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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">I don’t think CATO is necessarily the right place to ask this but I know you all will at least be interested (horrified, disheartened) by the accessibility information from Synergy Sports. This is a streaming
platform plus some features for coaches and players where they can watch their film, stats, play analysis etc. for basketball. Both our men’s and women’s teams use it. Last year, due to ctcLink, I gave them one year provisional approval because I just couldn’t
deal. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve attached a likely inaccessible PDF (sorry!) from them with their IT FAQ. Here is the Accessibility information you will find if you scroll to the last page…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.95pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Accessibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">What<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>has<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>company<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>done<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>evaluate<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>accessibility<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>product<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>accordance with<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>either<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>Section<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>508<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>Rehabilitation<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Act<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>WCAG<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>2.0<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>accessibility<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>guidelines?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:red">Synergy<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>understands<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>need<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>make<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>software<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>accessible<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>complexities<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>making<span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span>streaming<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>video<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>accessible<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>we<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>cannot<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>guarantee<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>meet<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>federal<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>accessible<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>guidelines<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>our<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>product.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Thus,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>time,<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>our<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>product<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>apps<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>ADA<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>compliant<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>we<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>currently<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>do<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>have plans<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>make<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>them<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>ADA<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>compliant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">If<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>our<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>users<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>should<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>encounter<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>issues<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>accessibility,<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>what<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>extent<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>willing<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>work<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>with the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>client<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>improve<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>product’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>accessibility?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:red">We<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>would<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>open<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>to hearing suggestions<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>on how<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>we can<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>make<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>our<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>products<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>more accessible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">To our Athletic Director’s credit – he let them know that<span class="xcontentpasted0"> “we were only under a one year deal from 2021-22 season with a potential to renew after an update on the Access requirement
from our TSS department. Please send us an update of the Access requirement that we communicated to you last year, so we can determine if we can continue using this product via approval from our TSS department. ”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="color:black">Their reply was classic – “</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I see that both programs are able to access your Synergy Sports Accounts and are using them
currently, so I assume the issue has been fixed.” Access issues – ugh!</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anyway - not sure what to do this year. Clearly nothing has changed And coaches want to use it yesterday of course and Synergy wants us to pay for it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My ultimate question is probably better for the Accessible IT folks for each campus- what platform(s) are other colleges using for this work. I often hear, “it’s what all the colleges in the division are using.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for listening,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Amy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:#00685E">Amy Rovner, M.P.H., R.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><br>
Acting Director eLearning Services, Classroom Support Services, Continuing Ed & Rentals<br>
ctcLink Training Lead <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Shoreline Community College</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><br>
<a href="http://www.shoreline.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.shoreline.edu</span></a> | 206.546.6937<br>
eLearning Office: 206.546-6966<br>
Pronouns: she, her, hers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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