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From: Catherine Roy
Date: Sep 19, 2019 7:44PM

Hi Steve,

I hear you. What about aTutor[1] though? Has anyone stepped up to take
over[2] from Greg Gay? Last update was over a year ago.

Best,

Catherine

[1] (https://atutor.github.io/)

[2] https://atutor.github.io/2017/12/12/second-post.html


On 2019-09-19 10:48 a.m., Steve Green wrote:
> We have tested lots of e-learning platforms, mostly for small organisations. The accessibility has ranged from terrible to appalling. I can't think of any that our clients fixed to the level that I could recommend them.
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> We have also evaluated some from large organisations, like Articulate, and they were every bit as bad if not worse.
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> Hi again Pratik,
> One follow-up question to this, if I may. Considering your vast knowledge in accessibility, what e-learning platforms would you recommend? Which ones support best accessibility? And if anyone else wants to chime in here, the more the merrier.
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> We evaluated this platform for a client a few months ago. We found significant concerns regarding the platform and its ability to generate accessible content including videos with captioning. While I can't share the entire set of results, I can tell you that the summary was conclusive enough for us to recommend that our client not use this platform for employee training.
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> Subject: [WebAIM] accessibility of dokeos elearning platform
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> Hi,
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> Does anyone have any knowledge or experience with the elearning platform dokeos? Does it offer any accessibility?
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> https://www.dokeos.com
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> Thanks,
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