[nfbwatlk] olive Garden Website

[Mike Freeman]

Problem is that he can't see whom to contact! <g>

Actually, it is possible to make Flash content accessible but few web
designers know that.

I figure that if their site isn't accessible to me, my money isn't
accessible to them. In other words, I ain't a-goin' there! <g>

Mike

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Lauren Merryfield
  To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
  Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:20 AM
  Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] olive Garden Website


  Hi,
  Maybe you could contact their web person to let them know of the problem.
  thanks
  Lauren
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  to add your own special essence and flavor to life. What
  will bring you fulfillment is to create, express and bring
  to life, in your own way, the unique beauty of your spirit."  --Ralph
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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Kevin LaRose" <kevin at kevinlarose.net>
  To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:10 PM
  Subject: [nfbwatlk] olive Garden Website


  > Today I attempted to access www.olivegarden.com in preparation for
taking
  > myself out to lunch there tomorrow. I have used this site before in the
  > past
  > with few problems. They even had a good food menu one could access. No
  > more.
  > When I tried to access it today, JAWS told me there were no links. I
tried
  > three separate times, and all JAWS saw was a blank screen. Somebody with
  > vision took a peek and said there was a picture of food. What I
  > subsequently
  > learned was that the site is now completley flash driven, with no
apparent
  > way to access information by screenreaders. I know there are much bigger
  > fish to fry, and at the end of the day this probably rates as a mere
  > annoyance, seeing where Olive Garden does issue Braille menus in every
  > location I've been to. Still, I can't help but wonder if some sort of
  > advocacy is needed with them to make their site more viewable? Just a
  > thought.
  > Kevin LaRose
  > <kevin at kevinlarose.net>
  > It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three
  > unspeakably
  > precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the
  > prudence
  > never
  > to practice either.
  > Mark Twain
  >
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-------------- next part --------------
Problem is that he can't see whom to contact! <g>
 
Actually, it is possible to make Flash content accessible but few web designers know that.
 
I figure that if their site isn't accessible to me, my money isn't accessible to them. In other words, I ain't a-goin' there! <g>
 
Mike
 
----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:lauren at catliness.com Lauren Merryfield
To:
mailto:nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
Sent:
Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:20 AM
Subject:
Re: [nfbwatlk] olive Garden Website
Hi,
Maybe you could contact their web person to let them know of the problem.
thanks
Lauren
"What you really desire is to matter, to make a difference,
to add your own special essence and flavor to life. What
will bring you fulfillment is to create, express and bring
to life, in your own way, the unique beauty of your spirit."  --Ralph
Marston
"Nature abhors a vacuum, but not as much as cats do." - Lee Entrekin
CATLINES has moved to a blog at:
http://bizcats.blogs.com/catlines/ http://bizcats.blogs.com/catlines/
sign up for CATLINES and more:
http://www.catliness.com http://www.catliness.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin LaRose" < mailto:kevin at kevinlarose.net kevin at kevinlarose.net
>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" < mailto:nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:10 PM
Subject: [nfbwatlk] olive Garden Website
> Today I attempted to access http://www.olivegarden.com www.olivegarden.com
in preparation for taking
> myself out to lunch there tomorrow. I have used this site before in the
> past
> with few problems. They even had a good food menu one could access. No
> more.
> When I tried to access it today, JAWS told me there were no links. I tried
> three separate times, and all JAWS saw was a blank screen. Somebody with
> vision took a peek and said there was a picture of food. What I
> subsequently
> learned was that the site is now completley flash driven, with no apparent
> way to access information by screenreaders. I know there are much bigger
> fish to fry, and at the end of the day this probably rates as a mere
> annoyance, seeing where Olive Garden does issue Braille menus in every
> location I've been to. Still, I can't help but wonder if some sort of
> advocacy is needed with them to make their site more viewable? Just a
> thought.
> Kevin LaRose
> < mailto:kevin at kevinlarose.net kevin at kevinlarose.net
>
> It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three
> unspeakably
> precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the
> prudence
> never
> to practice either.
> Mark Twain
>
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>
>
>
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> Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/411 - Release Date: 8/7/2006
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