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Insights to Action: Aaron Di Blasi of Top Tech Tidbits Partners With Pneuma Solutions to Launch ‘Title II Today’ Monthly Newsletter

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Discover ‘Title II Today’, a monthly ADA Title II compliance newsletter from Pneuma Solutions and Aaron Di Blasi, delivering expert insights, practical strategies, and community resources for digital accessibility.

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Publisher Updates: Top Tech Tidbits Welcomes Sarah Massengale, CPACC, ADS To Its Editorial Team, The Newsletters Get Some Unexpected Remediation and You Can Now Read Each Issue As A Microsoft Word Document

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Here Aaron Di Blasi welcomes Sarah Massengale, CPACC, ADS to the Top Tech Tidbits Editorial Team and discusses some changes to the Top Tech Tidbits and Access Information Newsletters that came about as a result of their connection. Aaron also touches on a new solution for reading the newsletters each week.

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Help! Even My AI Is Ableist

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Is AI reinforcing ableism? Sarah Massengale shares a firsthand account of bias in smart assistants and the urgent need for disability inclusion in AI training. Discover why AI must do better in 2025.

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Addressing Reader Feedback on the Transition of the Top Tech Tidbits and Access Information Newsletters from Email Client To Web Browser

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Last week we were forced to make a pretty major change to the way that we deliver news to you each week, and plenty of blind readers had plenty to say about it. So as I found myself writing the same email approximately 10 times in a row, I decided it was time to put this feedback together for everyone to review. So let’s dive in. Below are the top reader feedback responses to the recent change.

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Top Tech Tidbits, Access Information News and AI-Weekly Transition From Email Client To Web Browser To Better Serve The Needs of Readers All Over The World

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The Top Tech Tidbits, Access Information News and AI-Weekly newsletters transition from email client to web browser in order to better serve the needs of readers all over the world.

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Blind and Low-Vision Workshop By Aaron Di Blasi and Dr. Kirk Adams: Copywriting With AI: March 20, 2025

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In this free Workshop tailored for persons who are blind or low-vision Aaron Di Blasi and Dr. Kirk Adams review the 10-step workflow used by Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. to generate professional, high quality, high ranking, accurate, long form copy on behalf of clients.

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One Thousand Issues Of Top Tech Tidbits. Publisher Updates For January 30, 2025. Where We’ve Been, Where We Are And Where We’re Going.

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Catch up on everything happening in the Top Tech Tidbits and Access Information News communities as Top Tech Tidbits publishes its one thousandth issue.

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How to Use JAWS to Find A McDonald’s with JAWS for Kiosk Using Google Search

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Looking for a McDonald’s with JAWS for Kiosk accessibility? This step-by-step guide shows you how to use Google search and filters to locate JAWS-enabled McDonald’s restaurants for an independent ordering experience.

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Beyond the Rollback: Why Disability Inclusion Will Survive the End of DEI Programs

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Despite the rollback of DEI programs, disability inclusion remains essential. Discover how legal protections, market demand, and technological advancements will sustain accessibility in business and beyond.

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How To Read The Top Tech Tidbits And Access Information Newsletters As A Blind or Low-Vision Person

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If you are a blind or low-vision reader of the Top Tech Tidbits or Access Information News weekly newsletters, you do not want to attempt to read those newsletters in text-only format. Why? Because the newsletters have grown too large and there is no way to navigate the newsletter in text-only format except to read the entire newsletter, top to bottom, in the order it is presented. Which frustrates many blind and low-vision readers because they cannot skip what they do not want to hear. Something that readers who read the newsletter using HTML can do easily. How? By navigating using our built-in, custom headings. In addition to skipping ads, HTML navigators can skip entire sections of the newsletter or even individual Tidbits if they like. Top Tech Tidbits has provided this custom navigational functionality since 2004, and Access Information News since 2022. There are no other newsletters today that provide this level of custom heading navigation functionality to blind and low vision readers.