anyone else's thoughts are appreciated:

NVDACon 2021 will be here before we know it, & it's time for submitting topics! Please submit your topics for consideration in this year's conference by [deadline date] via this link: [form link].

Thoughts?

Christopher Duffley

Host of Mission Possible Podcast

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On Oct 14, 2021, at 11:40, derek riemer <driemer.riemer@...> wrote:

We are go for takeoff. Quentin, can you put this in in-process? 

Everyone: The link to promote is https://forms.gle/YFYwnG2GweBXrNDeA

On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 4:37 AM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

Are you guys in promotions are we ready for the code for topics to be sent out? Because if we are I can go ahead and start doing that. Please let me know before I do anything crazy.

On Oct 11, 2021, at 10:57 AM, derek riemer <driemer.riemer@...> wrote:



That'll be absolutely necessary for scheduling, good thought.

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 8:42 AM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevQT8c-t6DBtfxPVUE9Qlwv653gUhLfZlKjB3tthBSL_lAIA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Derek Riemer
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•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

-- 

Derek Riemer
Improving the world one byte at a time!        ⠠⠊⠍⠏⠗⠕⠧⠬ ⠮ ⠸⠺ ⠐⠕ ⠃⠽⠞⠑ ⠁⠞ ⠁ ⠐⠞⠖
•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

Thanks Derek!

How does this read:

NVDACon call for topics

 

NVDACon is fast approaching!  Happening in early December, it would be great to have you involved.  NVDACon is the premier, yearly, online conference dedicated to NVDA.  It is organised and run by entirely the amazing NVDA community we have all around the world!

 

The NVDACon planning committee have just put out a call for topics, so it’s time to start thinking about what you might be interested in presenting.  Presentations don’t have to be technical, just of interest to the NVDA community.  Past presentations have included:

-         Developers discussing their add-ons

-         Case studies of using NVDA at work

-         Demonstrating Braille displays

-         Learning foreign languages with NVDA

And much more.  Have a think about what you can share, and submit your topic at on the NVDACon Call for Topics form.  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevQT8c-t6DBtfxPVUE9Qlwv653gUhLfZlKjB3tthBSL_lAIA/viewform

(I'll make the "NVDACon Call for Topics form" a link in the blog)

On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 2:41 AM derek riemer <driemer.riemer@...> wrote:

We are go for takeoff. Quentin, can you put this in in-process? 

Everyone: The link to promote is https://forms.gle/YFYwnG2GweBXrNDeA

On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 4:37 AM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

Are you guys in promotions are we ready for the code for topics to be sent out? Because if we are I can go ahead and start doing that. Please let me know before I do anything crazy.

On Oct 11, 2021, at 10:57 AM, derek riemer <driemer.riemer@...> wrote:



That'll be absolutely necessary for scheduling, good thought.

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 8:42 AM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevQT8c-t6DBtfxPVUE9Qlwv653gUhLfZlKjB3tthBSL_lAIA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

--

Derek Riemer
Improving the world one byte at a time!        ⠠⠊⠍⠏⠗⠕⠧⠬ ⠮ ⠸⠺ ⠐⠕ ⠃⠽⠞⠑ ⠁⠞ ⠁ ⠐⠞⠖
•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

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Quentin Christensen
Training and Support Manager

Web: www.nvaccess.org 

Training: https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/

Certification: https://certification.nvaccess.org/

User group: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NVAccess 
Twitter: @NVAccess

Thanks Derek!

How does this read:

NVDACon call for topics

 

NVDACon is fast approaching!  Happening in early December, it would be great to have you involved.  NVDACon is the premier, yearly, online conference dedicated to NVDA.  It is organised and run by entirely the amazing NVDA community we have all around the world!

 

The NVDACon planning committee have just put out a call for topics, so it’s time to start thinking about what you might be interested in presenting.  Presentations don’t have to be technical, just of interest to the NVDA community.  Past presentations have included:

-         Developers discussing their add-ons

-         Case studies of using NVDA at work

-         Demonstrating Braille displays

-         Learning foreign languages with NVDA

And much more.  Have a think about what you can share, and submit your topic at on the NVDACon Call for Topics form.  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevQT8c-t6DBtfxPVUE9Qlwv653gUhLfZlKjB3tthBSL_lAIA/viewform

(I'll make the "NVDACon Call for Topics form" a link in the blog)

On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 2:41 AM derek riemer <driemer.riemer@...> wrote:

We are go for takeoff. Quentin, can you put this in in-process? 

Everyone: The link to promote is https://forms.gle/YFYwnG2GweBXrNDeA

On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 4:37 AM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

Are you guys in promotions are we ready for the code for topics to be sent out? Because if we are I can go ahead and start doing that. Please let me know before I do anything crazy.

On Oct 11, 2021, at 10:57 AM, derek riemer <driemer.riemer@...> wrote:



That'll be absolutely necessary for scheduling, good thought.

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 8:42 AM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevQT8c-t6DBtfxPVUE9Qlwv653gUhLfZlKjB3tthBSL_lAIA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Derek Riemer
Improving the world one byte at a time!        ⠠⠊⠍⠏⠗⠕⠧⠬ ⠮ ⠸⠺ ⠐⠕ ⠃⠽⠞⠑ ⠁⠞ ⠁ ⠐⠞⠖
•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

--

Derek Riemer
Improving the world one byte at a time!        ⠠⠊⠍⠏⠗⠕⠧⠬ ⠮ ⠸⠺ ⠐⠕ ⠃⠽⠞⠑ ⠁⠞ ⠁ ⠐⠞⠖
•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

--

Quentin Christensen
Training and Support Manager

Web: www.nvaccess.org 

Training: https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/

Certification: https://certification.nvaccess.org/

User group: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NVAccess 
Twitter: @NVAccess

We are go for takeoff. Quentin, can you put this in in-process? 

Everyone: The link to promote is https://forms.gle/YFYwnG2GweBXrNDeA

On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 4:37 AM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

Are you guys in promotions are we ready for the code for topics to be sent out? Because if we are I can go ahead and start doing that. Please let me know before I do anything crazy.

On Oct 11, 2021, at 10:57 AM, derek riemer <driemer.riemer@...> wrote:



That'll be absolutely necessary for scheduling, good thought.

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 8:42 AM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevQT8c-t6DBtfxPVUE9Qlwv653gUhLfZlKjB3tthBSL_lAIA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Derek Riemer
Improving the world one byte at a time!        ⠠⠊⠍⠏⠗⠕⠧⠬ ⠮ ⠸⠺ ⠐⠕ ⠃⠽⠞⠑ ⠁⠞ ⠁ ⠐⠞⠖
•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

--

Derek Riemer
Improving the world one byte at a time!        ⠠⠊⠍⠏⠗⠕⠧⠬ ⠮ ⠸⠺ ⠐⠕ ⠃⠽⠞⠑ ⠁⠞ ⠁ ⠐⠞⠖
•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

Are you guys in promotions are we ready for the code for topics to be sent out? Because if we are I can go ahead and start doing that. Please let me know before I do anything crazy.

On Oct 11, 2021, at 10:57 AM, derek riemer <driemer.riemer@...> wrote:



That'll be absolutely necessary for scheduling, good thought.

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 8:42 AM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevQT8c-t6DBtfxPVUE9Qlwv653gUhLfZlKjB3tthBSL_lAIA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Derek Riemer
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•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

Can be there, but your time zones don't make sense to me.

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 7:00 AM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

Hey there, to all I am wantting to find out if October22 would work for you all? At 2300 UTC or for those of us hear in the Us 7PM Cst or 6 p.m. mount or 5 p.m. pst.? It will be done by blind abilities. This is a podcast that I started working with last year and I am wantting to find out who can do it at this time . So, if you would you please respond     when you all can?

 

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Registered Linux User 529141.
http://counter.li.org/

To find out about a free, open-source, and versatile screen reader for Windows, visit nvaccess.org

You can follow @nimerjaber on Twitter for the latest technology news.

Thank you, and have a great day!

Hey there, to all I am wantting to find out if October22 would work for you all? At 2300 UTC or for those of us hear in the Us 7PM Cst or 6 p.m. mount or 5 p.m. pst.? It will be done by blind abilities. This is a podcast that I started working with last year and I am wantting to find out who can do it at this time . So, if you would you please respond     when you all can?

 

Final thoughts. I updated the description to say the following.

Describe what you want to talk about at this year's conference (e.g. an add-on, what you've done to include NVDA support, etc). If your description is not a solid paragraph clearly describing what you want to talk about, your topic submission will not be considered.

Just putting that last bit in because people unfortunately think it's okay to submit 1 sentence descriptions to a professional conference, and I always end up fielding questions about why we didn't accept them.

Changed lightning clap to thunderclap. We had thunderclaps, which were very short news flashes, and lightning talks, approx 15 min talks.

I think we need a new name for "Fly Through the Wall (How you use NVDA in your work/leisure (approx 15-90 minutes)" I have no idea what that even means. Maybe "informal showcase" or similar?

Added type for community forum (approx 30-60 Minutes) This covers things like Josephs addon session.

Here's how I resolved time zone. Please feel free to suggest edits.

Description:

Time zones are needed so the planning committee can prepare our schedule and schedule your talk during your daytime. You may give a time zone, and must also provide a time zone offset, which you can look up by googling "UTC offset for <time zone>.For example, Googling "Time zone offset for Pacific standard time" gives UTC−08:00.Please enter the time zone offset by writing "UTC" followed by  + or - (plus or dash) then the hour offset, then a colon, then the minutes as a two digit number. For example, UTC-08:00, UTC+09:30. The UTC offset is important for us, because certain regions observe daylight savings time, while others don't, and we need to know your UTC offset during December of 2021.

Final regexp I went with to make sure timezone contains a offset: 

UTC[+-−]\d{2}:?\d{2}

I'm adding two more questions.

The first question asks for  the following consent. If consent is not given to record, the talk simply won't be accepted, and if consent is not given to allow upload to our website, IDK, maybe we should considder not allowing the session.

[ ] I consent to allow NVDACon to record my session.

[ ] I consent to allow nvdacon.org and any associated planning committee members a royalty free, non-exclusive worldwide license to upload my talk to nvdacon.org, for unlimited free viewing by the public.

Please take a look at the new form.

The second question is simply extra notes for the author.

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 10:07 PM derek riemer via groups.io <driemer.riemer=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

Or it could even be [+-]\d{1,2}

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 10:06 PM Derek Riemer <driemer.riemer@...> wrote:

Sorry, that regexp needs to be -?\d{1,2}

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 10:05 PM Derek Riemer <driemer.riemer@...> wrote:

We can use a regexp to validate a timezone or reach out if needed. I think an edit ox should work well enough. The other thing we could do is require timezone name, then utc offset. The utc offset could be validated with -\d{1,2}

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 9:41 PM Christopher Duffley <christophernduffley@...> wrote:

As I've not been at the comp much after 23:00 UTC and just saw this, I can look at this first thing I'm back at it. I think there was only an answer validation option for time when it was checked. I will look at this again and report back.

Christopher Duffley

Host of Mission Possible Podcast: http://www.missionpossiblepodcast.com

Cell: +1 (603) 851-6971

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On Oct 11, 2021, at 18:03, Nimer Jaber <nimerjaber1@...> wrote:



The time zone field is actually a time field, so that won't work. If Google Forms doesn't have a specific type for time zone, then maybe include an edit box where an individual can write in their time zone, or their preferred times for the presentation.

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 2:40 PM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

So sorry

 About that . and one more thing we have added the stuff that you asked us to would you all please take   a look when you get time? thanks.

From: intl@NVDACon.groups.io <intl@NVDACon.groups.io> On Behalf Of derek riemer
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2021, 10:57 AM
To: intl@nvdacon.groups.io
Subject: Re: [NVDACon] call for topics form:, promotion

 

Also, going forward, please put promotion: at the beginning, not the end.

 

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021, at 9:56 AM Derek Riemer <driemer.riemer@...> wrote:

That'll be absolutely necessary for scheduling, good thought.

 

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021, at 8:42 AM lauracornwell <lauracornwell1@...> wrote:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevQT8c-t6DBtfxPVUE9Qlwv653gUhLfZlKjB3tthBSL_lAIA/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

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Derek Riemer
Improving the world one byte at a time!        ⠠⠊⠍⠏⠗⠕⠧⠬ ⠮ ⠸⠺ ⠐⠕ ⠃⠽⠞⠑ ⠁⠞ ⠁ ⠐⠞⠖
•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open-source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

 

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Derek Riemer
Improving the world one byte at a time!        ⠠⠊⠍⠏⠗⠕⠧⠬ ⠮ ⠸⠺ ⠐⠕ ⠃⠽⠞⠑ ⠁⠞ ⠁ ⠐⠞⠖
•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open-source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

--

Best,

Nimer Jaber

Registered Linux User 529141.
http://counter.li.org/

To find out about a free, open-source, and versatile screen reader for Windows, visit nvaccess.org

You can follow @nimerjaber on Twitter for the latest technology news.

Thank you, and have a great day!

--

Derek Riemer
Improving the world one byte at a time!        ⠠⠊⠍⠏⠗⠕⠧⠬ ⠮ ⠸⠺ ⠐⠕ ⠃⠽⠞⠑ ⠁⠞ ⠁ ⠐⠞⠖
•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

--

Derek Riemer
Improving the world one byte at a time!        ⠠⠊⠍⠏⠗⠕⠧⠬ ⠮ ⠸⠺ ⠐⠕ ⠃⠽⠞⠑ ⠁⠞ ⠁ ⠐⠞⠖
•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

--

Derek Riemer
Improving the world one byte at a time!        ⠠⠊⠍⠏⠗⠕⠧⠬ ⠮ ⠸⠺ ⠐⠕ ⠃⠽⠞⠑ ⠁⠞ ⠁ ⠐⠞⠖
•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com

--

Derek Riemer
Improving the world one byte at a time!        ⠠⠊⠍⠏⠗⠕⠧⠬ ⠮ ⠸⠺ ⠐⠕ ⠃⠽⠞⠑ ⠁⠞ ⠁ ⠐⠞⠖
•    Accessibility enthusiast.
•    Proud user of the NVDA screen reader.
•    Open source enthusiast.
•    Skier.

•    Personal website: https://derekriemer.com