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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Mon, Mar 30 2020 9:18AM
Subject: Accessible Chat clients
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I just received a Technical Assistance question from our state VR for Blind
and VI department asking about the "accessibility of Chat clients for people
with blindness and low vision."
I took a look in the WebAIM archives and see a thread from a number of years
ago. Wonder if there is anything newer or a research source? Best I could
find is
https://www.washington.edu/doit/are-chat-rooms-accessible-people-disabilitie
s
BTW, I have asked for more specifics from VR but I suspect the question is
regarding Chat in Zoom Meeting since that is what our state is using for
video conference. But as you all know, there are now dozens (scores?) of
these systems out there including a whole bunch of new ones for telehealth.
~j
PS: Thank you to everyone who responded (on and off list) to my previous
question about date/time annotations.
John E. Brandt
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From: charis533
Date: Mon, Mar 30 2020 9:33AM
Subject: Re: Accessible Chat clients
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Hello:
Zoom is very accessible on any of the platforms. Many of the blindness
organizations, such as Hadley Institute for the Blind, are using it
successfully.
Charis Austin
From: glen walker
Date: Mon, Mar 30 2020 2:06PM
Subject: Re: Accessible Chat clients
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I know there's a bug with zoom that if the chat dialog is open, then zoom
does not appear in the task list when you use alt+tab to switch programs.
It does show up if you use windows+tab to switch programs. I've had an
open bug on that for about 4 months and get updates periodically.
Alt+H works to open the chat window. The question window does not have a
keyboard shortcut.
Alt+A works to mute your microphone.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 9:34 AM < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Zoom is very accessible on any of the platforms. Many of the blindness
> organizations, such as Hadley Institute for the Blind, are using it
> successfully.
>
> Charis Austin
>
>
>
From: Murphy, Sean
Date: Mon, Mar 30 2020 3:05PM
Subject: Re: Accessible Chat clients
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Teams, WebEx, Jabbar, zoom all the tools I would recommend for chat and video conference calls.
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I know there's a bug with zoom that if the chat dialog is open, then zoom
does not appear in the task list when you use alt+tab to switch programs.
It does show up if you use windows+tab to switch programs. I've had an
open bug on that for about 4 months and get updates periodically.
Alt+H works to open the chat window. The question window does not have a
keyboard shortcut.
Alt+A works to mute your microphone.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 9:34 AM < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Zoom is very accessible on any of the platforms. Many of the blindness
> organizations, such as Hadley Institute for the Blind, are using it
> successfully.
>
> Charis Austin
>
>
>