[musictlk] Inaccessible online contact forms and Websites

[David Andrews]

You are right.  The whole thing is flash, and not accessible 
flash.  JAWS read me a little text, but found no buttons, links, 
etc.  All you can do probably is to search for the name via google or 
something else, Arnold Shapiro or whatever it was, and try and find 
an e-mail address, and complain.

Dave

At 10:40 AM 3/26/2011, you wrote:
>I found a website that is totally inaccessible for me.
>http://www.arnoldshapiroproductions.com
>When I go onto that website, there's just a box that says "Flash Movie
>Start" and "Flash Movie End". In reality, there's supposed to be more
>information than that! What do I do?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Joshua Lester
>Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:22 PM
>To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
>Subject: [musictlk] Inaccessible online contact forms and Websites
>
>Hi, it's Joshua Lester. Before the moderator accuses me of going off
>topic, this has something to do with musicians. I'm tired of musicians
>in general putting inaccessible contact forms on their sites. Those
>forms include security codes, that we have to type in, in order for
>the E-mails to send. I'm fine with security, but they should do what
>some sites are already doing. They're putting an audio file there, so
>you can hear those characters, that they want you to type in. Two
>sites of interest, are of blind musicians. Gordon Mote, and Ronnie
>Milsap have inaccessible forms on their sites. Gordon, is a Southern
>Gospel singer/musician, and Ronnie Milsap is a famous Country star.
>They're both blind. They should have thought about that. I have also
>noticed that some sites have music as soon as you go on their site.
>You can't shut it up! It's hard to hear Jaws reading something, when
>their music is blasting at you! I can hit escape, on some sites, and
>that shuts it up. Some sites, however, aren't that easy. What I'm
>calling for is across-the-board accessibility regulations on all
>Websites, be they music, news, or other. I'm tired of this mess! These
>people should be more considerate.
>Blessings, Joshua