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From: E.J. Zufelt
Date: Oct 1, 2010 7:15AM

FWIW, the use of Adobe Connect for yesterday's a11ySummit is, in part, the reason that I did not participate. Not being able to participate equitably in the discussion around the presentations seemed a little like discrimination (ok a lot like discrimination) to me.

Being a lover of irony, and understanding that it is difficult (perhaps impossible) to find a robust and accessible web conferencing solution I am not as annoyed as I could otherwise be. But I've been working around the inaccessibility of Connect (formerly called Breeze) for nearly two years, so it is definitely a pet peeve of mine.

Two thumbs down for Adobe Connect accessibility.

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Everett Zufelt
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On 2010-10-01, at 9:04 AM, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:

> When I tested the keyboard/voice control accessibility of Adobe
> connect for my employers two years ago, my report to them said,
> "Adobe connect: no accessibility at all. This is somewhat
> surprising, since Adobe tries hard to be decent with
> accessibility, so I wonder if further communication with the
> company would reveal more information. But the help files say
> nothing."
>
> This obviously isn't helpful -- I don't know what it is about
> Adobe connect that I couldn't use. My guess is that I probably
> couldn't get into the base controls by voice at all, which
> meant that I couldn't test to see if anything beyond that initial
> startup was accessible. I know that my employers did some
> outreach to Adobe about accessibility, and I'm pretty sure they
> didn't hear anything.
>
> On the other hand, this was two years ago. I would be willing to
> believe things have changed.
>
> -deborah
>
>