[gui-talk] anyone but the blind can win on GSN, What do we do about it?

[Mike Freeman]

I'd be willing to speculate that you have to be over eighteen to play also. Isn't that discriminatory? In other words, I doubt very much that ADA covers this situation as I've never seen games defined as places of public accommodation or commerce though I could, of course, be wrong.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: unknown Kenlawrence124 at aol.com
To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Wednesday, Dec 2, 2009 15:26:08
Subject: [gui-talk] anyone but the blind can win on GSN, What do we do about it?

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>
> Hello, sending this to performing arts and Gui-talk because it's a related  
> issue to CD baby.  I'm a player or at least want to be a player on the Game 
>  show network site.  unfortunately none of the games, including the Bingo  
> blitz drawing, the wonder wheel, and not even the chat room is accessible to 
> the  blind.  This means I can only win on the televised GSN live rap 
> arounds  between shows betthe hours of 3:00 and 6:00 eastern time.  I have an  
> account and want to play those games and maybe today win $13,000 like 
> sighted  people in the bingo blitz drawing.  All of the GSN content including the 
>  chat is Flash.  I can only win the rewards points called Oodles about 50 
> at  a time and to cash in oodles for all of the prizes you need thousands of  
> oodles.  only for the daily or weekly or monthly drawings can I even have  
> half a chance to win.  I don't want to say Don't watch GSN, because that  
> only passes the problem on to someone else.  They wouldn't make the sight  
> accesible if blind weren't watching, and GSN is one of the few really family  
> viewing options left on TV.  So the question is how to make it known that  
> blind people want access now, not tomorrow or next month or next year or years 
>  from now that will show that there are many of us who like our sighted 
> friends  watch and play along with game shows and there is only equality if we 
> have the  same opportunity to win as sighted people.  I've given GSN the 
> federation  Tech center and no movement at this time.  So my friends short of 
> deleting  my account and opting out which is not an option, what should we do 
> that will  make blind winners along with sighted.  any thoughts or ideas 
> how we should  proceed in a way that lets them know we're fans and viewers too 
> would be a big  help.  Thanks, let's achieve opportunity and equality for 
> the blind  together.  
>  
> I pledge to  participate actively in the efforts of the national federation 
> of the blind to  achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind; 
> to support the  policies and programs of the federation; and abide by it's  
> constitution.
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