Name: Civic hacknight #297 VIRTUAL - Voice Tech for Libraries (and People!)
Start: 2021-06-22T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2021-06-22T21:00:00-04:00

+ Topic:
Tim Bettridge, one of the founders of Voice Tech Global, will speak to the work of Civic Lab, the organization's community that strives to build more inclusive digital projects through the use of Conversational A.I. and some of the lab's efforts like Project Libre.

+ Speakers:
Founder of Voice Tech Global and its Civic Lab leader, Tim is also a passionate senior product designer and technologist. He specializes in taking deep dives into challenging domains in order to find human-centred solutions to complex problems. His experience in defining and shaping products ranges across many emergent technologies including voice interfaces, spatial computing and machine learning technologies and within a wide range of sectors including automotive, consumer tech, healthcare and media.

+ Check-in details:

Join us via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85847811289?pwd=THhwOEQvTlh5R3QvbWxha25xTWdGUT09
Webcams and mics optional, but encouraged!

Join via your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/wc/join/85847811289?pwd=THhwOEQvTlh5R3QvbWxha25xTWdGUT09

Dial-in by phone in Canada:
+1 647 558 0588
Meeting ID: 858 4781 1289
Password: 008446

Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack: https://link.civictech.ca/chat

+ Accessibility:

We're exploring ways to make our online hacknights more accessible. At the moment we provide video and audio of the presentation through Zoom and automated closed captioning through Rev.com.

+ About Us:

Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data. Come and be part of it!

+ Agenda:

7:00-7:20 = Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 = Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 = Breakout groups (go make something!)
> 9:00 = Civic Tech Toronto Virtual Hang Out

For more info, visit http://civictech.ca
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