[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
>>>
>>> Lorraine
>>>
>>>
>>> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS
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>>> From: Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org>
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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
>>>
>>> Howard Kramer
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