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From: Diaz, Claudia
Date: Mar 2, 2016 11:26AM

I have using Blackboard Collaborate v 12.5 and my staff member who uses JAWS can manage the entire event. He's follows ppt content via the blackboard activity window. He can keyboard navigate to different sections in the platform, chat, vote, etc. He can assign privileges even setup the captioner with the system. It is the most inclusive I've found but It has its drawbacks in that a screen reader user has to prepare his computer with the right setting prior to using the platform in order to have access to the accessibility features. Outside of accessibility issues, the system requires you to download a file which a lot of companies block for security purposes which limits who can access the system.

I was considering Adobe Connect but I found that they work with third party vendors who knew nothing of accessibility. They could not demonstrate how to keyboard navigate the platform and I found that the captioning pod was a plug-in from another entity. The captioning pod was not developed by Adobe so I was concerned about support and maintenance. Adobe was not easy to keyboard navigate, chat did not work for JAWS user without assistance from a sighted person and the power point content could not be read by screen reader.

This is my two cents and I hope it helps.

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] meeting collaboration tools

I did a webinar on Adobe Connect accessibility a while back. this [1] is the handout for that webinar explaining user tools, presenter tools, and explaining the interface so attendees know what to expect.

1, http://www.tsbvi.edu/adobe-connect

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Marc Solomon < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> In my experience, GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar have a number of
> accessibility issues that prevent full participation by users of
> screen readers (i.e. presenting or attending). Talking Communities is
> a fairly old solution but was designed to be fully accessible to those
> who use screen readers. And, Accessible Event from Serotek are two
> other options to consider. I look forward reading about other suggestions.
>
> Best,
> Marc
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Trafford, Logan
> Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 11:14 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] meeting collaboration tools
>
> Hi all.
>
> I'm looking for unbiased opinions pertaining to the accessibility of
> online meeting solutions such as Adobe Connect, GoTo meeting etc. I'm
> particularly interested in comments from screen reader users.
>
> In a nutshell, is there any one product that provides great features
> from a presenter perspective, but all full accessibility support from
> a meeting participant standpoint?
>
> Thanks,
> Logan
>
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