CASE STUDY Vidyo Platform Enables mobitoki’s Videoconferencing-Based Sign Language Interpretation Service in Poland When the European Union issued an official declaration to ensure access to public services by deaf and hard-of-hearing people, the EU called upon its Member States to enact certain measures to reduce communication barriers. Poland was among the first countries to take action on this declaration. Its parliament passed a law mandating that Polish government offices, medical facilities and other public services provide access to people in their national sign language. Passing a law, however, is not the same as putting it into practice. At the time, Poland estimated that approximately 40,000 sites could benefit from sign language services, but the entire country had onl

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