Intro to Blazing Web Accessibility (*)

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A concrete build shows a Blazor site wired to Microsoft Cognitive Services to add paragraph-by-paragraph TTS that reads specific DOM elements instead of full screen reader linearized output. Implementation uses a tiny JavaScript interop shim, a C# speech service calling the Speech SDK (or REST for WASM), and Azure keys; the demo runs end-to-end as a proof‑of‑concept but flags cost and hosting tradeoffs for production. Expect working code on GitHub and step‑by‑step setup for Blazor + Azure Cognitive Speech.

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1. 0:00Welcome and introduction
2. 1:28Talk overview and speaker intro
3. 2:54Accessibility basics and inclusion
4. 8:20Disabilities and accessibility needs
5. 13:42Screen readers vs text-to-speech
6. 14:03Blazor basics and setup
7. 17:56Microsoft Cognitive Services overview
8. 20:08Future of web accessibility demo
9. 24:09Step-by-step implementation guide
10. 39:46Summary and closing remarks
11. 40:29Q&A session

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