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#1 2009-12-22 23:15:06

**_scribblesteve_**

Accessibility/Section 508 Compliance with Connect Pro

Hi Folks!

I have just received a job for some online training of Connect Pro.

I was told that one of the students I will be presenting to is visually impaired. I'm not aware of any 508 compliance tools that come with Acrobat Connect Pro, or where to start to look for information like this.

Can anyone help me out or point me in the right direction?

Thank you so much!
-Steve Dolan

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#2 2010-02-10 15:55:09

**_memarsh_**

Re: Accessibility/Section 508 Compliance with Connect Pro

Hey Steve,
I found the following resources regarding Adobe Connect and Accessibility.

https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a227210/accesscolors/
https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a227210/accesstab/
https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a22721 … shortcuts/
https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a22721 … avigation/
http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/prod … o_vpat.pdf
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Connect/6.0 … FE902.html
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/i … id=1032548
http://www.adobe.com/education/resource … onnect.pdf
http://connect.csupomona.edu/accessiblehowto
https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a295153/p10089188/

I also worked with a visually impaired student last semester who was taking an online class that used Adobe Connect.  Here are some things that I discovered as part of that process.

- She had a special operating system on her computer that magnified everything that made it easier for her to see.

- she had a hard time following the Adobe Connect participation without guidance.  In other words.  When you say we are going to participate in a poll, identify where the poll pod is located; middle of the screen, right side of the screen, etc.

- change the room resolution to a larger size like 800 x 600.  When we went to 1024 x 768 for the room resolution it made her have to scroll a lot more which made it harder for her to follow along.

- change the font in the text based pods like the Note pods and the Chat pods to a larger font size.

Hope this information helps,
Melissa

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#3 2010-02-10 18:30:31

**_scribblesteve_**

Re: Accessibility/Section 508 Compliance with Connect Pro

Thank you so much Melissa!

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#4 2011-02-08 22:24:53

**_karlreeve11_**

Re: Accessibility/Section 508 Compliance with Connect Pro

woah... nicex2 thanks for the links...

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#5 2011-05-15 06:37:20

**_StanleyHamlet_**

Re: Accessibility/Section 508 Compliance with Connect Pro

memarsh, thank you kindly for your answer, the information about levitra is really helpful for me as I'm starting to work with visually impaired next week.

Regards, Stan.

Last edited by **_StanleyHamlet_** (2011-07-14 06:25:10)

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