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From: Cliff Tyllick
Date: Jan 10, 2015 2:59AM

Huge help, Mike!

Thanks,

Cliff Tyllick

On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, Mike Bicknell < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> A couple of years ago I tested Accessible Events, but found it didn¹t work
> for Macs. I¹m curious if that has changed.
>
> WSSB uses Microsoft Lync which is now included in Office 365 and free to
> Education. A few years ago, the Lync accessibility team came down to our
> campus for a week to make notes, ask questions, and to videotape. You can
> use a refreshable braille display with Lync. We use it to teach our
> distance learning math classes and it works fine. We even had a student
> download the Lync iPhone app and use it while in Hawaii on vacation. We
> are also beginning to use Lync for web meetings with professionals. The
> person who started the meeting can also record sessions and manage the
> videos themselves. The scheduler integrates with Outlook if that is a
> benefit.
>
> One problem Lync has is that there is no live captioning component as with
> Adobe Connect. One way to resolve this is to use a third party captioning
> company, who sets up a web page for the streaming captions. The third
> party captions typically need lots of cleanup, so for archived videos I
> don¹t prefer to keep the captions that are embedded in Adobe Connect
> anyway. With any third party captioner you will get the transcript which
> can be edited along with the video and create separate caption files from
> that text.
>
> Another difficulty with Lync for some presenters can be the complexity of
> the settings and preferences, though these are mercifully hidden from view.
>
> My apologies for the length. I hope this helps.
>
> Mike
>
> ‹
>
> Mike Bicknell
> Digital Learning, Research, and Development Coordinator
> Chief Information Officer
> Washington State School for the Blind
> 360-696-6321, ext. 133
> http://www.wssb.wa.gov
>
>
>
>
>
> On 12/17/14, 11:10 AM, "Tim Harshbarger"
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> >What about "Accessible Event" by SeroTek?
> >
> >http://www.serotek.com/accessibleevent
> >
> >
> >It has been some time since I used it but when I did, it seemed to work
> >well using a screen reader--and the presentation materials in the browser
> >window seemed accessible. I gather it can integrate with other online
> >conferencing products, but I don't know much more about it other than
> >from the few times I did use it.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: <EMAIL REMOVED> <javascript:;>
> >[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> <javascript:;>] On Behalf
> Of Karl Groves
> >Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:03 AM
> >To: WebAIM Discussion List
> >Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessible Webinar / Meeting products?
> >
> >LucidMeetings is really great. Unfortunately it isn't really
> >conducive to the Webinar/ presentation type paradigm, but rather
> >really excels at actual meetings, whereas something like GoToMeeting
> >fits a more hybrid model
> >
> >On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Jim Allan < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >> Do Lucid or Bluejeans have a live captioning facility? We have been
> >>using
> >> Adobe Connect because we can add a 3rd party captioner to the steam.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Jennifer Sutton < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> <javascript:;>>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Here's another positive vote for Bluejeans, though it may only be
> >>> affordable at the enterprise, i.e. higher ed./commercial sectors. Maybe
> >>> that'll change, eventually.
> >>>
> >>> I was even able to share my screen with sighted folks with JFW running.
> >>>
> >>> If folks on this list have been contributing to Bluejeans' success by
> >>> providing feedback, kudos to you, too.
> >>>
> >>> I'm very impressed! [screen reader experience, only, at least to date.]
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>> Jennifer
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> [image: http://www.tsbvi.edu] <http://www.tsbvi.edu>;Jim Allan,
> >> Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster
> >> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> >> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
> >> voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
> >> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
> >> > >> > >> > >
> >
> >
> >--
> >
> >Karl Groves
> >www.karlgroves.com
> >@karlgroves
> >http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlgroves
> >Phone: +1 410.541.6829
> >
> >Modern Web Toolsets and Accessibility
> >Modern Web Toolsets & The Next Generation of Accessibility Testing Tools
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uq6Db47-Ks>
> >
> >www.tenon.io
> >> >> >> >> >> >>
> > > >