[gui-talk] Stedman'swordbooksanddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreenreading software

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Sun Mar 2 19:53:43 CST 2008


You're right: the ADA per se doesn't necessarily apply. One can argue 
that any school that gets Federal funds must be Section 504-compliant 
and one can then argue that accessibility is required under Section 504 
but exactly what is required and what the limits of such a requirement 
are haven't been fully determined in the courts.

Mike

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sherri
  To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
  Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 5:42 PM
  Subject: Re: 
[gui-talk]Stedman'swordbooksanddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreenreading 
software


  But there's nothing at least in my reading of the ADA that points that 
out
  directly--nothing that says that electornic media must be accessible.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow at gmail.com>
  To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 4:55 PM
  Subject: Re:
  [gui-talk]Stedman'swordbooksanddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreenreading 
software


  Hmm.  I think the ATM situation may be slightly different, but I'll 
have to
  think about that.  When I contemplate accessibility advocacy in an 
education
  or employment situation, I think about it from every possible angle 
rather
  than just going down a single path.  The software developer should 
ensure
  their software reasonably accomodates the accessibility needs of all
  customers, including those with disabilities.  The employer or school
  purchasing software should exercise due diligence to ensure the 
proposed
  solution reasonably accomodates accessibility needs.



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "tribble" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
  To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 2:19 PM
  Subject: Re: [gui-talk]
  Stedman'swordbooksanddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreenreading software


  bravo george
  The same for customer access of ATM's -- go after the manufacturers of 
ATM
  machines and maybe the financial institutions that use them, rather 
than the
  retail stores with an inaccessible ATM machine.
  --le

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "George Cassell" <apolloseven at earthlink.net>
  To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 9:29 PM
  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's
  wordbooksanddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreenreading software


  I don't believe it's the company's responsibility to provide 
accessible
  software to it's blind and visually-impaired employees, it's the
  responsibility of the software manufacturers (Microsoft et al) to 
provide
  software that is accessible to everyone -- right out of the box.

  Jaws, Window Eyes and the like shouldn't even have to be in business 
in the
  first place, picking up the pieces and filling in the gaps that the 
software
  companies have left in their wake.  It's Microsoft, Apple's and other
  operating system makers' responsibility to provide software that is
  accessible to all, with operating systems that will provide the same, 
high
  level of accessibility to all software (WP, DB, SS, etc.) that run on 
their
  platforms.

  This nonsense of taking on individual companies all across the 
country, one
  case at a time, is absurd and insane.  It's like going after the 
individual
  cigarette vending machines when trying to stop people from smoking.
  Instead, you go to the top -- to the tobacco companies to file your
  complaints and grievences.  If you're going to kill a snake, cut off 
it's
  head, not it's tail.

  -- George






  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow at gmail.com>
  To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 5:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word
  booksanddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreenreading software


  Hi Sherri,

  The following statement you made concerns me:

  I had to quit a job, because I couldn't get its platform to work
  sufficiently with Jaws.

  Why not insist on reasonable accomodations or put them in a situation 
where
  they had to actively let you go over the issue?  Quitting voluntarily 
hurts
  you as an employed blind person and lets them too easily off the hook,
  unless you're going to be given a severence package that's too good to 
pass
  up or you'll otherwise benefit from the situation.  I feel its time we 
start
  insisting on what's right more often; if we all start insisting on 
better
  accessibility rather than just giving up and sitting at home, 
eventually
  more of the industry will have to stand up and notice us as their 
customers
  start pushing back on them.



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
  To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 4:04 PM
  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word 
booksanddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreen
  reading software


  Go for it Rose! I am still working for a company that uses Microsoft 
Word,
  but is threatening to go to a new platform. I had to quit a job, 
because I
  couldn't get its platform to work sufficiently with Jaws.

  Sherri
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow at gmail.com>
  To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 2:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word books
  anddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreen reading software


  Hey Rose,

  I certainly understand, though I hope you document everything.  You 
never
  know when there will be a change in management and the "new guys" 
might want
  to get rid of you, etc.  If that happens, but you have the access 
issues
  well documented, then you may be able to bite them back pretty hard 
such
  that getting rid of you is more trouble than it is worth for them, 
etc.  As
  I'm sure you know by now, I believe in taking an active, power 
position
  rather than a more submissive one in all these matters...  :-)

  I would like to invite you to write an article for Blind Access 
Journal
  concerning the medical transcription industry and its state of
  (in)accessibility with respect to the blind based on your own 
experiences.
  Of course, you would be fully attributed.  Please write to
  editor at blindaccessjournal.com if you are interested.  I think any 
access
  issues that are potentially negative impacts on one's job ought to get 
some
  serious attention.  I don't know anything about medical transcription, 
but I
  am certainly happy to do anything I can from an advocacy perspective, 
so
  long as the efforts are well advised by those who know about the 
industry in
  question.  :)

  Thanks.





  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Rose Combs" <rosecombs at qwest.net>
  To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:59 AM
  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word books and
  drugbooknotaccessibletoscreen reading software


  Based on the communications I have seen on the various MT lists, there 
are
  four I think all based at yahoogroups.com, several people have called, 
or
  e-mailed and they get back the same response as mentioned previously. 
To my
  knowledge tech support is as far as it has gone and the one person 
they were
  working with has left that position.

  On a more personal note, I own all the accessible products except for 
the
  last drug book.  I work for a local hospital, 10-hour days and 
spending time
  on the phone for any reason is frowned upon during working hours so I 
have
  not been particularly involved in this except to shoot off a couple of
  e-mails which get exactly the same canned response those who spend 
time on
  the phones eventually get.

  I use the internet a lot, specially several sites that do a great job 
with
  the drugs we have to type daily and although I would like to have my
  products updated, in a usable format, can find what I need easily when
  necessary.

  It is an unfortunate truth that although there are several blind 
medical
  transcriptionists out there, in comparison to the rest of the industry 
we
  may make up about 1% and so, access to software, as well as reference
  materials is limited and becoming more so every day.  This is a field 
where
  if one possesses good language skills, ability to type and listen as 
well as
  editing ability should be accessible to blind people but is becoming 
less so
  every year.  Computers were supposed to make it easier and they have 
but
  those creating the platforms for us to use whether it be for doing the
  actual job or the reference materials that are essential to the job 
become
  more and more complicated and dependent on having the sight to use 
them.

  We have a program at the hospital that is usable, but just barely, and 
there
  are aspects I can no longer do, my superiors feel that what I can do I 
do
  very well and are it seems not insisting that the full product become
  accessible.

  I know, I have strayed from the topic a bit but trust me, I have been
  through a lot the past year regarding the adoption of a work platform 
that
  means I am not able to perform all functions of the job.

  Because I am still working and making top dollar, to do what I can, my 
hands
  have been tied insofar as filing anything against the hospital itself. 
It
  just isn't going to happen!




  Rose Combs
  rosecombs at qwest.net
  -----Original Message-----
  From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
On
  Behalf Of Darrell Shandrow
  Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 10:57 AM
  To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word books and drug
  booknotaccessibletoscreen reading software

  Hello Rose,

  In that case, perhaps, the questions may become more pointed, such as,
  please outline the steps that are being taken to "work on" the issue. 
Also,
  it is important that these kinds of issues get escalated higher and 
higher
  in the company's chain of command as they go unresolved.  Speaking 
with a
  technical support rep or even a support supervisor just isn't going to 
go
  anywhere, as those people simply don't have the authority to make the
  necessary decisions.



  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Rose Combs" <rosecombs at qwest.net>
  To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 10:26 AM
  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word books and drug book
  notaccessibletoscreen reading software


  Many of the medical transcriptionists who use the books have been 
trying to
  have a conversation with Stedman's since the 2006 QLD was released in 
this
  "ready bookshelf" format,  What happens is they say they are working 
on it,
  but alas, if they are, there are absolutely no results.  I have not 
been
  involved in the many phone conversations and e-mails but, the 
discussion has
  been on the blind MT lists off and on for the past two years, 
generally
  Stedman's will send an e-mail saying they have both Jaws and Window 
Eyes and
  that they are trying to work with the companies to make the products
  accessible--and personally, I don't believe a word of it.  I have not 
been
  involved personally because I work at a hospital, not at home so I 
don't
  have the time to spend on the phone with them but a few people have 
and the
  result is generally the same, they are working on it whenever anyone 
calls
  or writes.





  Rose Combs
  rosecombs at qwest.net
  -----Original Message-----
  From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
On
  Behalf Of Darrell Shandrow
  Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:08 PM
  To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word books and drug book not
  accessibletoscreen reading software

  Hello Sherri,

  They are quite likely in violation of at least Section 504 of the 
Federal
  Rehabilitation Act, but I think we should start by asking them to do 
the
  right thing before resorting to beating them over the head with
  noncompliance to legislation.  We should determine the following:

  1. What makes it inaccessible now?
  2. How could it be made accessible?
  3. Why should the effort be made?

  Alas, I am not involved with medical transcription, so I don't have 
any clue
  who to contact, but I am certainly willing to assist with any advocacy 
if
  anyone knowledgeable would like to work with the journal.

  Thanks.


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
  To: "Multiple recipients of NFBnet nabop Mailing List" 
<nabop at nfbnet.org>;
  "Multiple recipients of NFBnet GUI-TALK Mailing List" 
<gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:00 PM
  Subject: [gui-talk] Stedman's word books and drug book not accessible
  toscreen reading software


  Hello list,

  I got word from the person who
  teaches the transcription course for blind people out of Daytona that 
the
  Stedman's word books for 2008 are now using bookshelf, which has been 
used
  in the Quick Look Electronic Drug Reference for the last couple of 
years. I
  am extremely concerned about this and feel we should let them know 
that this
  will not work for blind people using screen-reading software and that 
they
  need to provide accessible copies of their books for us. Does anyone 
know
  who I can contact?
  Are they in any sort of violation of the ADA by producing their 
electronic
  books in a format we cannot use? Any help would be appreciated.


  Sherri



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You're right: the ADA per se doesn't necessarily apply. One can argue that any school that gets Federal funds must be Section 504-compliant and one can then argue that accessibility is required under Section 504 but exactly what is required and what the limits of such a requirement are haven't been fully determined in the courts.
 
Mike
 
----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:flmom2006 at gmail.com Sherri
To:
mailto:gui-talk at nfbnet.org NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Sent:
Sunday, March 02, 2008 5:42 PM
Subject:
Re: [gui-talk]Stedman'swordbooksanddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreenreading software
But there's nothing at least in my reading of the ADA that points that out
directly--nothing that says that electornic media must be accessible.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell Shandrow" < mailto:darrell.shandrow at gmail.com darrell.shandrow at gmail.com
>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" < mailto:gui-talk at nfbnet.org gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 4:55 PM
Subject: Re:
[gui-talk]Stedman'swordbooksanddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreenreading software
Hmm.  I think the ATM situation may be slightly different, but I'll have to
think about that.  When I contemplate accessibility advocacy in an education
or employment situation, I think about it from every possible angle rather
than just going down a single path.  The software developer should ensure
their software reasonably accomodates the accessibility needs of all
customers, including those with disabilities.  The employer or school
purchasing software should exercise due diligence to ensure the proposed
solution reasonably accomodates accessibility needs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tribble" < mailto:lauraeaves at yahoo.com lauraeaves at yahoo.com
>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" < mailto:gui-talk at nfbnet.org gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk]
Stedman'swordbooksanddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreenreading software
bravo george
The same for customer access of ATM's -- go after the manufacturers of ATM
machines and maybe the financial institutions that use them, rather than the
retail stores with an inaccessible ATM machine.
--le
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Cassell" < mailto:apolloseven at earthlink.net apolloseven at earthlink.net
>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" < mailto:gui-talk at nfbnet.org gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's
wordbooksanddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreenreading software
I don't believe it's the company's responsibility to provide accessible
software to it's blind and visually-impaired employees, it's the
responsibility of the software manufacturers (Microsoft et al) to provide
software that is accessible to everyone -- right out of the box.
Jaws, Window Eyes and the like shouldn't even have to be in business in the
first place, picking up the pieces and filling in the gaps that the software
companies have left in their wake.  It's Microsoft, Apple's and other
operating system makers' responsibility to provide software that is
accessible to all, with operating systems that will provide the same, high
level of accessibility to all software (WP, DB, SS, etc.) that run on their
platforms.
This nonsense of taking on individual companies all across the country, one
case at a time, is absurd and insane.  It's like going after the individual
cigarette vending machines when trying to stop people from smoking.
Instead, you go to the top -- to the tobacco companies to file your
complaints and grievences.  If you're going to kill a snake, cut off it's
head, not it's tail.
-- George
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell Shandrow" < mailto:darrell.shandrow at gmail.com darrell.shandrow at gmail.com
>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" < mailto:gui-talk at nfbnet.org gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word
booksanddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreenreading software
Hi Sherri,
The following statement you made concerns me:
I had to quit a job, because I couldn't get its platform to work
sufficiently with Jaws.
Why not insist on reasonable accomodations or put them in a situation where
they had to actively let you go over the issue?  Quitting voluntarily hurts
you as an employed blind person and lets them too easily off the hook,
unless you're going to be given a severence package that's too good to pass
up or you'll otherwise benefit from the situation.  I feel its time we start
insisting on what's right more often; if we all start insisting on better
accessibility rather than just giving up and sitting at home, eventually
more of the industry will have to stand up and notice us as their customers
start pushing back on them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherri" < mailto:flmom2006 at gmail.com flmom2006 at gmail.com
>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" < mailto:gui-talk at nfbnet.org gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word booksanddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreen
reading software
Go for it Rose! I am still working for a company that uses Microsoft Word,
but is threatening to go to a new platform. I had to quit a job, because I
couldn't get its platform to work sufficiently with Jaws.
Sherri
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell Shandrow" < mailto:darrell.shandrow at gmail.com darrell.shandrow at gmail.com
>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" < mailto:gui-talk at nfbnet.org gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word books
anddrugbooknotaccessibletoscreen reading software
Hey Rose,
I certainly understand, though I hope you document everything.  You never
know when there will be a change in management and the "new guys" might want
to get rid of you, etc.  If that happens, but you have the access issues
well documented, then you may be able to bite them back pretty hard such
that getting rid of you is more trouble than it is worth for them, etc.  As
I'm sure you know by now, I believe in taking an active, power position
rather than a more submissive one in all these matters...  :-)
I would like to invite you to write an article for Blind Access Journal
concerning the medical transcription industry and its state of
(in)accessibility with respect to the blind based on your own experiences.
Of course, you would be fully attributed.  Please write to
mailto:editor at blindaccessjournal.com editor at blindaccessjournal.com
if you are interested.  I think any access
issues that are potentially negative impacts on one's job ought to get some
serious attention.  I don't know anything about medical transcription, but I
am certainly happy to do anything I can from an advocacy perspective, so
long as the efforts are well advised by those who know about the industry in
question.  :)
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rose Combs" < mailto:rosecombs at qwest.net rosecombs at qwest.net
>
To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" < mailto:gui-talk at nfbnet.org gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word books and
drugbooknotaccessibletoscreen reading software
Based on the communications I have seen on the various MT lists, there are
four I think all based at yahoogroups.com, several people have called, or
e-mailed and they get back the same response as mentioned previously.  To my
knowledge tech support is as far as it has gone and the one person they were
working with has left that position.
On a more personal note, I own all the accessible products except for the
last drug book.  I work for a local hospital, 10-hour days and spending time
on the phone for any reason is frowned upon during working hours so I have
not been particularly involved in this except to shoot off a couple of
e-mails which get exactly the same canned response those who spend time on
the phones eventually get.
I use the internet a lot, specially several sites that do a great job with
the drugs we have to type daily and although I would like to have my
products updated, in a usable format, can find what I need easily when
necessary.
It is an unfortunate truth that although there are several blind medical
transcriptionists out there, in comparison to the rest of the industry we
may make up about 1% and so, access to software, as well as reference
materials is limited and becoming more so every day.  This is a field where
if one possesses good language skills, ability to type and listen as well as
editing ability should be accessible to blind people but is becoming less so
every year.  Computers were supposed to make it easier and they have but
those creating the platforms for us to use whether it be for doing the
actual job or the reference materials that are essential to the job become
more and more complicated and dependent on having the sight to use them.
We have a program at the hospital that is usable, but just barely, and there
are aspects I can no longer do, my superiors feel that what I can do I do
very well and are it seems not insisting that the full product become
accessible.
I know, I have strayed from the topic a bit but trust me, I have been
through a lot the past year regarding the adoption of a work platform that
means I am not able to perform all functions of the job.
Because I am still working and making top dollar, to do what I can, my hands
have been tied insofar as filing anything against the hospital itself.  It
just isn't going to happen!
Rose Combs
mailto:rosecombs at qwest.net rosecombs at qwest.net
-----Original Message-----
From: mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Darrell Shandrow
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 10:57 AM
To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word books and drug
booknotaccessibletoscreen reading software
Hello Rose,
In that case, perhaps, the questions may become more pointed, such as,
please outline the steps that are being taken to "work on" the issue.  Also,
it is important that these kinds of issues get escalated higher and higher
in the company's chain of command as they go unresolved.  Speaking with a
technical support rep or even a support supervisor just isn't going to go
anywhere, as those people simply don't have the authority to make the
necessary decisions.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rose Combs" < mailto:rosecombs at qwest.net rosecombs at qwest.net
>
To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" < mailto:gui-talk at nfbnet.org gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word books and drug book
notaccessibletoscreen reading software
Many of the medical transcriptionists who use the books have been trying to
have a conversation with Stedman's since the 2006 QLD was released in this
"ready bookshelf" format,  What happens is they say they are working on it,
but alas, if they are, there are absolutely no results.  I have not been
involved in the many phone conversations and e-mails but, the discussion has
been on the blind MT lists off and on for the past two years, generally
Stedman's will send an e-mail saying they have both Jaws and Window Eyes and
that they are trying to work with the companies to make the products
accessible--and personally, I don't believe a word of it.  I have not been
involved personally because I work at a hospital, not at home so I don't
have the time to spend on the phone with them but a few people have and the
result is generally the same, they are working on it whenever anyone calls
or writes.
Rose Combs
mailto:rosecombs at qwest.net rosecombs at qwest.net
-----Original Message-----
From: mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Darrell Shandrow
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:08 PM
To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Stedman's word books and drug book not
accessibletoscreen reading software
Hello Sherri,
They are quite likely in violation of at least Section 504 of the Federal
Rehabilitation Act, but I think we should start by asking them to do the
right thing before resorting to beating them over the head with
noncompliance to legislation.  We should determine the following:
1. What makes it inaccessible now?
2. How could it be made accessible?
3. Why should the effort be made?
Alas, I am not involved with medical transcription, so I don't have any clue
who to contact, but I am certainly willing to assist with any advocacy if
anyone knowledgeable would like to work with the journal.
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherri" < mailto:flmom2006 at gmail.com flmom2006 at gmail.com
>
To: "Multiple recipients of NFBnet nabop Mailing List" < mailto:nabop at nfbnet.org nabop at nfbnet.org
>;
"Multiple recipients of NFBnet GUI-TALK Mailing List" < mailto:gui-talk at nfbnet.org gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:00 PM
Subject: [gui-talk] Stedman's word books and drug book not accessible
toscreen reading software
Hello list,
I got word from the person who
teaches the transcription course for blind people out of Daytona that the
Stedman's word books for 2008 are now using bookshelf, which has been used
in the Quick Look Electronic Drug Reference for the last couple of years. I
am extremely concerned about this and feel we should let them know that this
will not work for blind people using screen-reading software and that they
need to provide accessible copies of their books for us. Does anyone know
who I can contact?
Are they in any sort of violation of the ADA by producing their electronic
books in a format we cannot use? Any help would be appreciated.
Sherri
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