[nabs-l] crisis textline volunteering and thoughts on accessible webinar sites?

[john mestemacher]

Best site to stream any kind of thing like that is YouTube. YouTube has
livestreaming now so nobody really ever needs to do anything else.
On Oct 23, 2015 13:28, "Sam Nelson via nabs-l" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
>  I'm currently involved in a volunteer training for crisis textline, a
> nonprofit organization that provides a text services most often used by
> teenagers where they can text in and receive emotional support and crisis
> intervention similar to a hotline  minus the calling on the phone.
>
>  Anyway the staff and trainers are excellent and committed to providing
> accessible service.
>
>  Unfortunately this was their first experience using go to webinar,
> branched
> off go to meeting. So they didn'[t know the accessibility nightmare it was.
> We found that out quickly! They have no desire to help the blind at all I
> and others called and found that out.
>
>  Luckely the crisis line live platform for actually service to users is
> totally accessible as is their website. This is just for the training piece
> of it, as all training is done remotely and they train like at least eighty
> people at a time.
>
>  Louckely as well they  can use Uber conference, which works very well but
> can't hold the number of participants that go to webinar can and doesn't
> have the  ability for trainers to share their webcam. However  in my case
> the work around we came up with was for the trainers to be on both uber
> conference and go to webinar at the same time so I could verbally talk  to
> them, the others wouldn't hear me. Everything else could be done on the
> chat
> part of the crisis text line site which works fine.
>
>  We fnally figured this out after a nhtmare week! But now I'm extremely
> happy and totally impressed with their commitment and resourcefulness.
>
>  They're looking forward to fixing this issue totally and getting more
> blind/ visually impaired people on board which is  partly why I'm writing
> this to let you guys know  about the great volunteer opportunity from home.
>
>  The site is:
>
>  www.crisistextline.org
>
>   Lastly and where I need your input, the trainer and I are searching for
> more accessible services both for the blind and anyone using them. I heard
> about talking communities and sent her info on that. Does anyone have
> thoughts on other services or is talking communities the best one out
> there?
>
>
>  Thanks so much!
>
>  Sam
>
>
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