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

Fri Oct 23 19:35:48 UTC 2015

Also it's free.
On Oct 23, 2015 14:27, "Sam Nelson via nabs-l" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi.
>  I'll let her know about it. If anyone has other thoughts please let me
> know. Just want to give her as many options as possible.
>  Sam
>
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> mestemacher via nabs-l
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 1:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] crisis textline volunteering and thoughts on
> accessible webinar sites?
>
> 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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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of john
> > mestemacher via nabs-l
> > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 1:35 PM
> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> > Cc: john mestemacher
> > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] crisis textline volunteering and thoughts on
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
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