[humanser] [humanser documents

[David Andrews]

If the form comes from the Federal Government then it should be 
accessible under section 508 of the rehab act.  Pressure them to 
provide an accessible form.

Dave

At 01:36 PM 4/23/2012, you wrote:
>Hi all, my name is Jonathan.
>I write -respond from time to time but now I'm asking for ideas.
>
>My boss  emailed me a form  to fill out with my clients. I tried to read it,
>but jaws was not reading all the fields. I sent the document to a person who
>works for my state and specializes on computer technology for the blind. He
>teaches the technology and makes things assessable via computer.
>
>After reviewing the document. He  said not only did jaws not read some of
>the fields, some of the fields  jaws didn't read correctly
>
>He offered to take the document and make it into an excel spread sheet which
>I would be able to use.
>
>I emailed my boss, asking if this is something that would be allowed. She
>said no, since it is a governmental document and the company got sited for
>having  an old version, never mind submitting a form that is reconfigured.
>
>My boss and I  discussed having me ask the questions and a coworker take my
>notes and fill in the answers but she said that this would be too time
>consuming.
>
>I hate to burden you all but any ideas would be helpful.
>
>This mental health field is frustrating me do to things not being assessable
>with the biggest issue being the driver's license requirement.
>
>Jonathan Alpert