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From: Don Mauck
Date: May 15, 2014 10:15AM

I'm not complaining as much as you might think. It's very frustrating however when a screen reader participant can't even read or reply to others whom are chatting. Stand up for what's not right, that's what this is all about, and this isn't.
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From: Jennifer Sutton [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:07 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Inclusive Design 24, by The Paciello Group for GAAD

First, let me commend Adobe for its ongoing commitment to accessibility, in terms of supporting organizations in the community who are offering so much free content. It is unfortunate that accessibility is often so much harder than it would appear.

Given all of the negativity about Adobe Connect being posted on this list and on Twitter, and given Karl's responses to concerns, as raised yesterday, I'd love to know what people *would* suggest that TPG, or Knowbility (for that matter) should have chosen instead.

It's easy to criticize, I think, but perhaps much harder to come up with a positive and workable solution.

As an example, while I participated on the phone in a virtual seminar held yesterday, using Collaborate, all of the hoopla with Java AccessBridge felt like too much work to me. Would those who are frustrated have preferred that?

Who's got a positive contribution to offer? What's the best thing going out there?

Yes, many of us in the blind community know of Talking Communities, but I suspect that it is not as feature rich as necessary. But I'm willing to be corrected.


I'm eagerly looking forward to knowing what the secret feature-filled seminar platform is.

Best,
Jennifer