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<p>Dear All,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Hope you can join Accessibility SIG
in what looks to be a
great event that our President Muhammad Shabbir has organized,
titled: "Accessible
Banking for the Blind in the 21st Century: Experience Sharing
from the
Developed and Developing Countries"</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Time and Date: Date: 26th March
2021, 1300 to 1430 UTC</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:blue"><a
href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUude-grj8sHN0sDBiOa6WN5uolHUTnqqgw">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUude-grj8sHN0sDBiOa6WN5uolHUTnqqgw</a></span></u><span
style="font-family:"Times New
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">Many
banks offer a number of digital services that allow consumers to
pay bills and
shop online all from the comfort of home without visiting your
bank in person. However,
even in this day and age people with blindness in some countries
despite
knowledge, skills and willingness, have to physically go to the
bank branch to
do their business because of the stubbornness of the bankers
and/or their
Ignorance to add accessible digital technologies to their
systems. </span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">Join
</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/" target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt">Internet Society</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman""><a href="https://www.accessibilitysig.org/"
target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Accessibility
Special Interest Group</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">
(</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a
href="https://www.a11ysig.org/" target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Accessibility-SIG</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">)
in this interesting webinar where people with blindness from
developed and
developing countries come together to share their experiences
with the banking
sector in the 21st century.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">This
discussion is a part of a
series of webinars that ISOC Accessibility-SIG is organizing to
spread the
message of digital accessibility for Persons With Disabilities
(PWDs). The
current pandemic has highlighted the grave importance of
increasing the
awareness of how to make digital spaces accessible. During this
current
Pandemic, where everything is virtual many online platforms,
digital
environments and even conferences are just not accessible to
people with
disabilities. Through this series of webinars, we hope to
increase the awareness
so that the digital spaces can be made more accessible and
inclusive to all
irrespective of the disability. Our goal is to make sure that
the Internet is
really for everyone just as the ISOC tagline states. In the next
webinar of
this series, we are bringing experts and users from around
different parts of
the world together to discuss the challenges that people with
visual
impairment/blindness face particularly with regards to the
banking system.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The English
language webinar will be
organized on Friday March 26th from 1300-1430 UTC on Zoom. Sign
language is
available upon request provided you notify us by March 15, 2021.
Please email </span><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><a href="mailto:info@a11ysig.org"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt">info@a11ysig.org</span></a></span><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span
style="font-family:
"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">Full agenda
will be circulated closer to the event.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span
style="font-family:
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Roman"">Closed
captioning will be provided at this link: </span><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman""><a
href="https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-A11YSIG"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-A11YSIG</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman""></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span
style="font-family:
"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">There will
be a live webcast with open captions via ISOC.LIVE which will be
archived,
along with a transcript and any presentations</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
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"Times New Roman"">REGISTER ON ZOOM </span><span
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style="font-size:12.0pt">http://bit.ly/a11ysig6</span></a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope to see you all there.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Judith Hellerstein <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Accessibility SIG Secretary<br>
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Judith Hellerstein, Founder & CEO
Hellerstein & Associates
3001 Veazey Terrace NW, Washington DC 20008
Phone: (202) 362-5139 Skype ID: judithhellerstein
Mobile/Whats app: +1202-333-6517
E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Judith@jhellerstein.com">Judith@jhellerstein.com</a> Website: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.jhellerstein.com">www.jhellerstein.com</a>
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Opening Telecom & Technology Opportunities Worldwide
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