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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
>
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