[blindlaw] accessibility and Linkedin

David Andrews dandrews at visi.com
Sun Oct 16 23:12:55 UTC 2011


At one time, Linked-In was very accessible.  Lately it has gone 
downhill some, although I have been able to do what I want so far.  I 
have never found a sign-off link on the page, just close it.  Either 
it isn't visible to a screen reader, or there isn't one.

Dave

At 09:21 AM 10/15/2011, you wrote:
>Hello Craig:
>Regarding LinkedIn - I have been on it for about a year now and have 
>found that I experience the same problems that you outline in your email.
>Yes, in my opinion, this is a professional social networking site 
>that needs more accessibility work.
>Is there a true "techy"  on the list who can give wisdom on LinkedIn 
>with JAWS 12 for those of us who are mere mortals?
>Ross A. Doerr Esq.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Spencer" <craigspencer2.0 at gmail.com>
>To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 9:54 AM
>Subject: [blindlaw] accessibility and Linkedin
>
>
>>Hello everyone,
>>I was wondering if persons have found linkedin accessible with Jaws 12 and
>>internet explorer?
>>With jaws I am unable to find the sign out and settings link.
>>I even tried the touch.linkedin.com page with no better result.
>>Is there any other solution, or is that one of the social networking pages
>>that needs more work with respect to accessibility?
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>Craig Spencer Esq.





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