If you use a cellphone, watch television, use office communications equipment,
or enjoy described TV, this invitation is for you!
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You're Invited!
Take AFB's Tech Surveys, and
Tell Policymakers Your Story about How Well Industry is Doing
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For further information, contact:
Mark Richert, Esq.
Director, Public Policy, AFB
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If you use a mobile phone, watch television, use office communications
equipment, enjoy described TV, or in any other way make use of today's most
popular technologies, this invitation is for you!
The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), the
most comprehensive disability and technology policy enacted since the landmark
Americans with Disabilities Act, became law in October 2010. We are asking for
your help in determining how well the communications and video industries are
doing to meet the expectations of the CVAA. The CVAA is intended to
revolutionize the way in which people who are blind or visually impaired can
fully use and enjoy today's most popular technologies, from mobile phones to
tablet computers, from VoIP office telephone equipment to email and electronic
messaging, from digital televisions and cable/satellite set top boxes to
emergency alerts and TV programming accessibility through video description.
To periodically assess how well industry is doing to ensure the accessibility
and usability of communications and video technologies, we have developed an
array of surveys to help us gauge and report on the experiences, both positive
and negative, of consumers with vision loss who are using these technologies
today.
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By taking a few minutes to respond to these surveys, you can help us track
how effectively these technologies meet your needs. In addition, your responses
will help AFB keep policy makers informed about how well the communications and
video programming industries are doing to comply with federal law and to offer
truly accessible and usable products and services.
We may share your specific feedback with Congress, as well as the Federal
Communications Commission (the agency with enforcement responsibilities for
much of the subject matter covered by this survey) so that they can hear
directly, but anonymously, from consumers across the country.
The more complete that your answers are, the more useful these survey results
will be. If you do not have time to respond to all of the surveys right now,
respond to the ones that you have time for now and come back as often as you
would like to offer additional feedback.
While you can take these surveys anonymously, we do invite you to share your
contact information with us, particularly if you would welcome the opportunity
to speak in greater detail about the challenges you may be facing using today's
communications and video technologies.
Thank you for participating in this important work, and please do share this
open invitation widely with your networks.