[nabentre] Goto Meeting and meetings with Contracted companies?

Thu Dec 3 00:18:59 UTC 2015

I replied to the wrong posting sorry it was about Contracted versus Employees.

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From: nabentre [mailto:nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brandon Keith Biggs via nabentre
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 12:30 PM
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Cc: Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [nabentre] Goto Meeting and meetings with Contracted companies?

Hello,
Cheryl what do you mean? Who are you talking to?

Nicole no, no phone option. I said in my first email that I managed to do one over the phone, but they really did not like it. They would like the features of Goto meeting.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://www.brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
On 12/2/2015 6:22 PM, Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews via nabentre wrote:
> No idea. They need one. Is there a phone option? Did they send you a 
> phone option?
>
> On 12/2/15, Cheryl Echevarria via nabentre <nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I would encourage going to your local chamber of commerce meetings 
>> there are companies out there that are part of your local community. 
>> Being an officer with our Chamber of Commerce, many companies who 
>> hirer independent contractors like Host Travel Agencies or Insurance 
>> Companies: Such as Car and Home Owner insurance companies hire 
>> independent contractors, but you need to learn the business.
>>
>> I have been following this thread, but been sick to reply.
>>
>> I am an Independent Contractor, I own Echevarria Travel, but I am 
>> also hosted by a travel agency. Many of the Host Agencies do offer 
>> training, but you need to know the bases for being a travel expert.
>>
>> Remember this industry is a trillion dollar industry. I have done 
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>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabentre [mailto:nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Michael Babcock via nabentre
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 11:25 PM
>> To: NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Michael Babcock <empoweringtheblind at icloud.com>
>> Subject: Re: [nabentre] Goto Meeting and meetings with Contracted companies?
>>
>> Honestly if you can do hangouts you would be better off. Good luck 
>> with getting Citrix to work on accessibility, from my observations it 
>> isn’t going to happen any time soon. You can interact on the phone, 
>> however if they are sharing documents for you even with hangouts this 
>> isn’t going to work well on any platform.
>> Here is a document that will help with google hangouts (keyboard 
>> shortcuts) https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/3112005?hl=en
>> <https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/3112005?hl=en>
>> hth
>>
>>> On Dec 1, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs via nabentre 
>>> <nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> My payroll company would like to do a training with me and they use 
>>> Goto meeting.
>>> I downloaded Goto and instantly uninstalled it because along with 
>>> coming with a ton of bloatware, it was almost completely inaccessible.
>>> Does anyone know if there is a way to use Goto meeting with a screen 
>>> reader?
>>>
>>> I managed to do one meeting over the phone because I just had some 
>>> questions and the person was able to answer them, but I have another 
>>> coming up and this training will be a little more involved. I told 
>>> the payroll company Goto was not accessible and suggested they use 
>>> Google Hangouts which, I believe, has the same functionality, but I 
>>> am wondering if I can use Goto in any way?
>>> The first lady asked me if she could talk with my IT guy and was 
>>> kind of thrown through a loop when I told her she was and I could 
>>> tell her exactly what was going on with the application and there 
>>> was no way to fix it without Goto getting involved.
>>> I am not quite sure what happens if I refuse to use Goto meeting 
>>> with them. I probably will just cancel that service (It is just 
>>> timekeeping) and figure out something else. But their web app is 
>>> totally accessible, so I would be sad if such a silly thing blocks me from using them!
>>> Has anyone else had similar problems? How did you handle it?
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://www.brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
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