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But it also doesn't apply to voice calls or even multi-party meetings held over something like Teams despite the ability to record or even auto transcribe them.

saulrh 2y ago
I bet that it does apply to transcripts of meetings. This means, of course, that people with hearing or memory problems will be locked out of leadership because the company can't take the risk that accessibility tooling increases their exposure to discovery. Which is what makes me angriest about this double standard - text is a critical accessibility feature for many people.
- wcunning 2y ago
  I mean that you're not required to archive a transcript of every meeting if you weren't already planning on creating the transcript in the first place. Once it's created, agreed, I would expect it to become a business record akin to meeting minutes of board meetings.
- salawat 2y ago
  >This means, of course, that people with hearing or memory problems will be locked out of leadership Americans with Disabilities Act says "Hi". Lock someone out of a position solely on the basis of avoiding a reasonable accommodation for the sake of avoiding creation of a business record to do skulduggerous things, and you've just handed someone a sizable cause of action against you. Seriously, just stop trying to do illegal shit and get away with it and accept that sometimes the way through actually includes changing the rules first, or that any business model that requires you to do something illegal that can only be mitigate by getting away with it long enough to create an issue after scaling should probably be DOA for a reason you haven't bothered to read up on yet. I know... I know... Read the room. Totally not HN's bag. Get a load of this square, so on, and so forth. I've done my stint in startups. I've seen the harms they can cause. I've been on the receiving end of the industry's lack of care long enough to realize that these regulations exist for a reason. Part of it is to create generous hooks whereby the legal system can actually introspect what you're up to while you're enjoying the benefits of government granted legal fictions. A good enterprise doesn't need crime. Simple as.
salawat 2y ago
Calls for finance jobs are routinely recorded as official business. You may not be recording multi-party meetings, but those are more a case of being a young technology than anything else.

saulrh 2y ago

I bet that it does apply to transcripts of meetings. This means, of course, that people with hearing or memory problems will be locked out of leadership because the company can't take the risk that accessibility tooling increases their exposure to discovery. Which is what makes me angriest about this double standard - text is a critical accessibility feature for many people.

wcunning 2y ago
I mean that you're not required to archive a transcript of every meeting if you weren't already planning on creating the transcript in the first place. Once it's created, agreed, I would expect it to become a business record akin to meeting minutes of board meetings.
salawat 2y ago
>This means, of course, that people with hearing or memory problems will be locked out of leadership Americans with Disabilities Act says "Hi". Lock someone out of a position solely on the basis of avoiding a reasonable accommodation for the sake of avoiding creation of a business record to do skulduggerous things, and you've just handed someone a sizable cause of action against you. Seriously, just stop trying to do illegal shit and get away with it and accept that sometimes the way through actually includes changing the rules first, or that any business model that requires you to do something illegal that can only be mitigate by getting away with it long enough to create an issue after scaling should probably be DOA for a reason you haven't bothered to read up on yet. I know... I know... Read the room. Totally not HN's bag. Get a load of this square, so on, and so forth. I've done my stint in startups. I've seen the harms they can cause. I've been on the receiving end of the industry's lack of care long enough to realize that these regulations exist for a reason. Part of it is to create generous hooks whereby the legal system can actually introspect what you're up to while you're enjoying the benefits of government granted legal fictions. A good enterprise doesn't need crime. Simple as.

salawat 2y ago

Calls for finance jobs are routinely recorded as official business. You may not be recording multi-party meetings, but those are more a case of being a young technology than anything else.