[Blindtlk] At home job possibilities.

[Jeanette Fortin]

i have spoken with both arise.com and alpine access, i was told by both they 
do not have anything available for the visually impaired,k i am wanting to 
work at home because i live in a part of colorado springs that has no 
accessable public transportation of any kind. i have also spoken with 
several work at home companies and none of them have accessable jobs for the 
visually impaired. it amazes me that this area of employment has not been 
pursued more, at least that the nfb and other organizations have not been 
involved in trying to help this along. i think a lot of us who have 
transportation issues could benefit from these kinds of jobs. jeanette
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peachtree Travel" <info at peachtreetravel.net>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] At home job possibilities.


> Hello and thanks for the NFB contact.  We will look into this further and 
> will report back to the list.  If others out there seeking gainful 
> employment put in applications with the sites I previously mentioned, we 
> can get the ball rolling here.
>
> Maurice
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> ----- Original Message ----- >I know that the N.F.B. has a group of folks 
> working on accessibility. Call the national center, 410-659-9314. I'd ask 
> for Wes Majoris. If he doesn't know, he'll know who does.
>>
>> I must agree with previous posters. Your potential at-home employers just 
>> do not want to make their sites accessible. There are a couple of things 
>> you can try. Think about different screen readers. Are they more 
>> accessible with NVDA or with satogo? Send a note out on the NFB and other 
>> computer science lists. Someone may be using the site already.  See if 
>> anyone on the American Foundation for the Blind's career connect site is 
>> using such sites, and how they're doing it.
>>
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