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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Dear All,
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">On behalf of Judith Hellerstein, At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group lead and NARALO&#8217;s Secretary, we are pleased to announce that the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large&#43;FY16&#43;Special&#43;Budget&#43;Request&#43;for&#43;a&#43;Pilot&#43;program&#43;for&#43;real&#43;time&#43;captioning&#43;of&#43;Adobe&#43;Connect&#43;Workspace"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">FY
 16 At-Large Captioning Pilot Project</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"> will start
<b>in January 2016.</b></span><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">The captioning will be provided by &#8220;Caption First Incorporated&#8221;.
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">As agreed to by the At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group, the implementation of this project will be structured as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Three calls to include captioning each month for a total of
<b>9 teleconferences, not exceeding 60 minutes per call </b>(with the exception of the ALAC Monthly Meeting)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">The calls shall be held between January &#8211; April 2016.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">During the first pilot phase of this captioning project the language used will be English.
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">In order to select the calls the captioning team has developed a set of
<u>criteria</u> to evaluate and rate the requests. The request for captioning must meet at least one of these criteria to be put on the list.
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Criteria for Captioning</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">1) Are there persons with disabilities or with limited bandwidth participating?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">2) Are there webinars of general interest to the ICANN community that would increase the engagement of non-native English speakers?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">3) Are the meetings or discussions about accessible tools or software?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">If you would like to have a teleconference captioned during this pilot phase please submit your request to
<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">At-Large Staff</span></a> by
<b>January 15<sup>th</sup>.</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"> </span>
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">The At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group, in collaboration with At-Large Staff, will select the calls that will have captioning
 based on the criteria noted above.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">A short poll will be made at the end of each call where captioning is used to ask for feedback on the captioning program during
 that call. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">See further details Wiki:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large&#43;Captioning&#43;Pilot&#43;Project"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">At-Large Captioning Pilot Project</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">.
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Thank you for your support in the planning and implementation of this exciting project.
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Kind regards</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Judith Hellerstein</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group lead and</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">NARALO Secretary</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ES-PE">Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yesim Nazlar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ES-PE">ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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