[Athen] Accessibility of Whova

[Howard Kramer]

Yes, I learned that about platformQ. It's not a fit for conferences - only
large academic institutions.

FYI - I've tested out Attendee Hub (from CVENT) and Lucy also tested it and
it's the best regarding accessibility that I've seen. Not without some
issues but significantly better than Whova. I received an email from a rep
for a platform called OpenWater which they say is WCAG 2.x compliant. But
it also seems to cost $8k at the low end. So more expensive than Whova -
similar in cost to Attendee Hub BTW.

Just thought I'd share that.

-Howard

On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 9:28 AM Lane, Lori <lorilane at illinois.edu> wrote:


> Howard/Lucy –

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> I just learned from PlatformQ that they only work with admissions or

> enterprise-wide within a university. This is not a right fit for one-off

> conferences.

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> Lucy – were you looking for conference or admissions platforms?

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> Lori – lorilane at illinois.edu

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> Lori Lane, M.Ed., CPACC

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

> Behalf Of *Howard Kramer

> *Sent:* Monday, September 21, 2020 11:15 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Accessibility of Whova

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> Hi Lori,

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> I filled out a contact form for PlatformQ and was contacted by David Ross

> dross at platformq.com. I haven't talked to him yet and haven't found a

> mock-up or test version. I'll let you know what I find out.

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> -Howard

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> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 9:44 AM Lane, Lori <lorilane at illinois.edu> wrote:

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> Hi Lucy and Howard,

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> I am responding to each of you with my comments:

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>

> 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.

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>

> Lucy – Does PlatformQ provide a test or mock-up platform? Would you mind

> sharing the representative’s or developer’s name and contact information?

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> Thank you!

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>

> Lori

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> Lori Lane, M.Ed., CPACC

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> IT Accessibility Specialist in Universal Design

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>

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> *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

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> PlatformQ by Conduit https://www.platformqedu.com/conduit/

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>  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

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> Follow me on twitter @accessaces

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> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 3:15 PM Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org> wrote:

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> Hi Lucy,

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> 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.

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>

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

> better about accessibility.

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>

> Regards,

>

> Howard

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> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 2:27 PM Lucy GRECO <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

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> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 10:40 AM Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org> wrote:

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> 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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> Howard

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