[Nfb-krafters-korner] Accessibility of Joanne's advertisements

[Barb Roland]

Dixie, I just sent them a message also, asking if they have a text format of 
the electronic ads, I'll let you know what I find out.
Barb
'Just living is not enough,' said the butterfly, 'one must have sunshine, 
freedom and a little flower.' ~ Hans Christian Anderson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Accessibility of Joanne's advertisements


> Wow!  Barb, that is a very generous offer.  I was hoping that it was just 
> a
> setting or an option in the email I had not found.  My first line of 
> attack
> will be to contact the publishers of the message and make sure that they 
> are
> using the proper web accessibility coding asking them to make their
> publications 508 compliant.
>
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>
> Dixie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Barb Roland
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 10:21 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Accessibility of Joanne's 
> advertisements
>
> Dixie, I'm not a screen reader user as of yet,  so can not help with the
> navigation issues, however I too receive the email circulation, perhaps I
> could help somehow. Converting the whole ad into a text format may be a
> bigger job than I could handle, maybe having a list of items people are
> looking for I could watch for and post to the list?
> Could I be biting off more than I can chew? Maybe, but as long as I don't
> have to translate the complete ad, I'd be wiling to help the group out in
> this way as a way of giving back to the group.
> Barb
> 'Just living is not enough,' said the butterfly, 'one must have sunshine,
> freedom and a little flower.' ~ Hans Christian Anderson
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 9:06 AM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Accessibility of Joanne's advertisements
>
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>>I signed up to receive Joanne's email circulars.  I am not able to access
>> the information, and I am fairly proficient at using the navigation 
>> tricks
>> built into the screen reader.  Is there anyone who has figured out how to
>> "see" what the circular has in it?  Terry I know that you have forwarded
>> the
>> advertisements to the list, but it usually comes through in a bunch of
>> techno jumble and difficult to read.
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>> Dixie
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