Hi all - I'm looking to chat with folks about a) digital product usage and b) content curation and development. For digital product usage - I'm hoping to get feedback on Xchange as it exists today, as well as some new features that are planned for the near future. One big thing we'd like to chat about is a mobile app! If you'd like to share thoughts, even quickly, let me know. For content - we're expanding our video content efforts and want to feature content from folks in the industry. If you're interested in either creating a partnership to share content you're already creating OR if you would like to be featured in some of our videos (either case studies or "how to" videos), send me a message and we can chat at ICI!

I'll be attending InfoComm India for the first time! What tips and tricks do you have for someone who is a) new to the event and b) new to Mumbai as a traveler?

I loved speaking today with @Deborah Jones, RaJeana Price, Georgie-Ann Getton, and Mariella Paulino about how content accessibility comes to play within the AV world, especially within streaming. Some of the highlights that I noted:- Many countries around the world have laws that require accessibility integrations for content streaming and production. There are also guidelines for best practices that many countries are integrating into those laws, such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). - Creating accessibility helps a number of your audiences, including those with different hearing or visual abilities as well as neurodiversity. We need to add these tools for our audiences proactively, not just reactively ("only if someone asks or attends") to create equitable distribution and access. - There are a number of tools out there that provide transcripts, open captions, closed captions, and translated subtitles. YouTube is a great resource - it's very easy to upload a video (even privately) and have YouTube create caption files that you can then use on other platforms. And... it's free! - Just as it's critical to provide physical accessibility at an event or location, it's also just as important to provide that accessibility in virtual and digital spaces.  - Captioning and subtitles can create inclusivity globally by providing access to content regardless of language. - The pandemic has actually helped with equity. It was a combination of forced need by everyone engaging remotely, as well as the social justice movements, where equity-in-action came to the forefront for the world. There is absolutely room for growth, but we have come such a long way in the past 2 years. - Live translation creation for subtitles really needs human involvement (not just AI) as it's not as simple as word-for-word. It's critical to include humans for context! - That said, AI can be really helpful - do the best you can with what you can where you are. Everyone has to start somewhere, and incorporating accessibility (such as captioning) can be achieved by any size organization without a huge lift. Captioning using AI, using free translations on Google, adding captions or alt text for images... these are all very low-lift opportunities to get started! - For visual differences - the top editing software (Final Cut, AVID, Adobe Premiere) all have measures to create properly balanced videos. There are a number of ways that you can craft your colors, white balancing, and framing to be inclusive. - Additional areas of consideration include ASL interpreters on screen, audio descriptions for any visuals provided during a presentation, and encouraging speakers to slow down so the captions can keep up (and to help those who read lips for context). How are you integrating accessibility into your content production and streaming efforts? 

If you have any platform questions, issues, or suggestions, we wanna hear 'em! Technical Issues - Login issues, button not working, error message, etc. Feature Requests - Completely new things, updating a feature/ behavior, new room/ channel ideas, etc. General Feedback - Thoughts, feelings, and musings that may not fit into the above