[NABS-L] [Ohio-Talk] Information Needed

[Aaron]

Hello Asia,

It seems like the people at your school might be referring to the American
Foundation for the Blind (AFB). They provide a lot of useful resources.
Previously based in NY, they are now located in Arlington, Virginia.

Regarding your interest in MyFitnessPal, I recall reading something about
it in their publication called Access Journal some time ago. Another
organization you might want to check out is the American Council of the
Blind (ACB). They are known for advocating for exercise-related topics and
could have valuable information about MyFitnessPal as well.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you need any more information. Take care!



On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 7:59 AM Asia Quinones-Evans via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> I have already finished this course for my summer class but I was wanting
> some information about something that has come up from my college. I needed
> to track some food for my summer class and an alternative that I brought up
> was My fitness Pal. I knew the paid subscription would allow me to get the
> information that was required for the course. In my experience in the past
> with the app was that it had lots of accessibility bugs so I did not think
> that the paid subscription would make a difference with accessibility. My
> college did some research and found out that the paid subscription was more
> accessible. This was found out by them noticing that the American
> Federation of the Blind reviewed it and said it was accessible. I am
> looking for information of anyone who may use the My Fitness Pal paid
> subscription and if they notice that it is accessible. I am also looking to
> get information about the AFB because I have never heard of them. This is
> not the first time my college has brought them up. So I was wondering if
> anyone knows anything about them and how good of an organization they are.
> Thanks.
>
> I have spoken to the Dean of the accessibility department today and she
> has told me that they may have signed a contract with a visually describing
> service but she can not remember the name of it. I highly suggested Aira
> for my college to get. This would make it so much easier for me to get
> sighted help with out having to go through accessibility to make an
> appointment so they can find someone to be my describer. I will see how the
> dean considers it. This dean has only been at my college for about a year
> so she is pretty new to my campus and how it needs lots of improvements in
> accessibility.
> --
> Yours truely,
>
> Asia Quinones-Evans
>
> Phone: 440-670-6509
> Email: aevans.nfb at gmail.com
>
>
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