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Re: Can't Make it to Colorado this Year? Attend the 2012 Virtual Accessing Higher Ground Conference

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From: Len Burns
Date: Oct 27, 2012 11:24AM

Howard,

Thank you for your follow up. I will take a closer look when I am home. It is always when we in this field encounter similar challenges to those we assist.

Has some one tested the apps that will be connecting us during the conference? I know in theory all should behave, but on the surface, this problem was not apparent. I would hate to discover a hidden problem at show time. Thanks much!

-Len

On Oct 27, 2012, at 7:11 AM, Howard Kramer < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> David, Len, Birkir, et al,
>
> Thank you for the feedback - getting this type of feedback on accessibility
> and usability is crucial for knowing about and fixing issues. As an
> accessibility conference, we do take accessibility seriously. That's the
> main reason we chose Cvent as our registration system because it was the
> most accessible of the products we looked at, much more so than services
> such as regonline who didn't know what 508 meant when I spoke to them.
>
> I've taken a look at the problem page and when I test it with JAWS and I.E.
> (ver. 9.), the problems that David outlines in his email do occur. Looking
> at the code, which is somewhat complex and cumbersome because it is
> generated by Cvent, I don't see the problem and when running that portion
> of the code through achecker I don't get an error. I do get a potential
> problem of "visual lists may not be properly marked." However, it does
> appear that the proper tags: <label>, <ul>, <li> are included and seem to
> be properly positioned, nested and opened and closed.
>
> When I access the page with either JAWS and Firefox or Window-Eyes and I.E.
> I do NOT run into this problem. I've posted the code at
> http://accessinghigherground.org/paymentscreen.html, for anyone who wants
> to look it over and determine the problem. I know that there sometimes can
> be a syntax error in code that some browsers are able to accommodate but
> others cannot. Perhaps this is the issue.
>
> Regarding the pricing. The pricing - yes, there are many options - can be
> found, as indicated on my original email, at
> http://accessinghigherground.org/virtualAHG2012.html#agenda on the
> conference site. I will try to make the pricing options more prominent on
> my future email blurbs. I look forward to your continued constructive
> feedback and to your attendance at the virtual conference.
>
> Regards,
> Howard Kramer
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Hi guys
>> Is it just me (mind like a ceive, 3 kids makes one awfully tired
>> sometimes, not to mention health issues), or does the price of a
>> single admission ticket to the virtual conference not readily display
>> anywhere. The registration page shows discount codes but no price
>> info, the payment page asks for a lot of personal and professional
>> info, does not show the prices in the first 2 steps. If someone has
>> come across the cost of an individual ticket, could you please post
>> it, here or send me an email?
>> For next conference, please make the prices more readily obvious on
>> the registration page. I don't feel like doing a lot of paperwork just
>> to find out the price, then turn around and try my best to look cute
>> so my employer will consider reimbursing me for it. For now the
>> lineuplooks great, and I hope I can arrange to attend virtually. :)
>> Thanks everyone.
>> -B
>>
>> On 10/26/12, Len Burns < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>> Here is to hoping access to the conference itself is smoother. I intend
>>> to sign up for this as well.
>>>
>>> -Len
>>>
>>> On 10/26/2012 11:56 AM, Andrews, David B (DEED) wrote:
>>>> I registered for the virtual conference which looks very good.
>>>> Unfortunately there were two accessibility problems with the
>> registration
>>>> process. I used JAWS 13.
>>>>
>>>> Near the end where you choose check or credit card, with radio buttons
>> it
>>>> didn't properly show when one was selected.
>>>>
>>>> Secondly there is a "finish" link and when I tabbed to it, and hit
>> enter,
>>>> nothing happened. A sighted person had to trigger it with a mouse.
>>>>
>>>> This is very disappointing for an accessibility conference.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>