Hi Luis, Got this one. Me thinks thou hast e-mail-list-itis. <smile> Thanks anyway. Lynne Tatum Co-Chair----- Original Message ----- From: "Luis Guerra" <blindsingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "NYI-L" <nyi-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 11:16 AM Subject: [infoshare] Fw: participate in a cell phone accessibility project
Hello,I am an intern with the American Foundation for the Blind, and am working on a project related to cell phone accessibility. I have begun, and would liketo continue, to compile a list of persons with vision loss who have haddifficulty with obtaining and using their past, and/or current, cell phone.Some of the problems I have found are the lack of knowledge from store employees about which phones are the most accessible, and how to obtain them. Some other problems are phones that have buttons that are hard to distinguish by touch, lack of documentation in accessible format, and inability to access on-screen information such as caller ID and phonebook. Another finding was that there are few phones that have off-the-shelf accessibility features, and many that did proved to be only partially accessible. Lastly, the phones that could run accessibility software programs, such as Talks and Mobile Speak, were a small number, and quite expensive.Due to the large amount of dissatisfied people, AFB is considering filing acomplaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about lack of upholding Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act, which requires that cell phone manufacturers and service providers do all that is readily achievable to make each product or service accessible. If you would like to voice your input, I would love to hear your concerns and ideas. Please call me at 1-888-824-2184, or e-mail me at tannis@xxxxxxx Thank you, Tara Annis Tara Annis American Foundation for the Blind 1-888-824-2184 tannis@xxxxxxx www.afb.org -- No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/780 - Release Date: 4/29/2007 6:30 AM