[nfbwatlk] olive Garden Website

[Judy Jones]

The one thing I can think of is to contact the proper department at 
Corporate to let them know. You can also fill out the inaccessible site form 
on the NFB site.

Judy

----- 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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