[Trainer-Talk] Blue Jeans and other meeting platforms

Thu Jan 14 17:33:20 UTC 2021

Great question, Chris! As a Dragon NaturallySpeaking user and a Section 508 Coordinator, I can tell you how difficult it is keeping up with all the platforms and their respective accessibility pros and cons - which are ScreenReader compatible, which allow for integration of human-generated captions, which have auto-generated captions (and how good or lousy they are), which are Dragon-compatible, which are better for interactive meetings versus presentations/events versus webinars, etc.!

My draft inventory and resources are in the table that follows - far from complete yet.  And, I don't have a column yet for JAWS and/or other ScreenReader compatibility (maybe I need one each for JAWS, NVDA, and Dolphin) or for Dragon - so far, I've only started looking at captioning capabilities.  Crowd sourcing this information would be great!

Platform
Link
External Captions can be Integrated
Native Auto-Generated Captions
Captions Cannot Be Integrated
Automated Captioning
Live Captioning
Videoconference Transcript
Connect-Hear
Vendor's Site
Notes or Comments
Adobe Connect<https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/adobe-connect/>

https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/adobe-connect/

BlueJeans<https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/bluejeans/>
https://www.bluejeans.com/

https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/bluejeans/

Cisco Webex<https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/webex-2/>

Yes
Yes

https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/webex-2/

Facebook Live

Facebook Messenger

Google Chat, previously named Google Hangouts Chat<https://chat.google.com/?utm_source=zapier.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zapier>

Google Hangouts Meet<https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/google-hangouts-meet/>

Yes<https://oit.ncsu.edu/2019/06/13/google-adds-live-captioning-to-slides-and-hangouts-meet/>

https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/google-meet/

https://oit.ncsu.edu/2019/06/13/google-adds-live-captioning-to-slides-and-hangouts-meet/
Google Meet (previously Google Hangouts Meet)<https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/google-meet/>

https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/google-meet/

GoToMeeting<https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/gotomeeting/>

https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/gotomeeting/

GoToTraining

GoToWebinar

Jabber

Microsoft Stream

Microsoft Teams<https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/microsoft-teams/>

https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/microsoft-teams/
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-live-captions-in-a-teams-meeting-4be2d304-f675-4b57-8347-cbd000a21260

Microsoft Teams Live

Ring Central<https://support.ringcentral.com/>

https://support.ringcentral.com/s/article/10737-RingCentral-Meetings-Closed-Caption-Host?language=en_US

Skype<https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/skype/>

https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/skype/

Skype for Business

vBrick

Webex<https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/webex-2/>

Integrates VoiceA<https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/corporate-strategy-office/acquisitions/voicea.html>

https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/webex-2/
https://help.webex.com/en-us/WBX47352/How-Do-I-Enable-Closed-Captions

YouTube Live

Zoom<https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/zoom/>

Otter
Yes

https://connect-hear.com/knowledge-base/zoom/
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/207279736-Closed-Captioning

Zoom for Government<https://zoom.us/government>

Otter
Yes

https://zoom.us/government

Gary M. Morin, Section 508 Coordinator

NCI Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL)

NCI Shady Grove Campus, Room 2E-568

9609 Medical Center Drive

Rockville, MD 20850

(240) 276-6920

Web Accessibility - Section 508 Compliance: NCI Home Page for Section 508 Guidance

How Do I Make Documents 508-Conformant?: How Do I Go About Formatting Microsoft Office Documents and PDF Files (new MyNCI page, 4/28/2020)

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Sabine via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2021 10:50 AM
To: trainer-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: info at onhconsulting.com
Subject: [Trainer-Talk] Blue Jeans and other meeting platforms

Hello all.

I just found out that I will be attending meeting using the Blue Jeans Platform (http://www.bluejeans.com). Is anyone familiar with the accessibility of this app or the history of the development of this app.

Also-as a professional, I attend meetings on several different platforms. So far, I've had to become familiar with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, Skype for Business, Google Meets / Hangouts, and Blue Jeans-aside from some other meetings on Facebook Messenger. Are there any other platforms I should become familiar with in terms of use with a screen reader?

Very Best,

Chris

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