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Re: Live Captioning: Accommodating Deaf-blind users

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From: Mohith BP
Date: Nov 16, 2016 10:27PM

Hi Jim,

We tried with Google hangout for a virtual class where one of the
participant was Deaf Blind who uses braille display with JAWS.

He could control the line advancement and all the previous chats were
available for him to revisit the same.

The special accommodation was made that while he wanted to ask any
questions mostly others paused typing in randomly which reduced the
confusion.

Thanks & Regards,
Mohith B. P.


On 11/17/16, Jim Homme < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi,
> For web platforms that present live presentations or meetings, how would it
> work best if we were to have a facility that would allow people who are
> deaf-blind to participate in real time and interact with the meeting
> presenter? I know that this can be done easily after the meeting with
> something like a transcript. My concern would be text scrolling off the
> screen, or differing support among screen readers and various Braille
> displays.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
>
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> Bender HighTest Accessibility Team
> Bender Consulting Services, Inc.,
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