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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"">Just a reminder to all to  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" <br>
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    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
        Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New
        Roman"">Date: 26th March 2021, 1300 to 1430 UTC</span></p>
    <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
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    <p class="MsoNormal"><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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    <p class="MsoNormal"><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
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        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
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        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:-.25in"><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. The Speakers include: </span><span
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        <li><font size="+1">Majid Khan, USA, <br>
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        <li><font size="+1">Vashkar Bhattacharjee, Bangladesh, <br>
          </font></li>
        <li><font size="+1">Abdul Qadir, Jordan, <br>
          </font></li>
        <li><font size="+1">Abdul Busuulwa, Uganda,<br>
          </font></li>
        <li><font size="+1">Imran Shaikh, Pakistan, <br>
          </font></li>
        <li><font size="+1">Gerry Ellis, Ireland, <br>
          </font></li>
        <li><font size="+1">Anatoliy Popko, Russia, </font></li>
      </ul>
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        Open discussion,</font><br>
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        Roman"">Closed captioning will be provided at this link: </span><span
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        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
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        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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        Roman""><a href="http://bit.ly/a11ysig6"><span
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    <p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">Judith Hellerstein</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">Accessibility SIG Secretary</p>
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Judith Hellerstein, Founder & CEO
Hellerstein & Associates
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