+1 this is great news! Thank you!!! Will the Accessibility working group as a whole be invited to take part in the TTF call? Kindest regards, Olivier On 25/08/2014 03:26, Gunela Astbrink wrote:
That's great news!
Will we be ensuring that people with disability are part of the call so that we get direct feedback? For example, Ken Hansen as an ICANN community member with a hearing impairment could give useful input. But other perspectives would also be welcome.
We still have barriers for blind people but the guidelines from Gerry Ellis are important to note with regard to web conferencing etiquette.
Thank you, Glenn and Judy for getting this moving.
Gunela
Glenn McKnight said the following on 25/08/14 04:49 :
Greetings
As a followup to the Accessibility Taskforce the members of the Technical Taskforce will be doing a demonstration on Sept 8th, @ 11:00 Est of two tools to help run online conference meetings which are more inclusive to the disabled.
The normal announcement will be sent out by staff in advance of the meeting with the Adigo and the Adobe Connect details
Demonstration One: Adobe Connect Pod
Demonstration Two: Captions First
Presenter
Roy K. GRAVES____
Vice President____
roy.graves@captionfirst.com <mailto:roy.graves@captionfirst.com>____
Phone: 877-825-5234 <tel:877-825-5234>____
Direct: 719-481-9835 <tel:719-481-9835>
As background information, Judith has done some preliminary work on these products.
Judith's previous email below...
Adobe caption pods in adobe connect. https://blogs.adobe.com/connectsupport/how-to-use-adobe-connect-captioning-c...
According to this site, the Adobe caption pods which are extensions are available free of charge to Adobe Connect customers. With the Adobe Connect Closed Caption Pods extension from Adobe ensures that participants who are deaf or hard of hearing may fully participate in online meetings and events.
To download the pod/extension click on this link https://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect/feature-details/closed-captionin...
Meeting organizers hire professional captioning services from providers such as the Media Access Group at WGBH, Caption Colorado, and Caption First. Professional stenographers join the Adobe Connect meeting or teleconference to listen to the audio and transcribe the information using specialized stenographer’s keyboards. This information is transmitted to a captioning server, This YouTube video shows how it is done. They are using Caption Colorado when we will be using Caption First for our demo
The captions are transmitted to the Adobe Connect Meeting and viewed by the end users. Meeting participants have the ability to customize the caption font size and color settings to enhance readability. Participants can even skip back to re-read previous captions and then fast forward to the current captions. Participants may individually choose to display or not to display captions on their individual screen. Participants can optionally save the captions as a transcript and download them at the conclusion of a meeting.
In closing
I will contact Captions First to ask them to join us. for the call.
Thanks
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