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From: Don Mauck
Date: May 15, 2014 10:44AM

Thankful the seminar. Obviously I need to keep my other opinions to myself to keep all from being so upset.
-----Original Message-----
From: Karl Groves [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:30 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Inclusive Design 24, by The Paciello Group for GAAD

Don,

Your statement was "Thanks, I guess you'd think that for an accessibility seminar they'd find a better application than Adobe connect"

Which one would that be?


On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Don Mauck < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Karl --
> I do understand all this, I'm only being a voice, that's what being
> pro-active is about isn't it?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Groves [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:12 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Inclusive Design 24, by The Paciello Group for
> GAAD
>
> Don,
>
> As I mentioned in my response yesterday, I'm unaware of a more
> accessible or more applicable alternative. Greg Kraus did mention that
> you can still use Elluminate as a standalone product, which I did not
> know. I've used Elluminate in the past and found it quite accessible
> though IIRC it runs on Java and so JAWS users would need JAB, etc.
>
> There's also the issue of reliability. Total number of users online so
> far has been 160. Any other "accessible" alternatives I'm aware of are
> able of handling that many people over VOIP reliably.
>
> Based on the success of today's event, its a definite that we'll be
> doing this again. If anyone on this list wants to toss out ideas for a
> more accessible alternative that can handle close to 200 people at a
> time, I'm excited to hear about it
>
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Don Mauck < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Thanks, I guess you'd think that for an accessibility seminar they'd
> > find a better application than Adobe connect.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Léonie Watson [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:15 AM
> > To: WebAIM Discussion List
> > Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Inclusive Design 24, by The Paciello Group for
> > GAAD
> >
> > Don Mauck wrote:
> > "I wonder, I'm using JAWS with this Adobe connect and am struggling
> trying
> > to read and or chat. I've looked at the hotkeys for Connect and
> > nothing there for reading chat's. I'm typing in the chat edit box
> > and hit the
> send
> > button, however, my questions do not get answered. Even if they get
> > answered on-line I'm not seeing them. Wow, am I that mis-informed
> > on how to use this, seems like it should be quite simple."
> >
> > The chat isn't a good experience with Jaws. If it helps, the chat
> > feature is mostly being used to post questions to the presenters at
> > the end of their talk. They'll answer as many as they can in the
> > time left, but will do so verbally, not via the chat widget.
> >
> > HTH.
> > Léonie
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:
> > <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Don Mauck
> > Sent: 15 May 2014 14:52
> > To: WebAIM Discussion List
> > Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Inclusive Design 24, by The Paciello Group for
> > GAAD
> >
> > I wonder, I'm using JAWS with this Adobe connect and am struggling
> > trying to read and or chat. I've looked at the hotkeys for Connect
> > and nothing there for reading chat's. I'm typing in the chat edit
> > box and hit the
> send
> > button, however, my questions do not get answered. Even if they get
> > answered on-line I'm not seeing them. Wow, am I that mis-informed
> > on how to use this, seems like it should be quite simple.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jon Avila [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 5:06 AM
> > To: WebAIM Discussion List
> > Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Inclusive Design 24, by The Paciello Group for
> > GAAD
> >
> > Just an FYI to Bryan's question. Flash is required for Connect. It is
> > not accessibility supported on the Mac. Last time I checked the iOS
> > version of connect did not expose accessibility to VoiceOver either.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > > On May 14, 2014, at 11:33 PM, Bryan Jones
> > > < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Léonie Watson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > >> If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before: Test
> > >> your
> > connection:
> > >> https://my.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.h
> > >> tm
> > > Greetings All,
> > > If someone else here is using Safari on a Mac running OS 10.9.2,
> > > would
> > you mind attempting to run the Adobe COnnect test at the link
> > provided above? Using VOiceOver I am unable to locate any test
> > results on the
> page,
> > but I do detect a Flash element and am thinking this means as a Mac
> > User
> I
> > might not have access to these test results.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Bryan
> > >
> > >
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@karlgroves
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