[technology taskforce] Real Time Captioning-Pilot Study has been funded

[Judith Hellerstein]

Dear Technology Task Force Working Group Members,

I wanted to report the great news that the Special Budget Request that I put in 
has been approved and funded by the ICANN Board. This is really great news!!  
While they did not give us everything we asked for. We had requested a one year 
pilot with a review after 6 months. Instead the board approved a 6 month pilot 
with a review after 3 months to determine viability. The goal will be at least 
three calls/meetings per month to determine viability.

The Pilot will begin October 2015. Also good news is that ICANN has recognized 
that this is not just an ALAC need but a core need for all. It is great that 
ICANN has recognized the value of captioning technology during meeting support 
efforts. I will be working with Heidi Ulrich and other staff to figure out how 
to structure the pilot. Those who are interested in working on creating the 
pilot, please feel free to email me.

When I have more information I will send another email out but just wanted to 
let everyone know this great news.

Best,
Judith

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