[Electronics-talk] [EXTERNAL] Re: getting your drinks at fastfood places

[Baracco, Andrew W]

We could take the same approach as we did with ATMs and go after the
retailers, as opposed to the manufacturers of the equipment. With the
ATMs it was much more productive to go after the banks than it was to
try to go after the manufacturers.

Andy


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Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 12:51 PM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Electronics-talk] getting your drinks at
fastfood places

Hello Brett,

 

I totally agree with you.  I am very annoyed about this.  It is so
thoughtless on the parts of the manufacturers and purchasers of this
equipment.  I am pasting in the official complaint form from the ADA.GOV
web page.  I think everyone who cares about this ought to submit 1 of
these complaints.  Sooner or later, after DOJ gets these from all over
the country they will take action against either the fast-food places or
the manufacturers or both.

 

As you can see, the form is very simple.  There is a text field for a
4000 word statement of the problem.  It can be shorter, of course.  I
think it is best to go to the website to complete the form, but this
copy, below, will show you how simple it really is.

 

Warmest Regards,

 

Fred

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-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Brett Boyer via Electronics-talk
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 6:00 PM
To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
Cc: Brett Boyer
Subject: [Electronics-talk] getting your drinks at fastfood places

 

Hey guys. I don't know how many of you have seen these new touch-screen
drink machines.

 

These are the machines that are completely flat screen, and have pages
and pages of drinks and/or flavors to make your own combinations.

 

They are very cool but I haven not been able to find a way for blind
peple to access them independently. I am pretty pissed that I can't get
up and get my own drink anymore without having a sighted person or an
employee waste time by helping me scroll through pages of flavors just
to get a drink!

 

Anyone have any ideas about this or anything we could do to get these
machines accessible?

 

I hope this isn't off topic

 

bb

 

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