[BlindRUG] [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Re: Accessible conference environments

[Robin Williams]

Hi Liz,

MS Teams seems to meet your requirements, but obviously fails the open source criteria. I guess a trade off between open source and accessibility might be necessary. Mattermost is doable, but as I say has a steep learning curve, which is unfortunate if you're only planning to use it occasionally.

All the best,
Robin

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From: BlindRUG <blindrug-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Liz Hare via BlindRUG
Sent: 23 October 2020 19:19
To: Blind R Users Group <blindrug at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Liz Hare <doggene at earthlink.net>
Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Re: [BlindRUG] Accessible conference environments

Thanks so much MIke. Do you remember whether this platform has a text chat feature? that's really what they're after. Like, suppose you were listening to talk on YouTube and having a text chat on the side, maybe asking questions or making comments. And then you might use the same platform to hang out with people between sessions, and then you'd hop onto another thread for the next session.

Thanks again,
Liz


Liz Hare, PhD
Dog Genetics LLC
doggene at earthlink.net
http://www.doggenetics.com

> On Oct 23, 2020, at 2:07 PM, Mike Gorse via BlindRUG <blindrug at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I've used Jitsi on the IPhone a couple of times, and I was able to connect and to talk, which was what I needed to do, but I don't remember whether I noticed any accessibility issues and didn't fully test it (I don't think that I ever tried to mute myself, for instance).
> 
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Tim in 't Veld via BlindRUG wrote:
> 
>> Dear Liz,
>> I think the consensus is that Zoom is the most accessible option. 
>> There are good reasons for wishing to stay away from the proprietary Facebook censorship and privacy violation potentate from Trumpland but I don't think any alternative comes close to Zoom’s accessibility. If I am wrong I hope someone chimes in.
>>  
>> Teams and Skype work but have a lot of disadvantages. Whereby works 
>> quite well on iPhone but on the web version there is no way to know if the microphone is muted. I think a blind user will also manage to participate in meetings using the open source Jitsi meet software but have only limited experience with this platform. Again none of those options are as accessible as zoom.
>>  
>> Hope this helps,
>> Tim
>> The best option to go with for accessibility is Zoom. I know it is 
>> not open source and there are good reasons to aviod the sonsosship potentate Op 23-10-2020 om 18:27 schreef Liz Hare via BlindRUG:
>> Hi all,
>> I'm working on accessibility with the organizers of UseR! 2021.
>> We're trying to find an accessible, hopefully open-source, communication platform for the event. It would be a place to talk both within conference  presentations and outside them more generally. Features it needs:
>> - Screen reader accessibility
>> - usability for low vision and people with other issues (visual 
>> processing difficulties, epilepsy, etc)
>> - open source
>> - the ability to follow multiple threads (some of the simpler options like Google Chat don't let you have complex sets of communication areas.
>> We are looking at Mattermost, which I think will be pretty challenging, accessibility wise. But we would like others to look at that you might have had success with in organizing or attending conferences.
>> Thanks,
>> Liz
>> Liz Hare, PhD
>> Dog Genetics LLC
>> doggene at earthlink.net
>> http://www.doggenetics.com
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