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Re: Accessible professional video conferencing software, does it exist?

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Jun 22, 2007 3:20PM


Hang on - did you just suggest that Elluminate has a whiteboard that
works with Window-Eyes?

What is most important is to define what tasks you hope to be able to
accomplish. The tools in this area are not strong on accessibility as a
group, either because of shortcomings in the interface's accessibility,
or because of the complexity of the interface which makes it effectively
inaccessible. If the tool is just being used for voice over IP
communication, then tools like Connect, webEx, and Elluminate are
probably overkill. If the tool is being used for web based meetings,
you'll want to determine what you expect to be able to accomplish -
documents can be shared visually with these tools, but you won't have
access to the document unlesss they also email it to you, and if you're
looking to share a whiteboard...good luck...

If you have questions about Adobe Connect for online meetings, I'm happy
to discuss this with you.

Thanks,
AWK

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