FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster

[Janina Sajka]

Chris:

Indeed, it was a discussion rather off the Linux topic at the point you 
wrote your note. But, I bet that you've now noticed Linux and 
accessibility became very relevant in the thread. And, it seems it was an 
issue for more folks than just the two of us.
 On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Chris 
Peterson wrote:

> Could you guys take this off the list?
> 
> Chris Peterson
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ann Parsons" <akp at eznet.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:59 PM
> Subject: Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a
> page from Napster
> 
> 
> > Hi Janina,
> >
> > <smile>  OK, but that doesn't answer my questions, Janina.  Here they
> > are again.
> >
> > 1.  Where do you enter your name and so on on the application?  All I
> >     saw was the long agreement form.  That should have come *after*
> >     you added your name and so on.  I never saw any place to add
> >     personal data.
> >
> > 2.  I'm glad about the verification process, and I can certainly
> >     provide that info, no problem, but if the site only works for
> >     MSIE5.5 will the search boxes work?  Will anything work at all?
> >     See, that's what's so misleading.  If the statement "this site is
> >     for MSIE5.5 or later" is gone, then does that mean the site is now
> >     accessible?  I haven't seen anything on the beta lists about work
> >     in Linux or talk of Linux or anything.  I got the impression that
> >     the subject was werboten.   It's nice to know that somebody is
> >     doing something, but I thought the whole idea of the beta list for
> >     the site was to let people *know* what was going on.  I told Peter
> >     that I'd be happy to help and that I was willing to test in Lynx.
> >     When I wrote that I found the site to be inaccessible with Lynx, I
> >     got no response at all, nothing!  Now maybe there was something I
> >     was doing wrong, but if that was the case, then they should have
> >     treated me with the same patience and understanding and courtesy
> >     that the Windows users got, frankly!!
> >
> > Ann P.
> >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org