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In the tech Zone with.
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Paul in the Tech Zone with Paul on my dear saying,
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the suburbs and main streets they connected such respected from
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cold to chrome, from Poones to Darns. Taking the airway
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back in a hold, we little, we learn, We innovate
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Tune in with y'all.
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Paula Dan's name, streaming dreams and breaking change. Welcome to
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the tex Zone where the World Club did and change remains.
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Hello and welcome to the tech Zone. What is up?
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It's me Paul. I'm a deads landing. I'm so delighted
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to have you on our show today. We have an
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amazing guest. We're going to talk about CEES twenty twenty six,
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in particular the Eureka part contest. You guessed it. We're
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going to be joined by the executive director of the
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Consumer Technology Association Foundation without Hesitation, Steven Yule, So you
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don't want to miss that chat before we bring them on.
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Remember you can always connect with me Paulamade's Lane dot com.
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So let's connect. Let's do all the great things that
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we all want to do in technology together and we
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can make it happen. We also welcome you who are
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you want to share with somebody else too. CES. I've
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been covering CES since ione to say, two thousand and nine.
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I brought the morning show there when I started hosting
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the morning show at a NBC radio affiliate. And one
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of the things that I've always wanted to see more
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of was things for us. We're part of the disabled community. Now.
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Even though I am a tech journalist, I cover all
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technology because I am disabled. I think about myself and
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others want to use technology, and oftentimes I would ask
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folks about will I be able to use? Is? How
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can I use this? And sometimes they were stone, but
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it got the conversation story. That's how I was able
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to parlay my side hustle as an accessibility consultant because
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after I would talk to ones with these different companies,
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they would say, well, what do you need? What could
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help you out? I would share that with them and
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then they would say, hey, you want to come in
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and work with our development team R and D and
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we'll pay youm like pay me. So that kind of
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parlayed my side hustle. But the person who's been responsible
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for all the hype of accessibility for the disabled community
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aging adult population is my good friends and Steve you
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who were about to talk to He and the Foundation
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has taken what we wanted and put it into practice.
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Also give a huge shout out to Gary Shapiro. Gary
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was the CEO and president of the Consumer Technology Association
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for many years and now Gary is still the CEO
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and Kinsey Fabrizio is now the president of the Consumer
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Technology Association Foundation. Now, if I mixed that up and
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messed that all up, y'all forgive me. I ain't did
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it on purpose, you know, brother, just try to do
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what's right here these airways, and they'll hold it against me,
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all right. But I remember talking to Kinsey. It was
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an event they had for us here in Southern California,
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a CEES media media launch, and they were filling questions
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for all of us in the media, and I pose
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the question the kense Hey, Kensey, what about accessibility? What's
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going to be there for us? And Kinsey looked at
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me and shook her head, had this poker face smile,
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and at first I thought I got on my nerve,
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but Jesus smile and said, we're working on some things.
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Then what happened was when I got there to that
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year's CES, they had things really reaving to go. So yeah,
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origin story of accessibility at CES. But enough about me.
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Let's bring on our very special guests. Who's going to
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talk about the Eureka Part contest, the contest that gives
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startup the ability to be at CES, and we're going
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to find out who the winners were and how many
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contestants or applicants that it was. So without any further delay,
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to bring on our very special guest, I am so
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delighted to have with me right now. My next guest,
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my great friend in the executive director of the Consumer
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Technology Association Foundation. We've got to put that into wrap.
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Steve youle's going on, Steve, Hey, Paul, I am always
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happy to be part of your rap, sou but no,
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I am thrilled to be here. I always love talking
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to you, especially as we're ramping up towards Cees. So yeah,
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thanks for having me back on, Steve.
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Seemed like only yesterday we were talking at the show
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about Cees twenty twenty five coming to an end, and
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now we're in a crunch time for Cees twenty twenty
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six and it goes by so fast.
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Well this year especially, I don't know what happened, but yeah,
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I'd like to do this. Well, guess what a lot
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of it's happening. We've got some really exciting things happening
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around accessibility at CEES twenty twenty six. Means we're running
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non stop right now try to make it all happen.
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But I can't wait to be able to see you
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at the show and really engage in these topics like
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we've never done.
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Before, so looking forward to it. And I talked about
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this in the intro Steve about how accessibility. I wouldn't
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say it was an afterthought at CEES because it never
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was an afterthought. It just wasn't as robust as we
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see it today. And we have you to thank for it.
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So I'll always give you your flowers and the rest of
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the team when it comes to this. And before we
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delve into the Eureka part contest winners and this iteration
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of contestants that you had this time, I just got
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to say, man, you are looking amazing. I just wanted
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you know that. Well, I appreciate that.
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Yeah, we're working at it, and just like I know
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you are as well, and you know you gotta keep
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back to keep busy. And you know it's compared to
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where I was this time last year, yet down a
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bit and happy to be engaged and you get that
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energy to be able to push through. But yeah, no,
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I'm I'm excited to be able to work with you.
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We just actually came out of we had an event
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here in d C earlier today, the roundtable that we
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do at ces we had one here in the DC
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area up over at Amazon's HQ two, so you know,
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kind of get to that. The juice is flowing and
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ready to have those conversations between the industry, between the
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advocate community, and we're just going to go bigger and
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better when we get to see Yes twenty twenty six.
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I cannot wait. In one of our highlights that you
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and I always love to talk about. They really highlight
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and that is your week apart the contest is over,
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the winners have been announced, let's talk about them.
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Print absolutely so yeah, this is I always look forward.
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I appreciate you letting me come on here and share
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the winners each year. This year, I think if we
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didn't have the most number of entrants, we were pretty close.
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I mean we had dozens and dozens of companies from
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all over the US and Canada competing to win just
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five booths that we have available at CES that we
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give away for free for these companies and all that
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they well, all they have to do, they have to
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be able to showcase how their technology can help either
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older adults or people with disabilities. We give them a
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free booth. We give them twenty five hundred dollars a piece,
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because we know it costs money to be in Las
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Vegas for the week of Cees and we give them
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lots of great attention, and you're always kind of that
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first first call, first stop to being able to build
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that attention. So well, here here's our group of winners
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and this is in well, I guess more alphabetical order
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than anything. We don't rank the top five, top five
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or all winners first up, three sixty Direct Access. This
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is a really cool technology that is designed for the
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deaf and Heart of Hearing community by the Deaf and
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Heart of Hearing community. And what it enables is for
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companies to be able to use this system to provide
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customer service and support in native sign language interpretation, not
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having to go through third party interpretation vendors, being able
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to have these companies be able to do whether it
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is an American sign language or they're also working internationally
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bringing in British Sign Language and I believe Indian Sign
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Language and other countries sign languages. So really an interesting
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company being able to provide that natural language because people
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who speak sign language that is their first and foremost language,
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you know, speaking English or seeing captions, that's actually a
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second language for them. So being able to provide that
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level of support is just an incredible opportunity for the
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deaf and heart of hearing community. Next up is a
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company called Karen's Health. They're doing a really interesting both
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hardware and kind of software play, uh, supporting people aging
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in place in their homes. Think of it as a
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sensor that uses a radio wave technology to be able
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to monitor health and well being, monitor different you know,
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statistics and things along those lines. But it also has
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a voice assistant component as well, so being able to
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talk to get help with caregiving, being able to bring
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in some of that level of support. So it's a
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really interesting company that's kind of enabling people to live
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and age at home with independence. Next up is a
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company called Cognitive Health. They're essentially using an incredible technology
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but doing it over the phone, so being able to
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create a phone call that can then you know, track
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cognitive health and basically, especially as you look at older
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adults who may be aging into dementia or other cognitive challenges,
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it is able to do a regular phone call and
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track based on patterns of speech, track based on other
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being able to kind of help be aware of you
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know what are some of the changes happening, uh, and
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that could help someone know to go get get checked
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out at an earlier stage and therefore catching it never
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hurts to catch these things early and be able to
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create that awareness. So really interested in the work they're
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doing there. Next up is a company called Hapware. This
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is a really interesting technology that is essentially originally i think,
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designed primarily for the blind and low vision community to
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be able to use a video feed to pick up
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not just us talking, but being able to pick up
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the you know, the the body language, being able to
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pick up you know, smiles or frowns or other body
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language that often are are left out if you if
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you don't have vision to be able to see that.
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They're also working in the cognitive space because often, you know,
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people on the autism spectrum or others have a hard
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time picking up emotions. So what they're doing is using
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a combination of sensors built into some glasses along with
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a wrist band that provide some haptic feedback and let's
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you know, basically you know you're talking to someone who's smiling,
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or you're talking to someone who seems very disinterested, or
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you know, being able to provide that level of feedback
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to individuals who otherwise aren't able to, uh to pick
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that up themselves. And then last, but certainly not least,
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is a company called new Haptics. Uh they've got a
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really interesting new multi line braille device. So for our
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blind and low vision consumers that we work with, you know,
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this is something that doesn't just provide the one line
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of texts, but being able to do braille in a
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multi line format, both being making easier to be able
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to scan over text, you know, in larger blocks, but
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also being able to do you know, graphics and other
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types of content. So really, you know, these five, I
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feel like I could have picked you know, a dozen
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other entries from from the entrance and been very very
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happy with them. But I can't wait to see all
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of them at CEES. We're going to have a chance
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to really you provide some highlights and you know, see
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where they go from here, because we've seen over the
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years all these companies come to CEES. They they meet
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the great paul Amidae Swayne, and next thing you know,
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they're you know, off to the races.
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You are too kind, my friend, and just hearing the
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the winners of the contest. It really shows Steve that
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innovation is really exploding, especially when it comes to the
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aging and adult population and the disability of population. And Steve,
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one thing, you and I have had this conversation before.
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Whenever they build something around us or for us, everybody
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starts using it, and that has to be really really
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gratifying for you and the team over at the Foundation
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to see that what these things could be for others
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so important for us to have this conversation at CEES
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and have this conversation in the broader technology community, because yes,
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assistive technology is incredible, but you know, the problem is
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being very expensive to build, it ends up being very
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technology that's not going away. But when we have the
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opportunity to look at how can we scale some of
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you have that economy of scale that can really you know,
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make these things affordable and available to so many more people.
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and and that's something you know, you're right. It's been
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a building process to get you know, different companies engaged,
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but we're we're seeing it's no longer a matter of
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convincing companies that this is the right thing to do.
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It's really you know, helping them know the best ways
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to go about it. But you know, they see the
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opportunities that exist here and you know, you're right. If
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you build excessively, you're going to be able to serve
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so many more people. And that is a it's a
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strong message to the companies developing these technologies. And that's
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what I love from the biggest companies to the world
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to you know, these small startup companies who are just
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you know, someone with a passion and an idea, and
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you know, they get to build a product and we
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hope to see them become the next big, great, big companies.
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That's awesome. And see how many how many contestants are
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application did you have this year for the contest?
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largest collections of entries. So yeah, we we had just
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an incredible class of entrance and like I said, we
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had to narrow it down to five. But I know
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the judges had a real tough, tough process to go
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through because there are some incredible companies that you know,
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well they didn't win this. I'm really hoping they're still
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going to be at CEES. And you know, that's actually
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one of the things that I love is you know,
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yes we recognize these five companies, there's going to be
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so many more companies at ces as well doing this work,
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and you know, I'm looking to engage all them as well.
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That's amazing, that's amazing, great to see, Steve. Do you
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think I don't want to put you on the spot
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with this question, do you think they'll ever expand more
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than more than five booths or five kind of like
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set in stone.
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we may have some opportunities in the future, but you
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know that is one of the you know, we kind
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of set it as five in the beginning. You know,
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we also do work with our innovation for all teams,
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so they actually have a whole separate competition where they
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also award some boosts their focus is more on diverse
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founders of companies versus accessibility alone, although we actually have
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now built it into our competition that if you don't
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win ours, you're able to check a box that I
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go and forward on your entry if you're interested to
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the innovation for all. And they haven't made their selections
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quite yet, but we've had good luck over the years
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of getting a few extra accessibility one in through through
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their competition. So you know, my goal is to, you know,
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try to expand this as far as I can and
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get as many engaged as I can, because, yeah, I mean,
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this is an exciting topic, and you know, this is
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an opportunity for us, as you said, to get more
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founders with disabilities, get more people with an interest in
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serving this community, and bring them all together with the
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big world of consumer technology.
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What has been a feedback over the years from ones
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who have won the competition, any like emails or letters
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they sent back to you and the team too, just
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how that whole experience was able to shape the future
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for them.
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Yeah, I you ask a great question, and we've had
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some really incredible feedback over the years. You know, I'm
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just pulling up, so sorry if I'm kind of looking
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slightly off screen. But you know things that we've heard
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are you know some of the winners from last year.
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but we didn't have the means. Winning the CTA contest
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made it possible, not just financially, but for the exposure too.
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Along with the booth, you get a chance to network
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with industry experts. My advice if you win, stay on
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top of the CTA exhibit or emails, wear comfy shoes,
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and have fun. You'll get tons of qualified leads and
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you won't believe it.
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Another company said winning the Eureka Park accessibility contests at
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CEES was a pivotal moment for Bluetooth Tech or Blueberry Technology.
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It connected us to other winners, sparked new ideas, and
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helped us envision solutions beyond mobility and airports. The experience
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boosted our visibility and inspired us to create technology that
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truly make a difference in people's lives. So, you know,
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this is something that you know, I just love hearing
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you know these founders that you know close rounds of
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funding at the show, or you know, make that connection
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with a media expert or make a connection with another
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bigger company, and you know, we we try to keep
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track of where all these companies go, you know, like
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dealing with any startups. Sometimes they make it, sometimes they don't.
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But uh, there's really just such incredible opportunity and I
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want to make sure they're on, you know, our biggest stage.
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And actually, speaking of big stages, you know, that's one
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of the other new exciting things we have coming. And
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I don't want to steal. I know you're gonna be
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talking with Kinzia Fabrizio U here very soon, so I
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won't steal much. But we are finally building that accessibility stage.
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I know you had a chance to be part of
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the CEES podcast with Bread Moltz from Verizon talking about
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the importance of accessibility at CEES. But we're going to
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have a chance to bring you know, all of these
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winners as well as others to that stage. So in
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addition to the normal track that we do every year
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at CEES, we're gonna have three solid days of accessibility content.
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So yeah, I'm I'm thrilled for what we're going to
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be able to do at the show this year.
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That's what I'm talking about. Steve and you made this possible,
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my friend, you and your amazing team. I remember when
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you and I first met each other and being at
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CES even before we met, and that was one of
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my dreams was to bring accessibility, more, more coverage, more
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hype at CES. Man, it is so gratifying, you know,
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to se see where we're at today and thank you
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for your hard work and what you do in your
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team and amazing board members. And I remember when I
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was on the CEES podcast with Fred and I was like, Fred,
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so yeah, I did for us. We had a lot
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of fun talking about that and everything. But that's great,
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and I don't want to steal any more thunder of
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my other conversation I'm going to have with Kinsey Fabrizio,
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and so I don't want to ask you any more
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questions that can get you and I have both in trouble.
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But I'll just say this, Is there anything else that
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you would like to share with the audience out there
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about Yureka Park or anything that you would like to say?
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Yeah, well one, Paul, I appreciate you, know, all your gratitude,
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but honestly it's because of folks like yourself being at
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CEF showing up making sure accessibility is at the forefront
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of this conversation, being able to host shows like this
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where you you know, you're not a disability tech podcast.
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Now you cover the issue a lot, but you're highlighting
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the importance of technology out there and oh, by the way,
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accessibility is a big piece of that. So you know,
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I really want to kind of provide the you know,
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the flowers back your way of you know, just the
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fact that you've continued to push this enables us to
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be able to do the things that we're doing, because yeah,
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I mean we've been talking for years about how do
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we build the stage, how do we build the stage?
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And you know, finally you know, just managed to you know,
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find the right place in the right time, and now
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it's going to happen. I'm convinced we're going to you know,
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blow this out of the water and it's just going
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to continue to get bigger and better year after year
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from here. So you know, with that, you know, all
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the other things that we've continued to do at CES,
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you know, whether it's our receptions and round tables and
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all those other activities, they're going to continue to happen
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at CEES. I know they're going to be bigger and better.
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I'll let Kinsey and Melissa share a little bit more
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on some of those, but yeah, we've got we've got
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big plans, and hey, it can only get bigger and
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better from here. So I look forward to working with
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you on that and appreciate you and your audience their
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interest in all these important topics.
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I really appreciate that, Steve, and can't wait to see
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you in a few months. And uh, we'll be able
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to hug each other, hang out and see each other.
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It would be like a family reunion when we all
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get back together in person and see each other. Why
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don't you give information out there about the about the foundation,
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how others can support the foundation and also those who
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can register for cees there's a certain criteria they have
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to meet. You mind sharing that with everyone?
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Yeah, absolutely, So people can go to c TA Foundation
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dot tech. It's dot t e c h uh, and
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that has all of the information about the CTA Foundation,
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including you know, our various competitions, different events that we've
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got planned for ces there. So definitely recommend people do that. Also,
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you know, follow us on social media definitely particularly LinkedIn
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that tends to be our biggest social channel right now,
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but we're going to be constantly pushing out more more
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content and information there and then for everything CEES. If
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you go to CS dot tech once again, that's dot
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T E c H. You'll find everything CES related there.
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And yeah, the show is it's an industry show, so
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it is not open to the general public. But if
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people are either part of the technology industry, if they're
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media like yourself who cover the the industry, analysts, investors,
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others along those lines, you know, there's opportunities to look
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at the registration on ce dot tech. And yeah, we'll
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be getting together here very soon in early January to
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celebrate another great year.
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Looking forward to my friend you stay well, all right,
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you two. That was the executive director of the Consumer
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Technology Association, My great friend Steve Yule. Always love catching
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up with him. Congratulations to all the your Week of
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Park winners. Can't wait to see you and meet you
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at CEES as well, Steve. Kind of t is a
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very special exclusive interview that I'm going to have with
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the President of the Consumer Technology Association Foundation, Kinsey Fabrizio,
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So stay tuned for that, all right, We'll do me
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a favor. Stay healthy, stay safe and remember I love
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you all the life until next time.
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Dad's name, streaming dreams and breaking change. Welcome to the
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It's me Paul. I'm a deads landing. I'm so delighted
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amazing guest. We're going to talk about CEES twenty twenty six,
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in particular the Eureka part contest. You guessed it. We're
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going to be joined by the executive director of the
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Consumer Technology Association Foundation without Hesitation, Steven Yule, So you
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am a business man, Because I'm all about that businessman.
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So let's connect. Let's do all the great things that
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can make it happen. We also welcome you who are
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you want to share with somebody else too. CES. I've
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been covering CES since ione to say, two thousand and nine.
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I brought the morning show there when I started hosting
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the morning show at a NBC radio affiliate. And one
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of the things that I've always wanted to see more
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of was things for us. We're part of the disabled community. Now.
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technology because I am disabled. I think about myself and
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others want to use technology, and oftentimes I would ask
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folks about will I be able to use? Is? How
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can I use this? And sometimes they were stone, but
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it got the conversation story. That's how I was able
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to parlay my side hustle as an accessibility consultant because
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after I would talk to ones with these different companies,
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they would say, well, what do you need? What could
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then they would say, hey, you want to come in
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and work with our development team R and D and
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we'll pay youm like pay me. So that kind of
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parlayed my side hustle. But the person who's been responsible
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for all the hype of accessibility for the disabled community
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aging adult population is my good friends and Steve you
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who were about to talk to He and the Foundation
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has taken what we wanted and put it into practice.
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for many years and now Gary is still the CEO
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Technology Association Foundation. Now, if I mixed that up and
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messed that all up, y'all forgive me. I ain't did
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it on purpose, you know, brother, just try to do
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what's right here these airways, and they'll hold it against me,
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all right. But I remember talking to Kinsey. It was
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an event they had for us here in Southern California,
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a CEES media media launch, and they were filling questions
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for all of us in the media, and I pose
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the question the kense Hey, Kensey, what about accessibility? What's
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going to be there for us? And Kinsey looked at
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me and shook her head, had this poker face smile,
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but Jesus smile and said, we're working on some things.
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year's CES, they had things really reaving to go. So yeah,
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origin story of accessibility at CES. But enough about me.
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contestants or applicants that it was. So without any further delay,
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to bring on our very special guest, I am so
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delighted to have with me right now. My next guest,
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my great friend in the executive director of the Consumer
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Technology Association Foundation. We've got to put that into wrap.
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Steve youle's going on, Steve, Hey, Paul, I am always
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about Cees twenty twenty five coming to an end, and
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this in the intro Steve about how accessibility. I wouldn't
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was an afterthought. It just wasn't as robust as we
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see it today. And we have you to thank for it.
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the team when it comes to this. And before we
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delve into the Eureka part contest winners and this iteration
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of contestants that you had this time, I just got
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to say, man, you are looking amazing. I just wanted
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you know that. Well, I appreciate that.
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bit and happy to be engaged and you get that
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energy to be able to push through. But yeah, no,
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advocate community, and we're just going to go bigger and
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better when we get to see Yes twenty twenty six.
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I cannot wait. In one of our highlights that you
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the winners each year. This year, I think if we
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didn't have the most number of entrants, we were pretty close.
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all over the US and Canada competing to win just
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five booths that we have available at CES that we
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give away for free for these companies and all that
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they well, all they have to do, they have to
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be able to showcase how their technology can help either
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older adults or people with disabilities. We give them a
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free booth. We give them twenty five hundred dollars a piece,
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because we know it costs money to be in Las
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Vegas for the week of Cees and we give them
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lots of great attention, and you're always kind of that
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first first call, first stop to being able to build
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that attention. So well, here here's our group of winners
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than anything. We don't rank the top five, top five
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or all winners first up, three sixty Direct Access. This
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is a really cool technology that is designed for the
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deaf and Heart of Hearing community by the Deaf and
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Heart of Hearing community. And what it enables is for
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companies to be able to use this system to provide
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customer service and support in native sign language interpretation, not
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having to go through third party interpretation vendors, being able
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to have these companies be able to do whether it
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is an American sign language or they're also working internationally
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bringing in British Sign Language and I believe Indian Sign
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company being able to provide that natural language because people
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who speak sign language that is their first and foremost language,
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you know, speaking English or seeing captions, that's actually a
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second language for them. So being able to provide that
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level of support is just an incredible opportunity for the
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deaf and heart of hearing community. Next up is a
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company called Karen's Health. They're doing a really interesting both
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hardware and kind of software play, uh, supporting people aging
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in place in their homes. Think of it as a
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sensor that uses a radio wave technology to be able
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to monitor health and well being, monitor different you know,
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statistics and things along those lines. But it also has
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talk to get help with caregiving, being able to bring
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in some of that level of support. So it's a
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really interesting company that's kind of enabling people to live
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cognitive health and basically, especially as you look at older
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out at an earlier stage and therefore catching it never
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hurts to catch these things early and be able to
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language that often are are left out if you if
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happy with them. But I can't wait to see all
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the winners of the contest. It really shows Steve that
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innovation is really exploding, especially when it comes to the
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aging and adult population and the disability of population. And Steve,
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one thing, you and I have had this conversation before.
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starts using it, and that has to be really really
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gratifying for you and the team over at the Foundation
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to see that what these things could be for others
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assistive technology is incredible, but you know, the problem is
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being very expensive to build, it ends up being very
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technology that's not going away. But when we have the
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opportunity to look at how can we scale some of
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you have that economy of scale that can really you know,
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convincing companies that this is the right thing to do.
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to go about it. But you know, they see the
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opportunities that exist here and you know, you're right. If
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you build excessively, you're going to be able to serve
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so many more people. And that is a it's a
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strong message to the companies developing these technologies. And that's
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what I love from the biggest companies to the world
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to you know, these small startup companies who are just
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you know, someone with a passion and an idea, and
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you know, they get to build a product and we
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hope to see them become the next big, great, big companies.
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That's awesome. And see how many how many contestants are
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application did you have this year for the contest?
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largest collections of entries. So yeah, we we had just
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an incredible class of entrance and like I said, we
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had to narrow it down to five. But I know
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the judges had a real tough, tough process to go
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through because there are some incredible companies that you know,
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well they didn't win this. I'm really hoping they're still
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going to be at CEES. And you know, that's actually
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one of the things that I love is you know,
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yes we recognize these five companies, there's going to be
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so many more companies at ces as well doing this work,
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and you know, I'm looking to engage all them as well.
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That's amazing, that's amazing, great to see, Steve. Do you
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think I don't want to put you on the spot
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with this question, do you think they'll ever expand more
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than more than five booths or five kind of like
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set in stone.
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we may have some opportunities in the future, but you
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know that is one of the you know, we kind
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of set it as five in the beginning. You know,
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we also do work with our innovation for all teams,
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so they actually have a whole separate competition where they
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also award some boosts their focus is more on diverse
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founders of companies versus accessibility alone, although we actually have
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now built it into our competition that if you don't
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win ours, you're able to check a box that I
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go and forward on your entry if you're interested to
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the innovation for all. And they haven't made their selections
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quite yet, but we've had good luck over the years
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of getting a few extra accessibility one in through through
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their competition. So you know, my goal is to, you know,
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try to expand this as far as I can and
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get as many engaged as I can, because, yeah, I mean,
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this is an exciting topic, and you know, this is
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an opportunity for us, as you said, to get more
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founders with disabilities, get more people with an interest in
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serving this community, and bring them all together with the
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big world of consumer technology.
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What has been a feedback over the years from ones
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who have won the competition, any like emails or letters
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they sent back to you and the team too, just
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how that whole experience was able to shape the future
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for them.
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Yeah, I you ask a great question, and we've had
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some really incredible feedback over the years. You know, I'm
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just pulling up, so sorry if I'm kind of looking
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slightly off screen. But you know things that we've heard
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are you know some of the winners from last year.
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but we didn't have the means. Winning the CTA contest
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made it possible, not just financially, but for the exposure too.
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Along with the booth, you get a chance to network
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with industry experts. My advice if you win, stay on
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top of the CTA exhibit or emails, wear comfy shoes,
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and have fun. You'll get tons of qualified leads and
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you won't believe it.
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Another company said winning the Eureka Park accessibility contests at
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CEES was a pivotal moment for Bluetooth Tech or Blueberry Technology.
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It connected us to other winners, sparked new ideas, and
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helped us envision solutions beyond mobility and airports. The experience
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boosted our visibility and inspired us to create technology that
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truly make a difference in people's lives. So, you know,
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this is something that you know, I just love hearing
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you know these founders that you know close rounds of
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funding at the show, or you know, make that connection
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with a media expert or make a connection with another
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bigger company, and you know, we we try to keep
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track of where all these companies go, you know, like
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dealing with any startups. Sometimes they make it, sometimes they don't.
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But uh, there's really just such incredible opportunity and I
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want to make sure they're on, you know, our biggest stage.
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And actually, speaking of big stages, you know, that's one
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of the other new exciting things we have coming. And
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I don't want to steal. I know you're gonna be
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talking with Kinzia Fabrizio U here very soon, so I
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won't steal much. But we are finally building that accessibility stage.
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I know you had a chance to be part of
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the CEES podcast with Bread Moltz from Verizon talking about
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the importance of accessibility at CEES. But we're going to
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have a chance to bring you know, all of these
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winners as well as others to that stage. So in
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addition to the normal track that we do every year
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at CEES, we're gonna have three solid days of accessibility content.
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So yeah, I'm I'm thrilled for what we're going to
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be able to do at the show this year.
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That's what I'm talking about. Steve and you made this possible,
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my friend, you and your amazing team. I remember when
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you and I first met each other and being at
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CES even before we met, and that was one of
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my dreams was to bring accessibility, more, more coverage, more
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hype at CES. Man, it is so gratifying, you know,
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to se see where we're at today and thank you
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for your hard work and what you do in your
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team and amazing board members. And I remember when I
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was on the CEES podcast with Fred and I was like, Fred,
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so yeah, I did for us. We had a lot
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of fun talking about that and everything. But that's great,
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and I don't want to steal any more thunder of
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my other conversation I'm going to have with Kinsey Fabrizio,
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and so I don't want to ask you any more
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questions that can get you and I have both in trouble.
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But I'll just say this, Is there anything else that
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you would like to share with the audience out there
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about Yureka Park or anything that you would like to say?
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Yeah, well one, Paul, I appreciate you, know, all your gratitude,
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but honestly it's because of folks like yourself being at
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CEF showing up making sure accessibility is at the forefront
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of this conversation, being able to host shows like this
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where you you know, you're not a disability tech podcast.
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Now you cover the issue a lot, but you're highlighting
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the importance of technology out there and oh, by the way,
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accessibility is a big piece of that. So you know,
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I really want to kind of provide the you know,
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the flowers back your way of you know, just the
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fact that you've continued to push this enables us to
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be able to do the things that we're doing, because yeah,
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I mean we've been talking for years about how do
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we build the stage, how do we build the stage?
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And you know, finally you know, just managed to you know,
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find the right place in the right time, and now
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it's going to happen. I'm convinced we're going to you know,
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blow this out of the water and it's just going
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to continue to get bigger and better year after year
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from here. So you know, with that, you know, all
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the other things that we've continued to do at CES,
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you know, whether it's our receptions and round tables and
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all those other activities, they're going to continue to happen
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at CEES. I know they're going to be bigger and better.
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I'll let Kinsey and Melissa share a little bit more
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on some of those, but yeah, we've got we've got
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big plans, and hey, it can only get bigger and
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better from here. So I look forward to working with
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you on that and appreciate you and your audience their
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interest in all these important topics.
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I really appreciate that, Steve, and can't wait to see
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you in a few months. And uh, we'll be able
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to hug each other, hang out and see each other.
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It would be like a family reunion when we all
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get back together in person and see each other. Why
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don't you give information out there about the about the foundation,
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how others can support the foundation and also those who
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can register for cees there's a certain criteria they have
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to meet. You mind sharing that with everyone?
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Yeah, absolutely, So people can go to c TA Foundation
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dot tech. It's dot t e c h uh, and
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that has all of the information about the CTA Foundation,
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including you know, our various competitions, different events that we've
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got planned for ces there. So definitely recommend people do that. Also,
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you know, follow us on social media definitely particularly LinkedIn
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that tends to be our biggest social channel right now,
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but we're going to be constantly pushing out more more
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content and information there and then for everything CEES. If
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you go to CS dot tech once again, that's dot
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T E c H. You'll find everything CES related there.
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And yeah, the show is it's an industry show, so
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it is not open to the general public. But if
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people are either part of the technology industry, if they're
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media like yourself who cover the the industry, analysts, investors,
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others along those lines, you know, there's opportunities to look
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at the registration on ce dot tech. And yeah, we'll
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be getting together here very soon in early January to
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celebrate another great year.
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Looking forward to my friend you stay well, all right,
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you two. That was the executive director of the Consumer
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Technology Association, My great friend Steve Yule. Always love catching
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up with him. Congratulations to all the your Week of
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Park winners. Can't wait to see you and meet you
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at CEES as well, Steve. Kind of t is a
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very special exclusive interview that I'm going to have with
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the President of the Consumer Technology Association Foundation, Kinsey Fabrizio,
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So stay tuned for that, all right, We'll do me
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a favor. Stay healthy, stay safe and remember I love
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you all the life until next time.
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