Accessibility tool Comparison

[vnieders]

Hi All,

I am looking at a comparison of the two accessibility tools,  Blackboard Ally and Yuja Panorama. Does anyone here have any information to share on these two products? Thanks in advance.

[jdavis12]

hello, 

We are currently comparing them as well. We currently have Ally. It works pretty well. YuJa seems to have more options, deeper analytics and the company has done a lot of updating in the last six months. One feature they said they will be releasing soon is the ability to edit a pdf on the system, in browser, on the fly and replace that file on the system.  They said sometime next year. 

We are leaning heavier on switching.

[JoMontie]

We also are exploring options (currently use Ally). Can anyone tell if Panorama also has the option that Ally does for the alternative format download that student users have in a Canvas course that integrates with Panorama? That is a very important feature. 

[vnieders]

Thanks! That's good to know. We ended up going with Ally and I think we have a 3-year contract.