[nabs-l] more on Learning Ally

Joshua Lester jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
Sat Jan 7 02:42:22 UTC 2012


I'm E-mailing Customer Service for Learning Ally first.
Blessings, Joshua

On 1/6/12, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just thought of something; does everybody have Dr.  Maurer's
> email address? If not, it is officeofthepresident at nfb.org.  Also,
> John Pare is the executive director of strategic initiatives,
> which is to say he's the guy in charge of all our advocacy and
> governmental affairs work.  His email is jpare at nfb.org.
>
> Also, if this issue isn't resolved by then and we don't get some
> kind of serious commitment/response from Learning Ally, Dr.
> Maurer will be on the Thru Our Eyes Internet radio show on
> January 18th at 8 PM Eastern.  There was an email sent out to all
> NFB-NET list members about this interview, which many of you
> probably saw.  The interview is entitled "Ask the President,"
> which means they'll be encouraging calls by listeners to ask Dr.
> Maurer any questions you may have about the Federation and our
> work or the work ahead.  I'd suggest calling into the show and
> telling him about this on live Internet radio; maybe that'll get
> their attention! * Smile! I am thinking of doing this, but if
> anyone who has more firsthand experience with this new software
> can call in and give firsthand accounts of how this software is
> inaccessible and the effect that inaccessibility has had on you,
> that would be a lot better than me calling in and relaying
> information from the many reports of that program's
> inaccessibility on this list.
>
> Chris
>
> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The
> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
> exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
> nuisance."
> -- Kenneth Jernigan
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 16:48:54 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] more on Learning Ally
>
> Marsha, please E-mail Dr Maurer, if the Customer Services don't
> get back to you.
> We need to stop these corporate companies from making their stuff
> inaccessible!
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 1/4/12, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
>  First of all, I am trying to download a book, and can't for the
> life of me
>  figure this out.  I downloaded there stupid new download
> manager.  The book is
>  in my book shelf, but there is no link that says download.  What
> am I
>  missing? Can anyone help.
>
>
>
>  Secondly, I have been trying to figure out how to download this
> book for an
>  hour now.  I think I would rather get a root canal.  I am pretty
> sure this is
>  not a matter of me not knowing how to DL the stupid book.  It is
> the site is
>  inaccessible.  So I sent a polite but stern email to their
> customer service
>  department.
>
>
>
>  I urge those others who are having problems to email them too.
> This is the
>  ONLY way we are going to get change.
>
>
>
>  Marsha
>
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