[nfbcs] Blind Guy gets New Job

[I. C. Bray]

Greetings,
Can anyone name the big 6?
Can anyone provide me with the federal regulatory information
regarding accessiblity for this industry?

Ian  C. Bray
NFB-GL
Louisville, KY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Blind Guy gets New Job


> The blind guy has another three years to produce, since comcast is one
> of the big six cable providers required to get their cable services
> accessible.  In a few years, the cable box will probably be able to talk
> and you'll be able to use all those on screen menus and have them talk
> too and order stuff with the remote control and get verbal confirmation
> of your orders for on demand video and the like.  Actually though for
> people who have internet packages with cable providers, it ought to be
> possible to put the web pages up so subscribers once logged in could
> order on demand programming using their browsers on whatever device
> those browsers live.  Even small cable providers like metrocast could do
> that if they were interested and then work out whatever bugs might exist
> in the cable boxes and tv interfaces to them at a little later date.
>
> The deadline for all of this to hit the street is 2016, and if that
> doesn't happen, Federal Government barber shop will be well and truely
> open for a shave and haircut on those cable providers they don't want to
> have happen.
>
> On Sat, 6 Jul 2013, Nicole Torcolini wrote:
>
>> I just found this from about a year ago. Wonder if it is still true, and, 
>> if
>> it is, then why is there payment website partially inaccessible? I see 
>> these
>> articles/announcements so often about we hired so-and-so or we are doing
>> x-y-and-z to help with accessibility, but nothing really happens after 
>> that.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of David Andrews
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 1:32 AM
>> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nfbcs] Blind Guy gets New Job
>>
>>
>>
>> Thomas J. Wlodkowski Joins Comcast Cable as Vice President of 
>> Accessibility
>>
>> PHILADELPHIA, PA  -  July 16, 2012
>>
>> Comcast Cable, one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment,
>> information and communications products and services, announced today 
>> that
>> Thomas J. Wlodkowski has joined the company as Vice President of
>> Accessibility. In this newly created role, Mr. Wlodkowski will develop a
>> strategic plan focused on the usability of Comcast's products and 
>> services
>> by people with disabilities and pursue opportunities  to further enrich 
>> the
>> customer experience for the disability community. He reports to Charlie
>> Herrin, Senior Vice President, Product Design and Development, Comcast
>> Cable.
>>
>> "Comcast is developing new and innovative communication technologies at a
>> rate that is faster than ever before. It is extremely important that our
>> products and services are easily available and functional for everyone to 
>> be
>> able to use these technologies that have become essential for 
>> communication,
>> education and entertainment," said Mr. Herrin. "We are thrilled to have 
>> Tom
>> join our team as he brings a wealth of knowledge that will help us to 
>> better
>> serve our customers with disabilities through our new and current 
>> products."
>>
>> Mr. Wlodkowski joins Comcast from AOL, Inc. where he led accessibility 
>> for
>> the past decade. Among his many accomplishments there, he oversaw the 
>> launch
>> of AIM Relay, which allows people who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech
>> disabled to place phone calls to their friends and family through
>> telecommunication relay services.
>>
>> Mr. Wlodkowski holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College. He
>> currently sits on the Board of Trustees for the American Foundation for 
>> the
>> Blind and is a member of the Loudoun County Disability Services Board. He
>> previously served on the FCC Consumer Advisory Committee and the Board of
>> Trustees for the National Braille Press.
>> Mr. Wlodkowski will be relocating to the Philadelphia area with his wife 
>> and
>> son.
>>
>> About Comcast Cable
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>> of
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>> through
>> NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, 
>> high-speed
>> Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers. 
>> Comcast
>> is the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which owns and 
>> operates
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>> operations,
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> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> jude <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
> About to block another web browser version?  Ask yourself what Tim
> Berners-lee would do.
>
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