[Mi-abs] National Federation of the Blind and Blind Business Owner File Complaint with Small Business Administration

[JUSTIN LOUCHART]

They're not inaccessible, use Webvisum, obviously.


 It's a program under firefox that will allow you to hack captchas
legally; therefore there is no complaint needed, as it isn't any
longer illegal.

On 7/23/09, Michelle Medina <michellem86 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think this is a great thing, glad to see it here!
>
> Slightly off topic, but similar in nature, how come noone has
> complained about Yahoo! insisting that even after you sign up & have
> an account with them, you still either have to call them or have
> someone there to enter a verification code to join new groups? (each
> new group you want to join, you have to enter a new code).
> Secondly, how come noone has complained about captias on the web
> period? They make accessing various websites impossible unless a blind
> person can find a sighted person to help them out. Or, am I wrong &
> has this already been talked about before?
> Michelle
>
> On 7/23/09, Freeh, Jessica <JFreeh at nfb.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>
>>
>>
>> CONTACT:
>>
>> Chris Danielsen
>>
>> Director of Public Relations
>>
>> National Federation of the Blind
>>
>> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
>>
>> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
>>
>> cdanielsen at nfb.org
>>
>>
>>
>> National Federation of the Blind and Blind Business Owner
>> File Complaint with Small Business Administration
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> SBA's Inaccessible Web Site Discriminates Against the Blind
>>
>>
>>
>> Baltimore, Maryland (July 22, 2009): The National Federation of the
>> Blind, the nation's oldest and largest organization of blind people
>> and the leading advocate for equal access by the blind to information
>> technology, and Virgil Stinnett, a blind business owner from
>> Honolulu, Hawaii, filed an administrative complaint today with the
>> Small Business Administration (SBA).  The complaint asserts that the
>> SBA's Web site violates Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act because
>> it is inaccessible to blind people who use text-to-speech screen
>> access technology or Braille displays to access information on the
>> Internet.  Because of the inaccessibility of the SBA Web site, blind
>> people cannot fill out forms on the site or take online courses
>> offered by the SBA.  Mr. Stinnett was unable to apply for
>> certification under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act because of
>> the inaccessibility of the Web site.  Section 8(a) certification
>> would provide Mr. Stinnett's business with access to federal and
>> private procurement markets.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
>> said: "Blind Americans have the same dreams, the same goals, and the
>> same entrepreneurial spirit as all other Americans.  If we are to
>> have equal access to the tools and techniques needed to be effective
>> business owners and to compete on terms of equality with our sighted
>> peers, we must have equal access to the resources offered on the SBA
>> Web site and other government sites.  The National Federation of the
>> Blind demands equality for blind business owners and will tolerate
>> nothing less."
>>
>>
>>
>> Virgil Stinnett, owner of Good News HI, a business providing military
>> dining services, said: "As a blind entrepreneur, access to the SBA
>> Web site is critical in order for me to use its programs and services
>> and expand my business.  The fact that I could not access the Web
>> site has cost me time and resources that I would not have needed to
>> expend if I had been able to use the site like everyone else.  I hope
>> the action we are taking today will prompt the SBA to take immediate
>> steps so that all Americans, blind and sighted, have equal access to
>> the programs, training, and resources that it provides."
>>
>>
>>
>> Complainants are represented by attorneys Daniel F. Goldstein and
>> Allison L. Harper of Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, <?xml:namespace
>> prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />120
>> E. Baltimore Street, Suite 1700, Baltimore, MD 21202, (410) 962-1030,
>> fax: (410) 385-0869, <mailto:dfg at browngold.com>dfg at browngold.com,
>> <mailto:ah at browngold.com>ah at browngold.com,
>> <http://www.browngold.com/>www.browngold.com.
>>
>>
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