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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dear University Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sometimes, we receive wonderful emails presented as an image that is not accessible. Why is it important to create and send accessible
emails? Blindness and other degrees of vision impairment are more common than many would think. Over 285 million people worldwide are considered to be visually impaired, with 19 million people in the US (or, 8.8% of the population over the age of 18) reporting
trouble seeing, even with glasses or contact lenses. In addition 4.5% of the population are color blind, which can also be a significant impediment.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">To quickly learn how to create accessible emails, the Office of Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities published ‘</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1erW3U7uE8w">Creating Accessible Microsoft
Outlook 2010 Emails</a><span style="color:#1F497D">’ on YouTube.com or you may </span>
<a href="http://gov.texas.gov/files/disabilities/accessdocs/20-Email.pdf">print the instructions</a><span style="color:#1F497D">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Let’s spend a little time needed to create accessible emails and make it more accessible for our university community.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Lydia Harkey</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Lydia Harkey | IT Accessibility Director</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Center for IT Excellence</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:Lydia.Harkey@tamuc.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Lydia.Harkey@tamuc.edu</span></a> |
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">P.O. Box 3011 | Commerce, Tx 75429-3011<br>
Tel: 903.468.3029 | Fax: 903.886.5415</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">|
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/CITE" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.tamuc.edu/CITE</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003E80">Texas A&M University-Commerce</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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