[NABS-L] Fwd: Accessibility Improvements for the Website

[Littlefield, Tyler]

Hello,
First your signature is atrociously long and you'll probably get in
trouble on most mailing lists. I usually don't notice until I have to
skim down.

Second, if someone came to me and said "I haven't used your site much
but I would like to improve your accessibility," it feels like a really
weird marketing pitch. In short, use the site and then point out issues
and things that don't work and potential fixes. Otherwise they have no
clue where to begin and you haven't told them anything that's actually
wrong.

On 3/22/2018 8:36 PM, Armando Vias via NABS-L wrote:
> I sent this email to a conferencing service that I am about to use. I think that this is an example of advocacy.
>
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> Armando L. Vias
> Student
> Founder | Blindness Awareness and More
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> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: a.vias at outlook.com<mailto:a.vias at outlook.com>
> Date: March 21, 2018 at 10:08:19 PM EDT
> To: customercare at totallyfreeconferencecalls.com<mailto:customercare at totallyfreeconferencecalls.com>
> Subject: Accessibility Improvements for the Website
>
> Hey. I am a 17-year-old student, with plans to host conferences in the future. As a blind student, I rely on screen readers such as NVDA, (Non-Visual Desktop Access), JAWS, (Job Access with Speech), VoiceOver, etc. I haven't used the website that much, but I would like to improve the accessibility for other blind students and/or customers. Below, you will find a link to some information about web accessibility.
> https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/navigation-mechanisms-refs.html
> If you need more information, please let me know and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
> Thanks.
> Armando Vias
>
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> Armando L. Vias
> Student
> Founder | Blindness Awareness and More
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