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Classifieds: Discovering Terrific TV Content for Less — Cutting The cord with Blindness or Low Vision


Are you tired of paying exorbitant prices for cable channels that you never use? Do you desire an easier, more accessible way to enjoy your favorite shows
and movies? Or perhaps you aren’t a big TV watcher, but are curious about how you can experience great content affordably and accessibly?

Mystic Access is excited to offer our three-week virtual event, Discovering Terrific TV Content for Less — Cutting the Cord with Blindness or Low Vision.
If you’re ready to kill the cable bill once and for all, or are just eager to know what options are available, this teleconference series may be just what
you’ve been waiting for.

In the last few years, many new and exciting options have emerged to help everyone enjoy their favorite content more easily and affordably than ever. The
best news? Most of these options are highly accessible for blind and low vision users, too. In this event series, we’ll be sharing a number of options
to fit your lifestyle and budget and putting them through their paces so that you can discover how they may work for you.

What will be covered in this event?

Here’s a basic outline of what we’ll be discussing.

Week One

• Blindness and TV watching. How does that work?
• What is cord cutting?
• Available options for cutting the cord.
• What is over the top, anyway?
• How accessible is all this stuff?
• Apps for streaming favorite shows and movies.

Week Two

• Overview of set top boxes and how they work.
• They’re not just for TV / movie watching… we’ll demonstrate this.
• Apple TV
• Amazon Fire Stick or Fire TV
• Roku

Week Three

• Over the top services. We’ll demo and share our experiences using these on various platforms, including apps and set top boxes.
• Directv Now
• Hulu Live
• Play Station VU
• Sling TV
• Youtube TV

When is the event?

The event will be conducted on three consecutive Tuesday evenings beginning April 24, 2018. The second session of the event is on May 1, and the final
session is on May 8. All event sessions begin at 8:30 PM eastern time. You may attend the event via the Zoom client for PC or Mac, or using the Zoom app
for iOS, Fire OS or android. You may also call in via phone. Each session will run approximately ninety minutes, and we will leave plenty of time for your
questions.

What if I have to miss a session of the event?

All sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. If you can’t attend one or more event sessions live, or the time or day doesn’t work for you, you’ll
receive the session recordings shortly after each session.

Who teaches the event?

Chris Grabowski and Kim Loftis will be your primary event presenters. Each is a totally blind assistive technology user, and they both love sharing tips
and tricks to make enjoying your favorite content a fun and efficient experience. Oh, and both are happily living without traditional cable.

Contact information

https://www.mysticaccess.com/contact-us

More details available
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