[Athen] Accessible Web conferencing

[Ken Petri]

Radvision: nope. Appears to be a video conferencing server. That seems to me
to be different from what a TC, Connect, or Elluminate do.



On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Howard Kramer <hkramer.atsol at gmail.com>wrote:


> Ken,

>

> Have you (or anyone else) heard anything about Radvision Scopia? That's one

> of the solutions our campus is considering as a enterprise solution.

>

> Thanks,

> Howard

>

> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Ken Petri <petri.1 at osu.edu> wrote:

>

>> Hi Howard,

>>

>> We have done some testing recently, as OSU is attempting to move toward

>> enterprise-wide support for a virtual classroom/distance learning tool.

>>

>> TC Conference is highly accessible--captioning, full keyboard and screen

>> reader accessibility.

>>

>> Elluminate/BbCollaborate has been working on accessibility in a consortium

>> with university participation for more than a year and has made real

>> strides. It is more powerful and full featured than TC.

>>

>> Significantly, Adobe Connect version 8 (latest release) has very

>> substantial improvements over previous versions. It is certainly worth a

>> look. The current limitation with this Flash/Flex-based solution, however,

>> is that, for the best accessibility with a screen reader, users will need to

>> use JAWS and open Connect within Internet Explorer (rather than in the the

>> Connect add-in.)  Accessibility is more limited with other screen

>> reader/browser combinations. Keyboard accessibility within the add-in is

>> very good--almost complete, and generally very well implemented, using F6 to

>> move between "pods," for example. Currently Flash is not accessible to

>> VoiceOver on the Mac, though Adobe has promised improvements in the next few

>> point versions.

>>

>> I don't want to mention by name the other platforms we looked at--but TC,

>> Connect, and Elluminate were far and away the best for accessibility amongst

>> platforms we evaluated in this latest round. We will re-test in the Spring,

>> considering our process moves forward (certainly not a guarantee, given

>> tight budgets).

>>

>> If you want to call me some time, Howard, I can go into a bit more detail.

>>

>> ken

>> ---

>>   Ken Petri

>>   Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center

>>   102D Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue

>>   Columbus, Ohio  43210

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>>   Mobile: 614.218.1499

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>>

>>

>>

>> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Nicaise D <ndogbo at gmail.com> wrote:

>>

>>>  Using a screen reader, WebEx isn't. You can only access the menu bar

>>> and menu items to share your desktop once control is given to you. You can't

>>> for instance independently take nor pass control, and so many other things

>>> you can't do. You can't even create an account independently because of the

>>> visual only captcha.

>>> Thx,

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>>> *From:* athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] *On

>>> Behalf Of *Howard Kramer

>>> *Sent:* Monday, December 20, 2010 5:16 PM

>>> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network

>>> *Subject:* [Athen] Accessible Web conferencing

>>>

>>> Hello All:

>>>

>>> I've heard from Terry that Elluminate is the most accessible Web

>>> Conferencing service. Does anyone know about WebEx or services from Qwest or

>>> Verizon? Does anyone know if their services/platform are accessible?

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>> Howard

>>>

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>

>

> --

> Howard Kramer

> AHG Conference Coordinator

> Access Specialist

> 303-492-8672

> fax: 492-5601

> Disability Services

> Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion

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