[Promotion-technology] Fwd: RE: Accessibility of QVC

[David Andrews]

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>Dave, I do not know if this is accurate and correct. I know that 
>Larry Povinelli thinks it is.--Lorraine
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>From: LPovinelli at aol.com [mailto:LPovinelli at aol.com]
>Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:28 PM
>Subject: Accessibility of QVC
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>http://www.accessible-devices.com/ has informed us that the QVC home
>shopping network is beta testing a significantly updated web site. While
>the current site is accessible to blind shoppers, the beta site is
>apparently not so great.
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>http://www.qvc.com/
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>We have just submitted a short note to the QVC webmasters asking that
>they keep in mind the accessibility needs of their blind customers.  A
>response has been explicitly requested, so please stay tuned for any
>updates. In the meantime, all blind and visually impaired QVC shoppers
>are asked to immediately complete this contact form asking QVC to
>continue reasonably accommodating and retaining their blind and visually
>impaired customers by ensuring the ongoing accessibility of the web
>site.
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>http://tinyurl.com/24ds2w
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>One quick note from an accessible evangelist is only the very
>beginning, but it is not even close to sufficient as an ending step.
>If you are blind or visually impaired, and you shop with QVC, please
>fill out the form requesting web site accessibility right now.
>

David Andrews and white cane Harry.