[il-talk] Inaccessible software

[Kelly Pierce]

Hello,


What kind of therapist are you training to become? In general,
software accessibility is a tricky issue with access laws. There is
not a blanket rule that includes it or excludes it. A lot depends on
the circumstances. To assess whether or not you even might have a
case, what is the software and who produces it?

Kelly



On 7/17/18, Denise Avant via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I have also alerted Scott Labarre.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IL-Talk <il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Patti Chang via
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> Cc: Patti Chang <pattischang at gmail.com>; HumanSer at nfbnet.org; Yingling,
> Valerie <Vyingling at nfb.org>
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] Inaccessible software
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> This is an issue to speak with Valerie Yingling about. I have copied her
> here. It falls within medical software which is one of our initiatives right
> now.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IL-Talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ayoub Zurikat
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> Subject: [il-talk] Inaccessible software
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> Greetings my NFB family,
> Can you please be so kind as to give this email a moment of your attention.
> I will try to be brief and concise.
> I am a therapist in training, and just a few weeks ago I started my
> practicum. The internship site where I am training uses one specific
> software to take case notes, progress notes, to contact insurance, and to
> save client history. However, the software is not accessible by any screen
> reader. It is very old, I’ve tried apple’s screen reader, Microsoft screen
> reader, JAWS, NVDA, and even one or two less known and kind of obscure
> screen readers. Finally, I contacted the developers, and the main programmer
> told me in no uncertain terms that they are aware of the issue, and that
> making the software accessible is not a priority.
> The software and even the institution that has developed the software is a
> federal funded program. Some of the supervisors at the internship site have
> asked me to check if the developers of the software could be legally
> compelled to make it accessible, given the fact that they use federal funds.
> Could anybody please shed some light on the issue.
> Please note that I do not use braille, I can only use the screen readers.
> Waiting for your feedback.
> Blessings
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