[nabs-l] Thoughts on the United lawsuit

[Nicole B. Torcolini]

My personal opinion is that it is a matter of education and willingness. The 
airlines need to be made aware and learn about these issues. Then, it 
shouldn't take a law suit just to make it happen.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tina Thomas" <tinadt at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Thoughts on the United lawsuit


> IF speech technology can   be put in to the I-phone to make the touch 
> screen
> accessible to the blind, the same can be done for the kiosk. This 
> situation
> has nothing to do with blindness being a nuisance, because the technology 
> is
> out there to correct the issue.
> Best
> Tina
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Anjelina
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 8:24 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] Thoughts on the United lawsuit
>
> Hi all:
> I've been wondering your thoughts on the lawsuit against United. I hope
> changes can be made toward accessible touch screen devices.
> A friend posed this question and I was wondering your thoughts. If there 
> are
> work-arounds for touch screen devices are we just facing an example of the
> nuisance of blindness?
>
> Anjelina
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> Albert Einstein
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