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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello All!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Want a little audio description competition? The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute is hosting the
<a href="http://www.ski.org/project/describeathon17">DescribeAthon17</a> on Thursday, January 26, 2017!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From the site:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:#EFEFEF"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On Thursday, January 26, 2017, amateur and professional describers all over the world will participate in this day of description. Volunteer describers will
describe as many YouTube videos of as many kinds as we can in a single day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Join us from your own home or workplace, or by gathering with other volunteers at one of the in-person DescribeAthon meetups.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In-person locations currently include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In San Francisco at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#EFEFEF">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In Manhattan at the New York Public Library, Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:youdescribe@ski.org"><span style="color:#926700">contact us</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>if
you would like to organize a DescribeAthon17 meetup in your city!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Volunteers will use<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://youdescribe.org/"><span style="color:#926700">YouDescribe</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>–
Smithg-Kettlewell's free, web-based tool for recording and playing audio description for any YouTube video.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Who’s up for a challenge? I think I’m aiming for <b>MOST IMPRESSIVE DESCRIBER</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joshua Hori<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Accessible Technology Analyst<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Student Disability Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">54 Cowell Building<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">530-752-3184<o:p></o:p></p>
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