<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Rob,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All I can hope is these kiosk possess a higher level of integrated accessibility when compared to the self-service/check-in kiosk found within the Department of Veterans Affairs clinics. Last comment from the VA’s §508 Director indicated a less than encouraging for any fixes in the near future. two years later, not much has changed, and that’s even after a Congressional hearing in 2014 about VA’s §508 compliance where my buddy commented on the results of a brief usability test we completed. Here is an action letter I have posted on my website based on experiences with the kiosk from multiple individuals.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://blindnotalone.com/kiosk/" class="">http://blindnotalone.com/kiosk/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div class="">Thank you for your assistance,</div><div class="">Timothy Hornik</div><div class="">Phone: (785) 330-3503<br class="">Email: <a href="mailto:timothy.hornik@gmail.com" class="">timothy.hornik@gmail.com</a><br class="">LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/timothy-hornik-lmsw/41/78b/304" class="">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/timothy-hornik-lmsw/41/78b/304</a><br class=""><br class="">Questions about blindness, visit my website at:</div><div class=""><a href="http://blindnotalone.com" class="">http://BlindNotAlone.com</a></div>
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 20, 2016, at 09:34, Rob Tabor via Home-on-the-range <<a href="mailto:home-on-the-range@nfbnet.org" class="">home-on-the-range@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Greetings NFB coleagues,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">You may recall an announcement from our national president in the January Presidential Release #446 telling us of an accessibility study of the Social Security self service kiosks. We are asked to examine the kiosks to determine if they are accessible enough to enable a blind customer/patron to register one’s presence at the SSA field office without needing sighted assistance.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The accessibility survey I obtained from Valerie Yingling at the NFB national office is attached. As of yet I have no knowledge as to which SSA field offices in Kansas have these self service kiosks, so you are receiving the accessibility survey questionnaire in the blind as it were. That said, it is a good idea to confirm with your nearest SSA field office as to whether these kiosks have been installed. Ms. Yingling’s contact info is listed on the survey should you have any questions.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Best regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Rob Tabor | 1<sup class="">st</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Vice president nFB of Kanssas<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><span id="cid:74915FF1-1C58-46AF-AFB7-0525893694CC@attlocal.net"><SSA kiosk accessibility survey.docx></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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