[gui-talk] Accessibility of EFTPS Site

[Mike Freeman]

If you don't have a reader whom you can trust, you are in a world of hurt!

And the IRS probably figures that email isn't sufficiently secure. I know
plenty of attorneys who will not handle some things via email for precisely
that reason.

There are ways around this but as long as the "Anonymous" bunch can do its
thing, people are going to be skiddish.

Mike Freeman


-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Gerald Levy
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 9:07 AM
To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [gui-talk] Accessibility of EFTPS Site


A few days ago, I registered with the IRS's Electronic Federal Taxpayer
Payment System (EFTPS.gov) site, which purports to be accessible in
compliance with section 508 and the ADA.  The registration process itself
was straightforward and presented no unusual problems for JAWS.  However, in
order to log on to the site, you need a PIN, which is sent to you via USPS
snailmail within 7 days of completeing the registration procedure.  This
means that unless you have a scanner with text to speech software, you
cannot read the PIN notice without sighted help.  What if you don't happen
to have a trusted friend or family member handy to read it to you?  To me,
this means that the EFTPS site is not completely accessible after all,
contrary to their claim.  When I called EFTPS support and asked why the PIN
could not be sent via email, I was told that they were not set up to do
that.  Typical of the IRS's bumbling bureaucracy . Any thoughts?

Gerald 

 
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