2026-03-05 12:22:44 From **** ****** to Everyone: So sorry I'm early! 2026-03-05 12:22:59 From **** ****** to Everyone: Yes! 2026-03-05 12:24:47 From **** ****** to Everyone: Good evening from Cape Town, lovely to be here 2026-03-05 12:25:04 From **** ****** to Everyone: I am from central Canada 2026-03-05 12:25:13 From **** ****** to Everyone: Next time! 2026-03-05 12:25:21 From **** ****** to Everyone: Southern CA - nice to be here. 2026-03-05 12:25:39 From **** ****** to Everyone: Im in Ireland where we invented rain!! 2026-03-05 12:30:14 From **** ****** to Everyone: Hello! I'm joining from Mount Royal University and am excited to learn! 2026-03-05 12:30:17 From **** ****** to Everyone: Good afternoon! I work in higher education in Maryland. 2026-03-05 12:30:34 From **** ****** to Everyone: Calgary AB :) 2026-03-05 12:30:44 From **** ****** to Everyone: Hello, everyone, ******** here from Scarborough Ontario, Conestoga college and GBP. 2026-03-05 12:30:51 From **** ****** to Everyone: Hi! **** ****** from Butler Community College in Kansas 2026-03-05 12:31:04 From **** ****** to Everyone: Saying hi from New Jersey (Rutgers) and hoping as a TA to learn how to make my course materials more ADA compliant and equitable 🙂 2026-03-05 12:31:09 From **** ****** to Everyone: Hello from Winnipeg 2026-03-05 12:31:09 From **** ****** to Everyone: Greetings from University of Vermont 2026-03-05 12:31:24 From **** ****** to Everyone: Hi Alan and Yasser! *88888 from BCcampus, joining you today from the unceded traditional territory of the ləkÌ“Ê·É™Ć‹É™n-speaking Peoples as well as the W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples, commonly known as Victoria B.C. Canada. 2026-03-05 12:31:50 From **** ****** to Everyone: Hello from Lancashire, UK 2026-03-05 12:31:55 From **** ****** to Everyone: I’m a big fan of ******! 2026-03-05 12:32:01 From **** ****** to Everyone: Hi folks! ****** from Vienna, Austria. Good to be here! 2026-03-05 12:32:02 From **** ****** to Everyone: Hello from North Dakota in the states. 2026-03-05 12:32:19 From **** ****** to Everyone: Kia ora koutou from Aotearoa/NZ. Great to see you again Alan! 2026-03-05 12:32:28 From **** ****** to Everyone: ******. Dublin, Ireland 2026-03-05 12:32:52 From **** ****** to Everyone: **** from Ojo Caliente New Mexico 2026-03-05 12:32:57 From **** ****** to Everyone: ****, where in NZ are you from? I lived in Chch 2026-03-05 12:33:16 From **** ****** to Everyone: Hello from Manchester 2026-03-05 12:34:10 From **** ****** to Everyone: Hello all. ****** from Greater Chicago. 2026-03-05 12:34:12 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "Stephen, where in NZ are you from? I lived in Chch": Hi Danielle, Kirikiriroa Hamilton at the University of Waikato 2026-03-05 12:34:28 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "****, where in NZ are you from? I lived in Chch": I visited that campus for a conference! 2026-03-05 12:34:55 From **** ****** to Everyone: http://bit.ly/IEH24agreements 2026-03-05 12:34:58 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thank you for this important acknowledgement, Yasser. 2026-03-05 12:35:04 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "****, where in NZ are you from? I lived in Chch": My son and his friends are visiting NZ right now - I am thoroughly enjoying the pictures they have been sending - what a beautiful area 2026-03-05 12:35:34 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "****, where in NZ are you from? I lived in Chch": There are so many beautiful places in NZ, and in so many ways! 2026-03-05 12:37:00 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "****, where in NZ are you from? I lived in Chch": I miss Hamilton 2026-03-05 12:37:38 From **** ****** to Everyone: Alan, I think you’re muted. 2026-03-05 12:45:53 From **** ****** to Everyone: Yes, it was nice to meet a fellow colleague working in instructional design in higher education! 2026-03-05 12:51:20 From **** ****** to Everyone: Link to the slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hK2nK-IRQuJSs0lEcLXWCj6lhHtXH_hf/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111291495224424831359&rtpof=true&sd=true 2026-03-05 12:51:40 From **** ****** to Everyone: TRIZ is a Liberating Structures activity 2026-03-05 12:53:50 From **** ****** to Everyone: I am really looking forward to see what it looks and hears like when navigating a screen reader ... 2026-03-05 12:54:16 From **** ****** to Everyone: Worst: Lots of content-heavy images with NO alternative text, no heading styles, lots of course links with the words "click here," all videos have no captioning or transcripts, lots of scanned PDFs! 2026-03-05 12:54:18 From **** ****** to Everyone: Throw out Meyer’s Principles 😀 2026-03-05 12:54:45 From **** ****** to Everyone: Use heading styles for formatting not semantic meaning 2026-03-05 13:04:44 From **** ****** to Everyone: Worst Brainstorm Group 3: Lots of content-heavy images and infographics with NO alternative text, no heading styles, lots of course links with the words "click here," all videos have no captioning or transcripts, lots of scanned PDFs! Tables without row and column headings, color used only for meaning, audio files without transcripts or captioning, file names not descriptive. 2026-03-05 13:04:46 From **** ****** to Everyone: Using emojis for emphasis: Y [clap icon] E [clap icon] S [clap icon] or using lots of emojis in a row 2026-03-05 13:05:00 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "Using emojis for emphasis: Y [clap icon] E [clap i...": That’s a great one we didn’t think of 2026-03-05 13:05:19 From **** ****** to Everyone: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hK2nK-IRQuJSs0lEcLXWCj6lhHtXH_hf/edit?slide=id.p8#slide=id.p8 2026-03-05 13:05:25 From **** ****** to Everyone: Alternative fonts that are not accessible No headings, only bolded and resized text Lots of images with text but no alt text or text descriptions Videos with no captioning or transcripts Lots of long alt text on an image without any way to move away from it 2026-03-05 13:05:26 From **** ****** to Everyone: Room 12 - using emojis, no descriptive links (i.e., "Click here"), alt text for decorative images 2026-03-05 13:05:34 From **** ****** to Everyone: No budget here for disability services. I got a parking ticket bc I was using a walker and needed to park closer to a classroom. As for screen readers, I doubt we have licensing where I work now (no $) 2026-03-05 13:07:12 From **** ****** to Everyone: We didn’t write on our slide, but ​Syllabus in PDF Fully text content Many live links Assessments buried in a slide Tabular content 2026-03-05 13:07:41 From **** ****** to Everyone: I was Room 4 2026-03-05 13:08:09 From **** ****** to Everyone: No descriptive links 2026-03-05 13:08:53 From **** ****** to Everyone: Alli in Canvas tells you when your PDF isn't accessible - 2026-03-05 13:08:55 From **** ****** to Everyone: Designing for all also includes being consistent! 2026-03-05 13:09:05 From **** ****** to Everyone: Depends how the PDF is generated 2026-03-05 13:09:10 From **** ****** to Everyone: You need to use the convert to OCR 2026-03-05 13:09:41 From **** ****** to Everyone: Wow!!! 2026-03-05 13:10:12 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "Depends how the PDF is generated": i am not a fan of adobe... 2026-03-05 13:10:42 From **** ****** to Everyone: So much effort!!!! fail 2026-03-05 13:11:53 From **** ****** to Everyone: Yes, I can hear it 2026-03-05 13:12:45 From **** ****** to Everyone: Is there a way for a visually impaired person to experience emojis or chat in zoom? 2026-03-05 13:13:07 From **** ****** to Everyone: Good question 2026-03-05 13:13:51 From **** ****** to Everyone: Hi Yasser 2026-03-05 13:14:46 From **** ****** to Everyone: if you hover over an emoji it will go to written text (sometimes) - for me, tho i like emojis bc they help me with tone (i am on the autism spectrum) 2026-03-05 13:15:56 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "if you hover over an emoji it will go to written t...": omg, the alt text is overwhelming for me 2026-03-05 13:16:18 From Rebecca Hogue to Alan Levine (direct message): I need to leave now .. loved seeing you and Yasser ... I'm looking forward to catching the video 2026-03-05 13:19:59 From **** ****** to Everyone: Can you talk about links and preferences to open in same window, new window, pop-up? 2026-03-05 13:22:13 From **** ****** to Everyone: I need to close my eyes or soften my gaze to process that information, even at that speed 2026-03-05 13:22:14 From **** ****** to Everyone: https://www.bbc.com/ 2026-03-05 13:22:15 From **** ****** to Everyone: Is the “open in same window” or “open in new window” related to how you’re choosing to open it or is it prescriptive from the link? 2026-03-05 13:22:51 From **** ****** to Everyone: How long did it take you to train up in the screen reader tool and does it when heightening your hearing lead to over stimulus of other senses such as hearing? Funding available in Syria for accessibility software? 2026-03-05 13:24:01 From **** ****** to Everyone: Apparently, "ChatGPT can read a PDF effortlessly, as long as the doc is purely text" (I searched: screen reader from pdf -ai) 2026-03-05 13:24:06 From **** ****** to Everyone: I suppose I mean sensory overdrive? 2026-03-05 13:24:46 From **** ****** to Everyone: Can you put a link to your screen reader here. 2026-03-05 13:25:55 From **** ****** to Everyone: Here in Ontario, most provincial sites meet at least AA 2026-03-05 13:26:08 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "Can you put a link to your screen reader here.": NVDA: https://www.nvaccess.org/download/ 2026-03-05 13:26:19 From **** ****** to Everyone: How does the native Microsoft reader compare with Nvida? 2026-03-05 13:26:19 From **** ****** to Everyone: There is a Reddit group, r/Blind and one can go to: screen readers and pdfs? 2026-03-05 13:26:25 From **** ****** to Everyone: Apologies meant Cairo not Syria 2026-03-05 13:28:17 From **** ****** to Everyone: I volunteer with Be My Eyes: https://www.bemyeyes.com/ 2026-03-05 13:30:14 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "Apparently, "ChatGPT can read a PDF effortlessly, ...": i am not a fan of genAI đŸ˜« 2026-03-05 13:30:21 From **** ****** to Everyone: I'm wondering about multitasking/the demands to do tasks simultaneously in classes and workshops... So if you're in a workshop like this as a student, and you're being told to navigate away to a tab to do an activity, and then there's instruction/someone speaking, how can you listen to your screen reader to engage with a page/document if someone is speaking? 2026-03-05 13:34:22 From **** ****** to Everyone: Are other voices available? 2026-03-05 13:35:26 From **** ****** to Everyone: that’s my Siri voice 2026-03-05 13:40:15 From **** ****** to Everyone: https://www.grackledocs.com/ 2026-03-05 13:40:46 From **** ****** to Everyone: Is the adobe pdf accessibility checker trustworthy? 2026-03-05 13:41:53 From **** ****** to Everyone: So, there are barriers here since some of these supports require $$ 2026-03-05 13:43:26 From **** ****** to Everyone: hi all, coming in late because I had another thing... but just wanted to encourage you to join us for future Equity Unbound events/activities: https://equityunbound.org/subscribe/ 2026-03-05 13:43:47 From **** ****** to Everyone: Welcome *****, Yasser has been amazing 2026-03-05 13:44:07 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "Welcome *****, Yasser has been amazing": I am sure! I learn from him all the time! 2026-03-05 13:45:57 From **** ****** to Everyone: Oh yeah that is awful!! 2026-03-05 13:46:00 From **** ****** to Everyone: Despicable😊 2026-03-05 13:46:25 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "Welcome *****, Yasser has been amazing": đŸŒȘïžđŸŽ·đŸ› 2026-03-05 13:46:43 From **** ****** to Everyone: Yasser, have you experience or suggestions about socialising accessibility? Besides the ability to make documents and websites accessible, a big barrier is getting people to actually do that, 2026-03-05 13:48:06 From **** ****** to Everyone: I misread the length of this session so have to duck out early, unfortunately. Thanks so much to the hosts and all you folks in the chat for sharing your experience and insight. 2026-03-05 13:48:24 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thank you ****** 2026-03-05 13:48:51 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "Yasser, have you experience or suggestions about s...": u wanna ask your question aloud later? so it doesn't get lost? 2026-03-05 13:49:12 From **** ****** to Everyone: The speed at which you can comprehend the audio is incredible. 2026-03-05 13:49:41 From **** ****** to Everyone: I have to go too 
 Thank you so much Yasser 
 super helpful 2026-03-05 13:51:19 From **** ****** to Everyone: Please share feedback about this session https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevtF-g4G_2VOgQP1dJYWDQpdcI2OWOWvzjJ3XwACxo2nkLFA/viewform 2026-03-05 13:51:24 From **** ****** to Everyone: I have to leave for school pick up. Thank you so much Yasser for this demonstration and the great insights into how a design would make it accessible or not. Thanks Alan as well, and room 6 friends. 2026-03-05 13:51:36 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thank you ***! 2026-03-05 13:54:45 From **** ****** to Everyone: That's a great idea! 2026-03-05 13:54:58 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thank you so much Yasser!! And lovely to connect with ***** and *********. I must dash. Hoping that this recording will be shared! Take care in these troubling times, everyone 2026-03-05 13:55:00 From **** ****** to Everyone: sorry i gotta go 2026-03-05 13:55:02 From **** ****** to Everyone: I cannot get info from audio, oof and what about Deaf ppl? 2026-03-05 13:55:21 From **** ****** to Everyone: Recording will be shared! 2026-03-05 13:55:29 From **** ****** to Everyone: Please share feedback about this session https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevtF-g4G_2VOgQP1dJYWDQpdcI2OWOWvzjJ3XwACxo2nkLFA/viewform 2026-03-05 13:56:27 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thanks so much! 2026-03-05 13:56:53 From **** ****** to Everyone: Can I ask one small clarification question regarding emojis: Yasser, did you suggest we include them at the end of sentences only? Our team does include emojis in many learning materials for help with tone and emphasis at times, but we are aware of risks with overuse. We missed what you said on this note and I feel this is just one of many small things we can work on to be more accessible! 2026-03-05 13:57:47 From **** ****** to Everyone: Continue advocating for accessibility as default. 2026-03-05 13:57:58 From **** ****** to Everyone: Please feel free to give us feedback on this session: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevtF-g4G_2VOgQP1dJYWDQpdcI2OWOWvzjJ3XwACxo2nkLFA/viewform?usp=publish-editor 2026-03-05 13:58:32 From **** ****** to Everyone: Would love to do more practice or even do some training with VoiceOver (since I have a Mac and can’t use NVDA) 2026-03-05 13:58:38 From **** ****** to Everyone: I'm building resources on Accessibility at my university. This was so helpful to hear how screenreaders actually work and you how you experience it 2026-03-05 13:58:39 From **** ****** to Everyone: On the macro level continue to advocate. Personally, review my learning material and address accessibility at the beginning of each course. 2026-03-05 13:58:52 From **** ****** to Everyone: Trying to move people away from seeing it as an accommodation for an individual but a position that supports everyone. 2026-03-05 13:58:57 From **** ****** to Everyone: The reminder of access fatigue was helpful. I will continue to advocate for accessibility. 2026-03-05 13:59:08 From **** ****** to Everyone: Replying to "Would love to do more practice or even do some tra...": Specifically to do a more thorough check for accessibility in my resources or sites 2026-03-05 13:59:11 From **** ****** to Everyone: Make my canvas more accessible ! 2026-03-05 13:59:18 From **** ****** to Everyone: I just made a slideshow about screen readers. I found the bit about disclosing disability to be extremely helpful. I feel like it's a double-edged sword, bc when we disclose "invisible" disabilities, we may be treated "differently" rather than offered useful accommodations.(my experience) 2026-03-05 13:59:22 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thanks so much for the session today, I learned a lot. 2026-03-05 14:00:22 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thank you, Yasser and Alan! 2026-03-05 14:00:43 From **** ****** to Everyone: I might try and find some examples of poor accessibility and use those to demo how poor materials are experienced. 2026-03-05 14:00:46 From **** ****** to Everyone: Continue to advocate and be proactive about creating accessible content. Also not to rely on accessibility checkers and also to be a strong enforcer for accessibility when other people create their OER materials 2026-03-05 14:00:51 From **** ****** to Everyone: One small thing I'd like to do: Regularly (e.g., monthly) review our own public/student-facing materials using any screen reader to which we have access, as well as any other accessibility tools available through our institution 2026-03-05 14:00:55 From **** ****** to Everyone: thank you!!! 2026-03-05 14:01:00 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thank you so much! 2026-03-05 14:01:01 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thank you Yasser and Alan! 2026-03-05 14:01:02 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thank you so much Yasser and Alan! Wonderful conversation and presentation 2026-03-05 14:01:13 From **** ****** to Everyone: thank you Yasser! 2026-03-05 14:01:15 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thank you. 2026-03-05 14:01:17 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thank you so much! 2026-03-05 14:01:22 From **** ****** to Everyone: Ngaa mihi nui Yasser! 2026-03-05 14:01:25 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thank you so much for these demos and for sharing your experiences, Yasser! 2026-03-05 14:01:30 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thank you! This was so helpful and I'm even more impressed by Yasser than I was before! 2026-03-05 14:01:50 From **** ****** to Everyone: Thank you for sharing your experiences, Yasser! 2026-03-05 14:02:30 From **** ****** to Everyone: Ripening