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

[john mestemacher]

Yes. I suppose you could set it up so that only people who have the link
can access the video.
On Oct 23, 2015 13:40, "Sam Nelson via nabs-l" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi.
>  Huh never thought of that  at all. Could it be done totally privately
> though?
>  I suppose google hang outs could be an option too? Though one time I was
> on
> it and it wasn't too great with NVDA.
>  But that could have changed.
>  Thanks.
>  Sam
>
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> accessible webinar sites?
>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > Check out my blog
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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