[Nfbkabs] FW: NFBK - FW: Special AccessWorld(R) Survey on Section 508

[Shannon Caldwell]

FYI 
See information below. 
Shannon Caldwell 
Legislative Liaison Officer NFBof Lexington Chapter 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: NFBK at yahoogroups.com [mailto:NFBK at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Don
Cronk
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:16 PM
To: NFBK at yahoogroups.com
Subject: NFBK - FW: Special AccessWorld(R) Survey on Section 508

Please take time to complete the following survey if any of its questions
are relevant to your work situation.  The office I worked in before my
retirement had a large area of responsibility for our agencies
implementation of section 508.  There is a great deal of room for
improvement in these regulations.  

Section 508 can have the residual effect of improving access for all of us
in the long run.  The government is such a large consumer that many
companies wishing to do business with it may make improvements in the
accessibility of products they provide for all of us. 


Don A. Cronk
Phone 502-671-0796
-----Original Message-----
From: accessworld at afb.net [mailto:accessworld at afb.net] 
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:11 PM
To: AFB Subscriber
Subject: Special AccessWorld(R) Survey on Section 508

Dear AccessWorld Reader:

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act is an important, if not commonly
understood piece of federal legislation. The Section and its regulations are
established to ensure the accessibility of electronic technology and
information purchased by the United States federal government, and to ensure
that information which the public uses, such as web pages, is accessible.
Section 508 mandates that federal agencies provide information to people
with disabilities in a manner that is comparable to that provided to people
without disabilities.

The American Foundation for the Blind is one of the organizations advising
the Access Board, the Federal agency responsible for establishing and
maintaining accessibility standards for Federal purchasing, on improving the
effectiveness of the regulations which implement Section 508. We would like
to have some specific information from you to assist us as we participate in
the work to update the regulations which address technology accessibility.

We ask you to please take some time out of your busy schedule to describe
your on-the-job experiences with regard to technology accessibility.

We will use the information you provide as a starting point, from which to
begin to track the experiences of those individuals who work across the
spectrum of employment situations. We will not publish the results of this
survey. Your name and e-mail address will not be tracked or retained. No
specific survey will be used in any way which would identify the individual
who provided the information.

Place an X before the appropriate choice.

1. Which of the following best describes your work situation?
__Not employed
__Employed in a business or organization other than government __Employed in
a governmental organization or agency, other then the Federal Government
__Employed by the Federal Government or an agency of the Federal Government

2. Which of these best describes the amount of contact you have with
electronic information published or sponsored by the Federal government,
including web sites and documents?
__No contact at all
__Very limited contact
__Periodic contact
__Very frequent contact
__Constant contact

3. Which of the following best describes your level of satisfaction with the
accessibility of electronic information, web sites and documents, from the
Federal Government?
__Very satisfied
__Somewhat satisfied
__Somewhat dissatisfied
__Very dissatisfied
__No opinion, I do not receive or access electronic information.

4. Which of the following best describes the level of accessibility of the
computer programs you use regularly at work?
__Very accessible
__Somewhat accessible
__Somewhat inaccessible
__Very inaccessible
__I do not use a computer regularly at work.

5. Which of the following technologies do you use? Check all that apply.
__Magnification, included with Windows or Macintosh computers, such as
Microsoft Magnifier.
__Speech output systems, included with Windows or Macintosh computers, such
as VoiceOver from Apple.
__Third-party screen magnification programs, ZoomText or MAGic  for example.
__Third-party screen readers, such as JAWS or Window-Eyes.
__I do not need screen magnification to see the computer screen.

6. Which of the following products are accessible on your job or in your
office?
__Telephone or telephone system
__Cell phone
__Mobile e-mail device
__Cash register, point of sale system
__Desktop copier
__Large, multifunctional copy machine

7. Thinking of the products listed in question 6, please comment on
improvements you would like to have made in accessibility.
_______________

8. Have you been prevented from obtaining a specific job, or limited in your
advancement, because of accessibility issues?
__Yes
__No

9. Please add any additional comments.
____________________



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