[Nfbf-l] On line menus

[Sherri]

I can totally identify and agree. You just never know what will happen from 
site to site. I agree with your frustration.
Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Outman" <woutman at earthlink.net>
To: "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:24 AM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] On line menus


> Let me share some of those experience about menus.
>
>
>
> I looked about a week or so ago at the Oyster Pub site as it's where we 
> are
> having our chapter meetings.  Access was pretty good; I could tell what 
> the
> links were and read the selections.
>
>
>
> Then the other day I looked at the site for Pantheon's Pizza, a local 
> place
> near the O&A center many of us in the blind community in Daytona know and
> enjoy as there service in the restaurant is very good.  I wanted to look 
> at
> the menu in case I wanted something different than what I would usually 
> get.
> The links were not labeled correctly and I had to guess where I was going.
> I eventually guessed where the menu was and the section links were a 
> little
> better, but no menu showed up.  It could have been a picture, and the
> printable PDF was unreadable as well.  The comment form was actually 
> pretty
> good and I noted to the management these accessibility problems and
> mentioned it when I was at dinner.
>
>
>
> Then last night I checked out Crispers where there will be a Meet Up group 
> I
> am part of tonight.  It would usually be at Panera but the group moved it
> due to the race traffic.  The links were well labeled there but again no
> text menu that I could find.  The comment form was a little worse.  I 
> could
> fill in every field just fine but it required a graphical input to submit 
> it
> in addition to activating the submit button.  There wasn't even an
> accessible alternative.  I have not as of yet called the phone number that
> was available.
>
>
>
> So in spite of having a very current system, Jaws 11 and Windows 7, I'm
> finding this inconsistency of access.  It's what often makes me dread 
> trying
> new things on the Internet, for fear of running into brick walls even when
> another blind or visually impaired computer user indicates that some site 
> is
> accessible and usable.
>
>
>
> I thought you might appreciate why I feel a bit frustrated sometimes when 
> I
> can't conquer what I should be able to conquer.
>
>
>
> Wishing to be "William the Conqueror" in a good way.
>
>
>
> Bill outman
>
>
>
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