<div dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-im" style=""><font color="#000000"><div class="gmail_quote" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style=""><b style="">In 2019, the National Association of the Deaf </b>announced<a href="https://dredf.org/2019/11/27/landmark-settlement-with-harvard-to-improve-online-accessibility/" target="_blank" style=""> a landmark settlement </a>with Harvard University, <span class="gmail_default" style="">"</span>to Improve Online Accessibility.<span class="gmail_default" style="">"</span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div></font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000">The lawsuit alleged that Harvard's internet-based resources,<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>including <span class="gmail_default" style="">certain </span>audio recordings and videos<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>billed "as accessible to learners throughout the world," used inaccurate<span class="gmail_default" style=""> captions </span>or lacked <span class="gmail_default" style="">them</span> altogether. </font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000">The settlement addressed the most extensive arrangement of online accessibility prerequisites in advanced education<span class="gmail_default" style="">,</span> and guaranteed that Harvard would provide high-quality captioning services for online content. <br><br>Estimates from the <a href="https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/statistics/quick-statistics-hearing">National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders</a> indicate that approximately 15% of all adults in the UNited States have some trouble hearing. In round numbers, nearly 10,000,000 persons are hard of hearing and close to 1,000,000 are functionally deaf. These numbers include our neighbors and fellow citizens, many of who<span class="gmail_default" style="">m</span> work and study at institutions like SUNY Plattsburgh.<br><br><b><span class="gmail_default" style="">Our </span>April 22 installment </b>will explore ways that we can work together to ensure that our students and colleagues can access information regardless of potential hearing deficits.<br><br><b><span class="gmail_default" style=""></span>Be sure to watch the Faculty Digest</b> every other Friday for our bi-monthly articles, updates, and activities.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> And do feel free to reach out to me for more information and resources on accessibility, or to learn more about the work of our committee.</span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">Regards,</span><br style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">John Locke, Ph.D.</span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">EIT Accessibility Officer</span><br style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">Yasmina El Gendy</span><br style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">TEL Intern</span><br style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">Majors in Accounting and Management Information Systems</span><br style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">Minor in Finance</span></font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></font><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="outline:none;padding:10px 0px;width:22px;margin:2px 0px 0px"><div id="gmail-:cxj" class="gmail-ajR" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Show trimmed content" aria-expanded="false" style="background-color:rgb(232,234,237);border:none;clear:both;line-height:6px;outline:none;width:24px;border-radius:5.5px"><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data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