[sacate] Re: lawsuit over screen readers
- From: "Michael Marshall" <michael.marshall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: sacate@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 23:32:41 -0400
Thanks, Wes. Do you have the source for that article? I would like to
share it with some of my coworkers.
On 10/4/07, wes britton <spywise@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Lawsuit seeks to improve Web access for the blind
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> A ruling by a federal judge in San Francisco could mean that businesses
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> the blind, something disability rights advocates say is vital as the
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> U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel granted class-action status Tuesday
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> To comply, Target would have to tag product images on its site with word
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> Many retailers, including Wal-Mart Inc. and Amazon.com, have upgraded
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> of the Blind. Most companies have done so voluntarily, he said, in
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