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

Thu Jul 23 18:55:14 UTC 2009

Oh, hey, sorry; that wasn't a sarcastic or demenaing "obviously"; I'm
really sorry if I offended you!! No, it was just a quick email sent in
a hurry; thought I had put something inbetween there. The rest of the
sentance, apparently, I forgot to type out.

 Well, XP doesn't matter, anyway, and if you want firefox you could
still download to a windows platform.

 Have fun, sorry if I offended you, just really busy around here,
Justin

On 7/23/09, Michelle Medina <michellem86 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't have Fire Fox, I use XP.
> It's not obvious for everyone, not everyone knows about these things,
> you know what I mean?
> Michelle
>
> On 7/23/09, JUSTIN LOUCHART <jalouchart at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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Justin Louchart
JALOUCHART at GMAIL.COM
Cell: 989.964.9399
"The common eye sees only the outside of things, and judges by that,
but the truly seeing eye pierces through and reads the heart and the soul"

- Mark Twain