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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As you may have heard, this Thursday April 16<sup>th</sup> is Audio Description Awareness Day. It is something that blind folks on the web are starting and are trying to get traction for. In that spirit, Walei Sabry will be organizing a watchparty this Thursday night starting 7 PM Eastern time. The first hour will be for chatting about audio description and getting to know each other. Then, we will start a movie at 8 PM. We have not decided on a movie yet but it will be an audio described movie on Netflix. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The watchparty will be hosted on a Zoom Meeting. Because of security and safety, Walei will not be sharing the Zoom link publicly. If you are interested and would like the details, please email Walei at <a href="mailto:walei@me.com">walei@me.com</a>. You can also email him with your suggestions for what we should watch. We are only considering audio described movies on Netflix. Below is a link to the Audio Description Project which has an up to date list of audio described content on Netflix.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://acb.org/adp/netflixad.html">https://acb.org/adp/netflixad.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To learn more about Audio Description Awareness Day, follow the hash tag #ADADChallenge on Twitter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks and we hope to hear you at the watchparty!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Walei<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Walei Sabry | Digital Accessibility Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NYC Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1/0"><span style='color:blue'>100 Gold Street, 2</span></a><sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1/0"><span style='color:blue'>nd</span></a></sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1/0"><span style='color:blue'> Floor New York, NY 10038</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office 212-788-8291 | Mobile 646-965-1922 | Fax 212-312-0960 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>