[nabs-l] confused - regarding - NFB Google Apps complaint

[David Andrews]

People are doing a lot of uninformed speculation here.  Freedom 
Scientific has no legal obligation to make inaccessible applications 
accessible.  It may make good business sense, but the don't have 
to.  And ...  depending on the technologies used, they may not be 
able to make GoogleApps accessible with what is there now.

And, the NFB doesn't sue Google because there are no direct 
grounds.  Google, like FS, has no legal obligation to make its 
applications accessible.  It might make sense, but there is no law 
that says they have too.

On the other hand colleges and universities are obligated to provide 
accessible services and programs, and if they don't, they can be 
sued.  Thus Google can be pressured to do the right thing, by its 
customers, universities, who can be sued.
Dave


At 04:13 PM 3/16/2011, you wrote:
>Precisely my thoughts.
>
>Where's the NFB suing Freedom Scientific?
>
>Or Google?
>
>Gosh knows Google could do way more then any school to fix that problem.
>
>Just my thoughts.
>
>Jorge
>
>
>
>On Mar 16, 2011, at 4:31 PM, Nimer Jaber wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Google Aps are accessible with screen readers that have innovated and
> > are able to use google apps such as NVDA for example. JFW works, but
> > very limitedly. What happened to the screen reader companies doing
> > their jobs and making things accessible instead of the NFB getting
> > sue-happy *gain* and complaining because screen reader companies are
> > falling behind? I don't think that Google has _ever refused to work on
> > accessibility for anyone. Just saying ...
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > On 16/03/2011, Jorge Paez <jorgeapaez at mac.com> wrote:
> >> Hello fellow NABS members.
> >>
> >> I'm sure most of you have heard about the complaint National 
> filed regarding
> >> universities using Google Apps.
> >>
> >>> From what I understand, GMail is completely accessible but the 
> rest isn't.
> >> (I've never used anything more then Gmail in the apps as of yet),
> >>
> >> but so far, I haven't seen many people use this.
> >>
> >> Are we complaining because the University is mandating that everything be
> >> done threw Google Apps (part of which is unaccessible) or are we 
> complaining
> >> for simply using inaccessible web applications that could potentially pose
> >> problems?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Jorge
> >>
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> > --
> > Nimer M. Jaber
> >