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For hearing, I started telling speakers I expected them to use a microphone to make sure everyone could hear and it makes a big difference! We also include getting comfortable with mics as advice in our how to give a good presentation training.

--Abi Locatis Prochaska

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I have two of these voice amplifiers that we use for outdoor programs. Not everyone loves them, but they do help!
https://www.amazon.com/Amplifier-Bluetooth-Microphone-Waterproof-Rechargeable/dp/B07DYJZPVY/ref=asc_df_B07DYJZPVY/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312118595187&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14194461205080578776&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9002284&hvtargid=pla-567568384726&psc=1

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Outdoor experience without being outdoors

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Outdoor experience without being outdoors

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This is great to bring folks outdoors who may not be able to get into the field.
Caveat- need to have funding and staff expertise to maintain virtual reality: https://storage.net-fs.com/hosting/6024669/5/
-Kaitlyn, Kaitlyn.Dietz@FloridaDEP.gov

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Explore a saltmarsh at the GTM National Estuarine Research Reserve to learn about some of the organisms that live here and make up the food web.

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I don't know how to do this outside of the Adobe suite but if you're using Adobe to create a report, you can go through and tell it how to read a document for someone who is blind (alternate text for images, reading pop out boxes in the right order etc)

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Provide my phone number for folks who can't get padlet or google slides to work for them

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If participants are uncomfortable joining an in person event we have gotten better at how to facilitate hybrid participation using an OWL Lab camera/mic.

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This is helpful for outdoor programming when we want to bring groups to the beaches to discuss habitats.

https://www.mobi-mat-chair-beach-access-dms.com/

-Kaitlyn, Kaitlyn.Dietz@FloridaDEP.gov

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Mobi-Mat® Portable and removable roll out mat by DMS Inc.

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Provide an office space that locks that people lactating can use to pump or nurse.

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For reserves that directly partner with academic institutions, there are usually offices that respond to accommodation requests and provide helpful resources (programs, services, apps, etc).  They may be able to be more responsive or have tools that state agency partners do no.

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We have a wheelchair that people can use while they are here at the Reserve.

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We have a wheelchair that people can use while they are here at the Reserve.

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Outside events: sound amplification norm

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Outside events: sound amplification norm

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For any field-based trainings or events happening outdoors, we bring handheld or wearable microphones and any presenters or speakers are asked to use these devices when speaking. This is not on request - we just do it, every time. (Karina)

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https://uxdesign.cc/color-blindness-in-user-interfaces-66c27331b858

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Photo by Harry Quan from Unsplash

Color blindness is the common term for a condition where individuals often mistake shades or lose their ability to distinguish colors at all. Women are less likely to have this disease, when approximately every twelfth man is prone to it.

In the article, I tried to gather and summarize notes of designers and developers about designing for colorblind people. But before discussing user interfaces, how we distinguish colors at all?

There are several theories of olor perception and we are going to consider the most popular one. According to it, the human retina has three special cells called cones. Every cone is responsible for one part of the color spectrum: red, green and blue. Cones react to light and forward information about its environment to the brain. There, all data is received and added together to produce the colors we see; just like in the RGB color model! Only humans have a wider coverage of colors than any existing standard of this model. Humans aren't actually unequivocal in terms of color; we don't share the exact same color vision experience. Because the human eye and brain work together translate light into color, each of us see colors differently. Your blue can be slightly more blue than someone else's. However, sometimes differences in color vision are tragic.

An estimated 253 million people live with vision impairment: 36 million are blind and 217 million have moderate to severe vision impairment.

Defects of the cones lead to worsening of the color vision. Depending on the seriousness of the defects, a human can mistake shades or lose ability to distinguish colors at all. For the majority of people, the disease is genetic. The most common types of color blindness are due to the loss or limited function of red or green cone photopigments. This type of color blindness is commonly referred to as red-green color blindness. For example, in people with deuteranopia, there are no working green cone cells, which means that they are unable to see not only green but also the constituent colors with it. The same is with protanopia, but in this case, the individual has no working red cone cells. Blue-yellow color blindness is rarer than red-green, and an even rarer type of color blindness is called monochromacy (or complete color blindness). Monochromatic people don't experience colors at all, they distinguish colors only by brightness. In other words, they see the whole world in black and white. But why is it so important for user interface designers?

Comparison of the perception of the color wheel by people with different types of color blindness. These specific disorders and other color blindness is simulated by using the service

Every type of color blindness causes inconvenience; this carries over to user experience. At worst, colorblind people cannot use a product at all. It'll upset a lot of users and a business will lose potential clients too. To avoid this, we need to remember only a couple of simple rules. Here a nervous designer cowers, "I need to design a site from scratch in one week," the designer says. "and you give me another problem to solve? I don't have time for this!" Don't worry, it's not so bad.

It's important to understand that colorblind people see the same colorful picture as the rest of us. Despite an inability to see some colors, colorblind people distinguish shades even better than average. Back in 1940, scientists found that colorblind individuals notice camouflage where a human with normal vision can't see it.

Is it true that a monochromatic can't enjoy the same views as others?

What colorblind people can't always do well is distinguish tones (red, yellow, blue, green, etc). People with regular vision and people with protanopia see the same image. In the eyes of colorblind, the flower and the background are almost in the same color. And if we talk about user interfaces, such perception leads to a bunch of problems: text becomes unreadable, call-to-action buttons inconspicuous, etc.

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Color blindness: how to design an accessible user interface

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Color blindness is the common term for a condition where individuals often mistake shades or lose their ability to distinguish colors at all. Women are less likely to have this disease, when approximately every twelfth man is prone to it. In the article, I tried to gather and summarize notes of designers and developers about designing for colorblind people.

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We could provide accommodations for those who cannot walk the trails by providing classroom instruction, written instruction, or videos

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Dyslexia Friendly Style Guide

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Google Slides & Docs accessibility tools (includes presentation checker)

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PowerPoint accessibility tools

PowerPoint Translator

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https://otter.ai/

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Otter.ai - AI Meeting Note Taker & Real-time AI Transcription

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Otter.ai uses an AI Meeting Assistant to transcribe meetings in real time, record audio, capture slides, extract action items, and generate an AI meeting summary.

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On our registration page we include a question about requesting accommodations and information about our assistive listening device is posted in our training room. The assistive listening device can be implemented in our training room, external training rooms, and at field sites.

Here is a link to our assistive listening device: https://www.listentech.com/product-category/digital/

Please reach out Sara Brostrom (bros461@ecy.wa.gov) if you have questions.

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Two-Way Communication (ListenTALK) - Listen Technologies

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ListenTALK enables group communication with amazing sound quality in any facility – indoors or outdoors. Explore the ListenTALK solutions guide for applications and recommended systems and accessories.

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We include both a close-ended and open-ended question in registration process asking about accommodation requests in every event we offer. We do put a deadline (generally) of 1-2 weeks prior to any event so that we have time to make or try to meet reasonable accommodations.

I will note that with our state partner affiliation with UW-Madison, we do have resources at the university in the office of accessibility who can help us talk through accessibility tools, practices and norms when we receive requests or when we solicit them.

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With the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind (FSDB) being adjacent to the GTM, we occasionally have program attendees that require ASL interpreters. We have worked with FSDB to hire ASL interpreters for programming. Bonus, they worked with us to interpret an entire education program and record it for future students. Each state has a school for the deaf and blind which could be a great resource to work with.
-Kaitlyn, Kaitlyn.Dietz@FloridaDEP.gov

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I switched to CTP from the Education sector, and we think about accessibility very often. On site, we have trails that have been paved according to ADA standards. We have a docent who is legally blind with near total blindness and he will be leading guided hikes with the assistance of a guide dog. Having ADA compliance trails makes it possible for him.

Exhibits in the visitor center are accessible as well. If there is anything on a table top, we keep chairs sparse for those who want to sit and for those in wheelchairs to be able to sit at it.