[nabs-l] learning ally's bad website

[Mikayla Gephart]

Ashley,
At the convention, I met Mary Alexander. Her son is blind, and she works at Learning Ally. Let me know if you would like me to do this. 

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> On Jan 3, 2016, at 4:38 PM, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I use the traditional pc to search and download books from learning ally; so I cannot speak to the mobile version and use of aps on phones.
> But, I think the website is terrible for screen reader access. A few years back it was redesigned and has become so much more cluttered.
> They have graphics of the books, too. 
> 
> I have significant difficulty searching for books now. It used to be there was an advanced search with a form with well labeled fields. You could search by combos of things like title and autor or title and edition.
> Now, I no longer see that advance option. To add to that, the first search page shows you ten results. I get to those easily by using H for heading and the titles are headings and links.
> But, the pages to see further results are not labeled as links. I finally found them with the arrows, but its not obvious.
> I think I might have to call them and they can search better and faster as they can see the screen.
> 
> Anyone know if they have Norton Anthology of American literature 8th edition for volumes A and B?
> II saw Volume A so far, but gave up searching as its too much to look at. Someone sighted might be able to also scroll through the results and find it quicker as well.
> 
> 
> I’m done venting now.
> Learning ally now cares more about learning disabled than us.
> 
> Ashley
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