[nabs-l] textbooks and inaccessible cds

[Chris Nusbaum]

You might want to Google it or something.

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: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:24:43 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] textbooks and inaccessible cds

I'm not sure the citation, and the section of the ADA, but I 
heard it
on the news, in June, of 2011.
Blessings, Joshua

On 1/15/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
 Joshua,
 Can you site the case and section of the ADA?
 I might call DOJ and find out.  That is if I do not get anywhere 
with the
 publisher.

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Joshua Lester
 Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 9:03 PM
 To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] textbooks and inaccessible cds

 Ashley, they have to make them accessible.
 The Department of Justice said so.
 They ruled, two years ago, that the ADA now applies to Websites.
 Blessings, Joshua

 On 1/15/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
 Hi all,

 I do not think publishers have to make their cds and websites 
accessible.
 Sometimes a text comes with a companion cd.
 But it seems right to do so.  Well, I’m trying to take an intro 
to
 computers
 class.

 Know what? The site uses flash and is not accessible! At least 
not on the
 first page.  I might be able to get someone to click on 
something and get
 in
 that way.  The CD is the same way!
 The publisher is Paradigm.  Has anyone else used their books and 
run  into
 this?

 I like to access the cd and/or textbook website because you get 
other
 benefits such as chapter summaries, definition of terms, other 
study
 tools,
 and practice quizzes.  I don’t do this for every class; I do 
have a life.
 But
 some classes, I do take a few practice quizzes and I find it 
helps me
 prepare and study for the real quiz or test.

 I might report this if I can find a point of contact; I’m hoping 
they have

 a
 diversity or accessibility department.  We will see.
 If anyone had success in reporting publisher website or cd-rom 
issues and
 got them fixed, that would be nice to know.  Maybe the publisher 
will send
 me
 stuff directly; we’ll see.
 Ashley
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