WEBVTT 00:00.730 --> 00:27.960 Every Tuesday at 10:00, a.m Pacific time. Myself, Michael Babcock and Marty SoBo, go live in ACB community to answer your technology questions. How do you join in? Couple ways. Use Alexa, your computer, or the new ACB Link app to listen to ACB Media Five. You can also join in in Clubhouse or visit ACB Community to learn how to join us live in Zoom every Tuesday day at 10:00 A.m. Pacific Time. We'll see you there with your tech questions. 00:33.370 --> 00:39.030 Hey all, marty here and back with another Friday finds with Lynn. So what do we got first, Lyn? 00:39.710 --> 00:51.726 Well, we have Streamlabs has a new editing tool to help Streamers jump into podcasting. And that was an article that we. 00:51.748 --> 00:53.150 Found in The Verge. 00:53.570 --> 00:57.646 And apparently some of the things that. 00:57.668 --> 01:28.890 It helps you do, it has filters, right, that you can take out the ohms and the owls and stuff like that. It allows you to do clip management so that you can more easily have cross platform clips. I'm trying to think of some of the other advantages, but it's sort of a great sort of set of tools to help people who are getting into podcasting. 01:29.470 --> 01:34.794 And it's something that I don't know. 01:34.832 --> 01:37.514 About the accessibility of yet, but I. 01:37.552 --> 01:40.574 Think that creators are always looking for. 01:40.612 --> 01:45.920 Things to help them out and sort of get them started. 01:47.250 --> 01:48.000 Definitely. 01:48.450 --> 01:50.190 As Marty and I were talking about. 01:50.260 --> 01:53.586 Earlier, it does bring up the question. 01:53.688 --> 01:56.530 Of these free tools. 01:58.710 --> 03:27.006 Yeah, you always have to really dive in and make sure when you're using a free tool, on one hand, there's some good features about it. It's free, so that's really good and you get the experience of learning the basics in a free environment. But I will say that on the other side of things, you want to make sure that you know who's going to own your content at the end of the day. For example, there used to be a company and they were called Anchor. And Anchor was a great free podcasting platform. And what you would do is you would sign up, you would get on there, you could record, edit and do distribution through that app for your podcast. Now the issue is, do you or do you not own your content? Well, I have a friend who did just that. He was using Anchor for his podcast. He took a break from his podcast, came back later, couldn't log in. He comes to find out Spotify purchased the company, so he's locked out of his account. He can't get his names or his podcast or anything. So he doesn't own it anymore. Spotify owns it, so he's pretty much sol. He's going to have to start all over again. So you just want to be cognizant of all of these tools and make sure you do your research and do your due diligence before you dive in. 03:27.188 --> 03:31.518 So that's definitely things to think about, right? 03:31.604 --> 03:34.660 Especially if you want to monetize your content? 03:36.790 --> 03:37.394 I don't know. 03:37.432 --> 03:39.778 I think creators, we work so hard. 03:39.864 --> 03:43.026 To get things right and there are. 03:43.048 --> 03:57.798 Just a lot of things we need to be aware of on the legal front. And again, I think I know I'm guilty of this myself to just click the accept button without reading terms. And we're not saying that streamlabs is. 03:57.884 --> 04:02.954 We'Re just saying that in general, when you're using any of these tools, you. 04:02.992 --> 04:15.920 Really just need to make sure that you know what you're saying yes to what you're consenting to. Because some of these legal agreements can be like crazy. You look at them and you think, I don't understand any of this. I'm just going to click the box. 04:17.010 --> 04:18.238 Yeah, sometimes it might as well be. 04:18.244 --> 04:21.310 In another language that you don't even understand, right? 04:21.460 --> 04:25.106 And creators, especially people new to the. 04:25.128 --> 04:35.686 Scene, really don't think about the legal aspects much, right? We're all thinking about microphones and do we have the right microphone and how. 04:35.708 --> 04:43.046 Do we make the music and the background fit together and all this stuff. So we're thinking about the content, but. 04:43.068 --> 04:49.706 We'Re not thinking about the legalese, the stuff that can really get you in. 04:49.728 --> 04:52.490 Trouble if you're not careful. 04:53.310 --> 04:55.674 But it'll be interesting to see if. 04:55.792 --> 04:59.546 This streamlabs, the set of tools that. 04:59.568 --> 05:04.670 They have, I really do hope that they're successful and I'm hoping that somebody. 05:04.740 --> 05:07.806 Will try them and see if they. 05:07.828 --> 05:19.602 Can actually be of help to creators next. I wanted to talk about something that's sort of been on my mind a lot lately. As many of you know, I do. 05:19.656 --> 05:24.286 A crafting podcast with the American Council. 05:24.318 --> 05:29.170 The Blind Blind Crafters. And I do a podcast on Friday. 05:29.250 --> 05:35.138 Where we talk about different things pertaining to crafting and the blind. 05:35.314 --> 05:38.634 And one of the things that I. 05:38.672 --> 05:44.154 Have talked about on that program before is the need for blind folks to. 05:44.192 --> 05:51.210 Have access to a graphical environment or pictures. 05:51.290 --> 05:55.280 Basically, we tend to really focus a lot on text. 05:55.650 --> 05:59.614 And to varying degrees, we've had some. 05:59.652 --> 06:01.626 Success with getting people to use alt. 06:01.658 --> 06:06.466 Text, which is like image descriptions, right? 06:06.648 --> 06:09.586 But that only goes so far when. 06:09.608 --> 06:21.320 You'Re doing things like investment reports. I'm trying to think maps, for example. There are a lot of things that. 06:22.250 --> 06:25.080 You just need to have access to. 06:25.530 --> 06:31.580 More of a three dimensional visualization of something. 06:32.430 --> 06:35.642 There are just certain things that text just doesn't do well with. 06:35.696 --> 06:39.286 And I saw an article, a blog. 06:39.318 --> 06:54.574 Post, it was posted, it was sort of brought to my attention by David Goldfield site. The Tech VI list has great it's a great resource. And there was a blog post by Chancy Fleet. 06:54.622 --> 06:57.554 And I don't know how many of. 06:57.592 --> 07:01.714 You know Chancy Fleet, but she is just an amazing person. 07:01.912 --> 07:05.810 And she is the head of accessibility. 07:06.890 --> 07:15.878 At the New York Public Library, which, by the way, is an awesome resource, very forward thinking library, has done a. 07:15.884 --> 07:21.420 Lot of blindness specific or disability specific. 07:22.350 --> 07:24.310 Workshops and things of that nature. 07:24.470 --> 07:28.586 But she brought up the idea, for. 07:28.608 --> 07:30.618 Example, she was saying that she and. 07:30.624 --> 07:33.262 Her husband were buying a house during. 07:33.316 --> 07:36.346 The pandemic and they were looking at floor plans. 07:36.458 --> 07:39.562 Well, obviously you can't do floor plans. 07:39.626 --> 07:47.826 With alt text, right? It's just really hard. That's just one of the things that you need a graphical concept of. 07:47.928 --> 07:51.826 So she was talking about how difficult it was. 07:51.848 --> 07:53.426 And so her husband, who was an. 07:53.448 --> 08:01.586 Architect, and she sat down and sort of figured out ways that those floor. 08:01.618 --> 08:05.494 Plans could be more graphical so that she would have a sense of what. 08:05.532 --> 08:10.826 She was going to say yes to. Speaking of what you're going to say. 08:10.848 --> 08:16.826 Yes to, but she talks about that. 08:17.008 --> 08:27.120 Her feeling that blind and visually impaired folks really need more graphical access. We need access to visual things and. 08:27.650 --> 08:29.310 There are some barriers. 08:29.730 --> 08:31.486 But she talked about some of the. 08:31.508 --> 08:34.226 Technology out there, the Monarch, which is. 08:34.248 --> 08:36.994 Supposedly like my understanding it's like a. 08:37.032 --> 08:43.122 Tablet that can display more graphical things. 08:43.256 --> 08:46.066 And it's in testing and it's, I. 08:46.088 --> 08:53.062 Think, human wear and AP eight American Printing House for the Blind are going. 08:53.116 --> 08:55.042 To be demonstrating The Monarch. 08:55.106 --> 09:12.846 I might have a chance to see it soon. So I'm excited about that. She talks about 3D printing and how with 3D printing you can make more of a three dimensional representation of things. 09:12.948 --> 09:13.600 With. 09:15.330 --> 09:19.134 Like layers of plastic or I don't know how it works. 09:19.172 --> 09:23.006 But basically she was talking about, of. 09:23.028 --> 09:24.674 Course, for kids, for blind kids. 09:24.712 --> 09:27.554 And I have always said in my. 09:27.592 --> 09:29.666 Craft group that it's so important. 09:29.768 --> 09:32.366 I was born blind, so I don't. 09:32.398 --> 09:47.206 Have a good concept of what most things look like. If you were to say, what does an elephant look like or what does a certain type of bird or whatever. 09:47.308 --> 09:50.442 Look like, I would really have no. 09:50.496 --> 09:54.010 Idea because if I haven't touched it. 09:54.080 --> 09:55.580 I just don't know. 09:56.110 --> 09:57.994 And this is what she's saying, is. 09:58.032 --> 10:06.240 That technology is being developed now with The Monarch and with 3D printing and. 10:06.770 --> 10:13.460 Some of the other graphics tools out there. But she says one of the barriers is of course, cost. 10:13.910 --> 10:18.750 One of them is that the software. 10:18.830 --> 10:24.770 To operate the 3D printers is often not accessible. 10:25.290 --> 10:31.494 I just think that we have a thing in our craft class or our. 10:31.612 --> 10:34.840 Craft organization where we talk about the. 10:35.530 --> 10:38.706 There'S a thing called the Cricket. 10:38.898 --> 10:46.054 It's C-R-I-K-U-T cricket. And it is like a 3D thing for crafters. 10:46.182 --> 10:50.302 And we are just trying so hard to get the software that runs that. 10:50.356 --> 10:53.566 Machine to work for us. 10:53.748 --> 10:58.782 And we've had some difficulties in that. 10:58.836 --> 11:09.202 Regard, but again, just have more of a graphical representation of the world around us I think is really an important thing. 11:09.256 --> 11:15.294 It's important for kids, for blind kids, and it's important for adults in situations. 11:15.342 --> 11:23.266 Where, for example, investment material right when you're looking at the investment reports that. 11:23.288 --> 11:28.982 Come out and you have all these graphs and the reality is that most of us don't have access to those graphs. 11:29.126 --> 11:31.914 It's just really important that we think. 11:31.952 --> 11:40.654 About it and that we demand, as Chancy says, that we demand that access, that we start to say, hey, I. 11:40.692 --> 11:49.994 Want a map that I can read. I want not just the textual representation. 11:50.042 --> 11:57.106 Of things, but I really need that three dimensionality. And so I think this is something to watch. 11:57.208 --> 11:58.226 I think there are a lot of. 11:58.248 --> 12:00.340 Things happening right now in this space. 12:00.790 --> 12:06.486 And it would be awesome to be able to go to the New York. 12:06.508 --> 12:08.390 Public Library and they have a lab. 12:08.460 --> 12:14.390 There that does graphics for the blind. 12:14.730 --> 12:21.962 And you can contact the New York Public Library and contact Tense Fleet if you're interested in this. 12:22.016 --> 12:22.620 Because. 12:24.910 --> 12:41.034 I would definitely suggest if you're going to have something, for example, like you're talking about the cricket, reach out to the company and let them know the issues that you're having and say, hey, is there any way to make this accessible for people who are blind or visually impaired? 12:41.162 --> 12:41.840 Right. 12:42.290 --> 12:43.634 Maybe they'll work with you to try. 12:43.672 --> 12:45.380 And figure out how to get it there. 12:45.830 --> 12:49.922 Yeah, because I think people find it. 12:49.976 --> 12:52.562 Interesting that a blind person would want. 12:52.616 --> 12:56.710 Access to a picture or something graphical. 12:57.050 --> 12:58.360 People say, well. 13:01.130 --> 13:04.466 We'Ll do like alt. 13:04.498 --> 13:10.410 Text or whatever, but obviously certain things for certain things, alt text just doesn't work. 13:10.560 --> 13:13.020 Pictures worth 1000 words, they say. 13:13.390 --> 13:21.246 Yes, well, I know that our audience is very charitable people, right? 13:21.428 --> 13:22.574 Yeah, definitely. 13:22.692 --> 13:26.030 And it seems as though somebody is. 13:26.100 --> 13:33.650 Going to lose their place soon and maybe we all can get together and help them out. 13:33.720 --> 13:34.340 Right. 13:35.590 --> 13:50.006 I'm talking of course, about our friends at Twitter. Elon has neglected, forgotten to pay his rent and the bird is going to. 13:50.028 --> 13:52.022 Get the boot in about a month. 13:52.076 --> 13:53.494 They've got to be out. 13:53.692 --> 13:55.186 It's ridiculous. 13:55.378 --> 14:01.130 And apparently Musk has a history of sort of not paying people. 14:01.280 --> 14:22.080 He has numerous lawsuits right now and from everybody from his cleaners to his landlord. I don't know why he's not paying the bills. Maybe he just needs he laid off. The person that is in charge of that. 14:22.390 --> 14:23.714 I don't know. 14:23.912 --> 14:28.482 But yeah, it's interesting because he also. 14:28.536 --> 14:31.810 Now has huge copyright lawsuits. 14:33.590 --> 14:39.250 From music industry companies and people record labels and whatnot. 14:39.330 --> 14:46.262 Because apparently there's just a lot of copyright violation going on on Twitter. I don't know. I haven't been on Twitter in so. 14:46.316 --> 14:49.666 Long and I don't know how or why. 14:49.788 --> 14:53.562 Well, we're not going to get political on this show. 14:53.696 --> 14:56.346 But anyway, you should be moving to. 14:56.368 --> 14:58.810 Mastodon if you haven't moved to Mastodon yet. 14:58.880 --> 15:00.640 Come on now, let's go. 15:01.570 --> 15:05.082 Let's make it happen. That's going to be your goal for the weekend. 15:05.146 --> 15:09.998 Just get on Mastodon because it's a. 15:10.004 --> 15:17.362 Dumpster fire at Twitter and I just don't understand how someone wealthy people, why. 15:17.416 --> 15:21.570 Don'T they pay their bills? Especially their landlord bills. 15:22.390 --> 15:28.326 Yeah, we might have to come up with a GoFundMe page for Elon and. 15:28.348 --> 15:30.646 His crew because they're going to be. 15:30.668 --> 15:31.858 Out on the street. 15:32.034 --> 15:33.266 I know, it's going to be so sad. 15:33.298 --> 15:34.840 It's going to be awful. Yes. 15:37.390 --> 15:39.930 On that note, thanks so much, Lynn. 15:40.750 --> 15:48.060 Thanks guys. We're going to have more exciting news soon. I think right now everybody is just. 15:48.990 --> 16:05.710 Taking deep breaths, right? We've had all these different things, the Google thing, the Apple thing, Microsoft, all these people, and now everybody's like they're just tired, we need a breather. 16:06.230 --> 16:11.426 And I think vacations are going to start. So I don't know, this week seems to be a little bit of a. 16:11.448 --> 16:15.298 Slow news cycle, but there's always next week. 16:15.384 --> 16:15.794 There is. 16:15.832 --> 16:28.982 Keep everybody informed and see what happens next week. And on that note, thanks everyone, we appreciate it. If you have any questions, comments, you can always reach us at feedback at unmute show and we'll see you next time. 16:29.036 --> 16:33.302 And make sure to read the fine print, okay? 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