[Athen] Accessibility of Whova

[Lane, Lori]

Hi Lucy and Howard,

I am responding to each of you with my comments:

Howard – You are correct that Whova hosts multiple accessibility issues, and they did provide their VPAT, but it did not reveal what they know or understand accessibility. I asked during the demo to explain what they know about accessibility, and he couldn’t answer the question. We looked at ON24, but it is so expensive! ON24 worked for a well-known client that required an accessible platform for their participants with disabilities. There were some parts that the developers ran out of time to work on, and this forced the client to remove some features before the event. At this point, we are waiting on Bravura to see if they would create a mock-up for us to test. They claimed that they had to fix the platform for a client who required to meet the WCAG criteria.

Lucy – Does PlatformQ provide a test or mock-up platform? Would you mind sharing the representative’s or developer’s name and contact information?

Thank you!

Lori

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Lori Lane, M.Ed., CPACC<https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/cpacccertification>
IT Accessibility Specialist in Universal Design
Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Lucy GRECO
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2020 6:13 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessibility of Whova

HELLO:
 I SO FAR HAVE TESTED THREE  OF  THESE AND
PlatformQ by Conduit https://www.platformqedu.com/conduit/
 IS THE ONLY ONE THATSEEMEDTO HAVE AMODACOME OF ACCESSIBLITY. WE DID FIND A FEW PROBLEMS WITH IT BUT THEY WERE NOT BLOCKERS AND THERE ACCESS DEV WAS IN  ATTENDINCE AND I GOT GOOD VIBES FROM HIM AND  HIS ABILITY TO FIX THE VARY MINER PROBLMES WE FOUND. WOULD YOU LIKE E TO ASK IF I CAN  SHARE OUR TESTING REPORTS  WITH YOU. THAKS LUCY 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 Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 3:15 PM Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org<mailto:hkramer at ahead.org>> wrote:
Hi Lucy,

Whova seems to have accessibility problems and when you talk to the rep (or at least my rep), he doesn't seem to know much about accessibility. Still waiting for a VPAT and my tests with the desktop interface reveals some alt text and contrast issues. Terrill Thompson tested the mobile app and said voiceover had problems with it. Let me know if you find out anything more.

I hope to test out "attendee hub" from CVENT next week. They are usually better about accessibility.

Regards,
Howard

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 2:27 PM Lucy GRECO <lgreco at berkeley.edu<mailto:lgreco at berkeley.edu>> wrote:
hello:
 this is sutch a hot topic write now i have looked at three sutch  platforms and frankly  only one was even close to working once that one fixes the  few   miner things we found with it i can et you know witch one. please do let me know how this one works for you if you do test it. as i am sure some one here will try it to smile  lucy
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 Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 10:40 AM Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org<mailto:hkramer at ahead.org>> wrote:
We're considering using Whova for some of our virtual events. Does anyone have experience or knowledge of the accessibility of Whova? Anecdotally from colleagues I've heard that it's good but would like to get some additional input.

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