[Blindtlk] Fwd: RE: Accessibility of QVC

[Cindy Handel]

There was a gentleman, who worked at QVC, about five years ago, in their Web 
Design department.  His name was something like David Garrozzo.  At that 
time it wasn't possible to order from their site, because it just cycled you 
back to the shopping cart page, without allowing you to check out.  I met 
him at an NFB Christmas party, told him of the problem and he had it 
resolved by the following Tuesday.  He was great and I wrote to the office 
of the President about his assistance.  Later that year, he won a 
substantial award (President's Award) from the company for his work to make 
the site accessible.  If he's still there, and I've lost contact, so don't 
know if he is; he may be able to be of assistance.

Cindy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>; <promotion-technology at nfbnet.org>; 
<nfb-web at nfbnet.org>; <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>; <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 1:14 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] Fwd: RE: Accessibility of QVC



>
>Dave, I do not know if this is accurate and correct. I know that
>Larry Povinelli thinks it is.--Lorraine
>
>
>----------
>From: LPovinelli at aol.com [mailto:LPovinelli at aol.com]
>Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:28 PM
>Subject: Accessibility of QVC
>
>http://www.accessible-devices.com/ has informed us that the QVC home
>shopping network is beta testing a significantly updated web site. While
>the current site is accessible to blind shoppers, the beta site is
>apparently not so great.
>
>http://www.qvc.com/
>
>We have just submitted a short note to the QVC webmasters asking that
>they keep in mind the accessibility needs of their blind customers.  A
>response has been explicitly requested, so please stay tuned for any
>updates. In the meantime, all blind and visually impaired QVC shoppers
>are asked to immediately complete this contact form asking QVC to
>continue reasonably accommodating and retaining their blind and visually
>impaired customers by ensuring the ongoing accessibility of the web
>site.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/24ds2w
>
>One quick note from an accessible evangelist is only the very
>beginning, but it is not even close to sufficient as an ending step.
>If you are blind or visually impaired, and you shop with QVC, please
>fill out the form requesting web site accessibility right now.
>

David Andrews and white cane Harry.


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