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All right.

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Good morning, everybody.

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Hopefully you can see me,

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and I'm hopeful that you can hear me also.

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Let's do a quick check for the audio.

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Please do me a favor...

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...and can you put a one in the chat to 
validate that you can hear me... and see me?

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The ones are coming in hot and heavy.

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All right.

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So let me say first,

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Welcome to the 4th annual 
DHS Accessibility Day 2023.

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Hello, my name is Vince Prentice and I work for the 
Accessible and Usability, formerly known as the

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Office of Accessible Systems 
and Technology, aka OAST.

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Well, I will be your MC for the next two days.

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All right, so...

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What exactly is Accessibility Day?

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DHS Accessibility Day 2023 
is the ultimate event for

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anyone who believes that 
everyone deserves equal access

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to information and services.

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Our jam-packed schedule includes 
thought-provoking discussions,

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interactive workshops, and 
inspiring keynote speakers

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who will share their stories and expertise on 
the latest accessibility trends and best practices.

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We will have two days of presentations and panel 
discussions, so please be ready,

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pay attention, there's going to 
be a lot of great information.

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Each day will start at approximately 
10 a.m. and end by 3 p.m.

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Please note, if you have any 
accommodation needs

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or questions or concerns, please email 
them to accessibility@hq.dhs.gov.

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So, a couple of things I want to go 
through here, just for housekeeping.

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Please, please, again, all of your 
questions in the Teams chat window,

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so if you do not have the Teams chat window open, please make 
sure that you go to the top of Teams,

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click on that,

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and make sure that it's open 
so that way you can participate

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in any type of interactive things that 
we're doing today or if you have any questions.

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Please make sure that you add your 
questions inside of the Teams chat.

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Again, if you have any questions and you're 
not able to use the Teams chat,

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please send all of your questions and 
concerns to accessibility@hq.dhs.gov.

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If anybody has captioning needs, 
please go to dhs.gov/cc.

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Be mindful that this is a professional working event.

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Presenters, please keep 
your microphones muted

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until you have been introduced.

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We will not break for lunch,

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but we will have numerous breaks 
during the day.

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So let's have fun,

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let's look forward to hearing a 
lot of great information,

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and again, it is my pleasure now 
to introduce Mr. Nicshan Floyd.