[Ncabs] May 2014 Conference Call Minutes

[Shickeytha Chandler via Ncabs]

I totally agree! And actually I was just doing a quick google search
and found that many laptop computers do have built-in microphones and
even if someone only has a desktop, they could perhaps just use the
messaging feature without voice.

On 5/15/14, Veronica Puente via Ncabs <ncabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Skype is fine with me, but I agreed that having an easy way to communicate
> is very important. I have not been in the calls does far but I am hope to
> come back either next month or the next. I am sure we can work it out as a
> teem smily!!!!
>
> On Thursday, May 15, 2014, Shickeytha Chandler via Ncabs <ncabs at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Skype is fine for me as well. Just something to consider though-if
>> someone does not have a Smartphone, they would have to have a
>> microphone to use Skype on their computer.
>>
>> On 5/15/14, Ashley Coleman via Ncabs <ncabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> > I agree with Brice. Skype is a good place for conferencing. As long as
>> the
>> > people who are interested in joining the have the Skype name of the
>> person
>> > who is hosting the call. They can easily join.
>> >
>> > Ashley Coleman,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> On May 15, 2014, at 17:18, Brice Smith via Ncabs <ncabs at nfbnet.org>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Google Hangouts works with VoiceOver on Mac and on Windows with Chrome
>> and
>> >> Chromevox, Googles screen reader for the Chrome browser. Even if it's
>> >> usable, its not necessarily intuitive for the average blind student or
>> >> screen reader user. It should go without saying that you want a call
>> >> or
>> >> meeting to be as easy to join as possible for as many users as
>> >> possible,
>> >> so I'd recommend using Skype instead.
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>
>> >>> On May 15, 2014, at 4:25 PM, Ashley Coleman via Ncabs <
>> ncabs at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi All,   Do we know if Google Hang Outs is accessible?
>> >>>
>> >>> Ashley Coleman,
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> On May 15, 2014, at 13:56, Shickeytha Chandler via Ncabs
>> >>>> <ncabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hi,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I read the note in the minutes about trying to increase
>> >>>> participation
>> >>>> in the conference calls. I have been on this email list for several
>> >>>> months now as I have been preparing for graduate school, but have
>> >>>> not
>> >>>> yet participated in any of the calls. However, I do hope to get
>> >>>> involved with those beginning sometime in the next couple of months.
>> >>>> You mentioned Google Hangouts and asked for opinions. For me
>> >>>> personally, phone is fine and I would probably prefer phone as
>> >>>> opposed
>> >>>> to Google Hangouts. As a student, I will be on my computer a lot and
>> >>>> would appreciate the breather from my computer. But that's just me
>> >>>> personally. I am certainly OK with Google Hangouts if it would
>> >>>> benefit
>> >>>> others.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Look forward to talking with you all more in the future!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Shickeytha
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> On 5/13/14, Travis Sherrill <tssherrill at windstream.net> wrote:
>> >>>>> Hello all:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Below you will find the minutes from our May conference call.
>> >>>>> These
>> >>>>> minutes
>> >>>>> contain some extremely important information so read them carefully
>> >>>>> please.
>> >>>>> I hope you all had a wonderful ending to the semester and I hope
>> >>>>> your
>> >>>>> exams
>> >>>>> and grades turned out the way you hoped they would.  A reminder:
>> >>>>> our
>> >>>>> next
>> >>>>> NCABS conference call will be held on Monday, June 9, 2014 at 9:30
>> >>>>> p.m.
>> >>>>> That will be an extremely important call as we will have lots of
>> >>>>> business
>> >>>>> to
>> >>>>> discuss so we need you all to attend because your opinion is
>> extremely
>> >>>>> valuable.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Travis Sherrill
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Attendance:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Travis Sherrill
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Alan Chase
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Bobbi Pompey
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Kevin Curren
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Monday, May 12, 2014, the North Carolina Association of Blind
>> >>>>> Students
>> >>>>> (NCABS) held the monthly conference call.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Alan Chase, the North Carolina Association of Blind Students
>> president
>> >>>>> won
>> >>>>> one of the 30 scholarships awarded by the National Federation for
>> >>>>> the
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ncabs_nfbnet.org/brl3517%40gmail.com
>>
>
>
> --
> Veronica Puente
>
> "God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us
> lessons that we could learn in no other way." ~ C.S. Lewis
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