[technology taskforce] Real Time Captioning-Pilot Study has been funded
Judith Hellerstein
judith at jhellerstein.com
Thu Apr 30 19:08:40 UTC 2015
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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