Anyone who has read a few posts on the Accessible Insights Blog has read my rants about barriers to accessibility. Little is more aggravating to me than when I can only proceed so far into a process before I can proceed no further, due to an unlabeled and therefore invisible graphic I’m to click on, or links and buttons labeled simply as "link." Most of us who use assistive technology to navigate our world find ways to overcome these barriers, either by memorizing the layout of a page, the sequence of steps, or creating scripts or purchasing other types of end-arounds that at least get part of the job done. Much of the time, however, we find that we are unable to utilize every feature of a web site or service, because only some aspects are accessible.
A specific example is the online collaboration, meeting and presentation space. I’ve been unable to conduct my own online seminars or presentations because I’ve been unable to helm the service from beginning to end without sighted assistance. Now, I can.
Thanks to an invitation I received to participate in a podcast, I made the fortuitous discovery of a service called Accessible Event. If you have struggled with using the online virtual meeting services and have been hoping for an accessible alternative, check out this solution by Serotek.
Accessible Event can be used concurrently with Go To Meeting and other virtual presentation services, which allows for people who have hearing or print disabilities to access the same material available to their non-disabled counterparts, at the same time. The interface is streamlined and straightforward, with the FAQ’s and user’s guide right on the home page.
what has me excited to use Accessible Event is the pricing schedule. Unlike some of the other services that require a monthly fee, Accessible Event has a per-event option. If you don’t hold enough online meetings or webinars to justify the monthly cost, you can use Accessible Event when you want to, and pay as you go. Or, you can pay for a monthly, yearly, or enterprise server option.
There is a new version coming out soon, so check it out now, and check back to learn about the latest release.
Click here to go to Accessible Event home page
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