[Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus

Doug Hayman dhayman at uw.edu
Wed Mar 4 15:11:58 PST 2020


A rough audio-description would read aloud, "A chart appears on a page. On
the right-hand side of each row on page one is a red X indicating that the
session has been cancelled."

Each of those red X marks are images with no alt tag. Access fail.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:04 PM Lucy GRECO <lgreco at berkeley.edu> wrote:


> i have to say reading that list of what has been cansaled fails my

> accessibility review there is no quick way to review with a screen

> reader they forgot blind people need that information to. i reely did not

> need to here all the dam numbers before every event and they could have

> made it a more navakable format just another reason i am starting to wonder

> if this conference is still viable

> Lucia Greco

> Web Accessibility Evangelist

> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration

> University of California, Berkeley

> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco

> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu

> Follow me on twitter @accessaces

>

>

>

> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 2:20 PM Karen Latimer <klatimer at udel.edu> wrote:

>

>> actually did find a list of the cancelled sessions on the website--here's

>> the link:

>> https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/index.php/public/addendums

>>

>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie <CMillion at dvc.edu> wrote:

>>

>>> Howard,

>>>

>>> I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of

>>> exhibitors. Are sessions being cancelled too?

>>>

>>> Carrie Million

>>> Assistive Tech Specialist

>>> Diablo Valley College

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>>> Dear All,

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>>> Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested

>>> the accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be

>>> great.

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>>> Thanks

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>>> Lorraine

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>>> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS

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>>> Hello All:

>>>

>>> I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson,

>>> Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of

>>> Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access.

>>>

>>> A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been

>>> cancelled.

>>>

>>> Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to

>>> change my plans.

>>>

>>> --

>>> Regards,

>>> Howard

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