[real-eyes] Re: NFB Victory: Class Certified in TargetClass-ActionLawsuit
- From: "Reginald George" <sgeorge@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 13:11:38 -0500
JAWS actually supports AOL now. It works pretty well though a lot of
tabbing is required.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Beach" <rbeach@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: October 04, 2007 11:30 AM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: NFB Victory: Class Certified in
TargetClass-ActionLawsuit
At the risk of starting a war here, how many blind folks are now effectivel=
y using AOL? Is it really any more accessible than it was back when?
Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66112
Phone: (913) 288-7671
Fax: (913) 288-7678
E-mail: rbeach@xxxxxxxxx
>>> "William Stephan" <wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 10/4/2007 10:31 AM >>>
I think the NFB is whistlin Dixie here. I looked at the site and it's no =
different and mo less accessible than any other I use. Now, if they want =
to get the damn visual captias fixed on the credit bureau sites, I could =
support that.
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Bill Stephan
Kansas City, MO
(816)803-2469
William Stephan
-----Original Message-----
.From: "Jim Fettgather"<jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
.Sent: 10/3/07 10:11:47 PM
.To: "real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
.Subject: [real-eyes] NFB Victory: Class Certified in Target Class-ActionL=
awsuit
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.>
.>Lawsuit seeks to improve website access by the blind
.>A judge's ruling in a suit against Target could mean that businesses =
and=20
.>government
.>agencies would have to make their sites compatible with screen-reading=20=
.>software.
.>By Molly Selvin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
.>1:52 PM PDT, October 3, 2007
.>A ruling by a judge in San Francisco could mean that businesses and=20
.>government agencies
.>would have to make their websites accessible to the blind, something=20
.>disability rights
.>advocates say is vital as the routine transactions of everyday life =
take=20
.>place more
.>and more on the Internet.
.>U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel granted class-action status =
Tuesday=20
.>to a lawsuit
.>alleging that Target Corp. is in violation of California and federal =
laws=20
.>because
.>its website doesn't work with screen-reading software, essentially =
making=20
.>the site
.>unusable for blind people.
.>To comply, Target would have to tag product images on its site with =
word=20
.>descriptions,
.>allowing the software to "read" those images aloud.
.>FOR THE RECORD:
.>An earlier version of this article identified John Pare as an executive =
of=20
.>the National
.>Foundation of the Blind. The organization is the National Federation of =
the=20
.>Blind.
.>Many retailers, including Wal-Mart Inc. and Amazon.com, have upgraded =
their=20
.>websites
.>or are in the process of doing so, said John Pare, executive director =
for=20
.>strategic
.>initiatives for the National Federation of the Blind. Most companies =
have=20
.>done so
.>voluntarily, he said, in response to concerns raised by the 50,000-member=
=20
.>foundation.
.>The lawsuit contends that some 10,000 people in California alone use=20
.>reading software
.>to access the Internet.
.>Target, in a statement, said its online business had made "significant=20=
.>enhancements
.>to improve the experience of our guests who use assistive technologies."=
=20
.>The company,
.>based in Minneapolis, said it would request an immediate review of =
the=20
.>judge's ruling.
.>The ability to access websites is particularly important to the =
visually=20
.>impaired,
.>whose mobility is limited because they can't drive, said Eve Hill,=20
.>executive director
.>of the Disability Rights Legal Center at Loyola Law School in Los =
Angeles.
.>Judges have applied California's disability accommodations law more =
broadly=20
.>than
.>the federal Americans With Disabilities Act, Hill said; the federal =
law=20
.>focuses on
.>access to physical locations such as stores or banks.
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