<p dir="ltr">What a wonderful project to enhance accessibility and engagement! Congratulations to Judith and all parties involved!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Best regards,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Rinalia<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 18, 2015 2:11 AM, "ICANN At-Large Staff" <<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear All,<br>
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On behalf of Judith Hellerstein, At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group lead and NARALO's Secretary, we are pleased to announce that the FY 16 At-Large Captioning Pilot Project<<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+FY16+Special+Budget+Request+for+a+Pilot+program+for+real+time+captioning+of+Adobe+Connect+Workspace" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+FY16+Special+Budget+Request+for+a+Pilot+program+for+real+time+captioning+of+Adobe+Connect+Workspace</a>> will start in January 2016.<br>
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The captioning will be provided by "Caption First Incorporated".<br>
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As agreed to by the At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group, the implementation of this project will be structured as follows:<br>
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* Three calls to include captioning each month for a total of 9 teleconferences, not exceeding 60 minutes per call (with the exception of the ALAC Monthly Meeting)<br>
* The calls shall be held between January - April 2016.<br>
* During the first pilot phase of this captioning project the language used will be English.<br>
* In order to select the calls the captioning team has developed a set of criteria to evaluate and rate the requests. The request for captioning must meet at least one of these criteria to be put on the list.<br>
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Criteria for Captioning:<br>
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1) Are there persons with disabilities or with limited bandwidth participating?<br>
2) Are there webinars of general interest to the ICANN community that would increase the engagement of non-native English speakers?<br>
3) Are the meetings or discussions about accessible tools or software?<br>
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If you would like to have a teleconference captioned during this pilot phase please submit your request to At-Large Staff<mailto:<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>> by January 15th.<br>
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* 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.<br>
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* 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.<br>
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See further details Wiki: At-Large Captioning Pilot Project<<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Captioning+Pilot+Project" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Captioning+Pilot+Project</a>>.<br>
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Thank you for your support in the planning and implementation of this exciting project.<br>
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Kind regards<br>
Judith Hellerstein<br>
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At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group lead and<br>
NARALO Secretary<br>
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Thank you!<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
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Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yesim Nazlar<br>
ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community<br>
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