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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: May 15, 2014 3:40PM

If the Chat interface is a major barrier can we get an alternative chat going for future adobe connect events? I know it's rare to find a perfect software that's totally accessible and meets all the feature needs like handling tons of users at once. The W3C uses IRC, that would work right?

Thanks!

Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com

On May 15, 2014, at 11:35 AM, Lucy Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Well said:
> I am proud to call you a friend. We need to keep trying if we don't let's
> all just pack up our #a11y hat and go home. The sad thing is that what the
> people that are complaining about is that this is not a presentation form
> screen reader users and some of the presenters are screen reader users.
> This event and an amassing one at that is for people who need to learn
> about making a more inclusive web so stop focusing on how those of us that
> know the content can get to it and lets focus on getting the #a11y news
> out to as many devs as we can Lucy
>
> Lucia Greco
> Web Accessibility Evangelist
> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
> University of California, Berkeley
> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
> Follow me on twitter @accessaces
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:07 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> 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
>
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