[Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features

[Brian Richwine]

Thanks, Travis. Glad to add another available workaround!

Best,
  Brian

On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 10:37 AM Travis Roth <travis at travisroth.com> wrote:


> It is possible to highlight the chat message with arrow keys, move to the

> More actions button and choose copy message and paste the message in a text

> editor and copy the link from there.

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> It is a frustrating and tedious workaround but sometimes necessary when

> working with colleagues.

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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Brian Richwine

> *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2020 8:51 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Zoom has some inaccessible features

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> Another important limitation with Zoom to keep in mind: Links posted in

> the chat are not accessible. The only work around would be to email out

> links separately or perhaps save the chat transcript and then email out the

> chat transcript.

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> -Brian

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> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:21 PM Deborah Armstrong <

> armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu> wrote:

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> Though zoom is popular with BVI folks like my previous message said, the

> whiteboard and screen sharing are not accessible.

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> The whiteboard can not be accessed with the keyboard or read with a screen

> reader. Shared screens are also not text-based.

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> Instructors need to know that they’ll have to read what’s written on their

> digital boards and provide handouts a student can open in a separate window

> rather than just viewing the instructor’s shared screen.

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> But sharing your screen as a screen reader user is both keyboard and voice

> accessible, plus the ability to record and control other aspects of zoom is

> accessible as well.

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> --Debee

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