Join the NFB Washington Seminar Heytell Public Relay

http://bit.ly/nfbws12htH

A Heytell public relay has been activated, and users of Apple iOS and Android devices can now begin joining!

A “Heytell public relay,” is an open audio chat forum, which is similar to a party line. It can be used to build community at an event like #NFBWS12, and also for official and late breaking announcements. Keep in mind it is an open and public forum. Heytell is a cross platform application that enables voice chats, which are somewhat like audio text messages, for users of Apple iOS and Android devices.

The steps to join the relay are as follows:

Step 1: Be sure your Apple iOS or Android device has the Heytell application, and that you have checked for updates in the app store or market to ensure most current version. The app can be downloaded via the link below, and if installing it as a new user you will automatically get the most recent version:

Get Heytell in the iTunes app store
or
Android Market

Step 2: Once you are with in 70 miles of the Holiday Inn Capitol, click the link below which takes you to a web page about the public relay. Click on the “tap to join,” option, and it should open the Heytell application and add you to the relay. An audio message will play at that time giving you more information on how to use the relay:
http://bit.ly/nfbws12ht

Step 3: You may want to use the “Friend or Block,” button in Heytell to add the relay as a friend to ensure it gets saved. Also, adjust your Heytell privacy settings under the Profile tab. The low privacy setting must be chosen in order for you to receive messages from people that you are not associated with on Heytell. The medium privacy setting will give you messages from Heytell friends as well as friends of your friends. While the high privacy setting will only give you messages from existing Heytell friends. Don’t let this worry you too much, in most cases, you’ll want to choose the Low privacy setting.

Step 4: (optional) You can be manually invited to the relay by an existing user even before you arrive in DC. This manual process overrides and waives the standard GPS location verification. If you email me at
pyyhkala@gmail.com

or direct message me on Twitter @pyyhkala

With your HeyTell email address & associated phone#. I can process some of these invitations in advance of the seminar. Again, reply to me directly, and not via any of the lists to do this. It will be good to have people in advance to build buzz and to share any travel or other logistics adventures people have.

Staff in the Baltimore office (and other MD/VA/DC locals) should be able to join via the standard process since they are close enough to pass the GPS location verification test.

Enjoy, and see you on the relay!