[nfbmi-talk] complaint ada

[joe harcz Comcast]

complaint ada documents dtmb        Dear Joel,

As with many documents on DTMB's own web sites they are inaccessible to people with disabilities including those of us who are blind. In fact they violate DTMB's own internal policy on the issue.

Here's some cases in point. I've gone to the following DTMB url at:
http://www.michigan.gov/dmb/0,1607,7-150-41524-140296--,00.html

When I click on many of the referenced pdf documents and do a quick check of my Jaws screen reader for accessibility I'm informed that the document has no text. In other words these and many, many important DTMB documents themselves are just as inaccessible to us as if we were given the print document in the first place for our screen reading technology goes blind too.

Moreover, there is no ready way for us to make requests for similar information in a timely manner and this leaves us with a case by case issue for apparently DTMB has not followed its obligations to act affirmatively in these regards (re: Tyler v. Manhattan for affirmative obligations of Title II entities to ensure effective communications systemically and not simply on an ad hoc basis).

Moreover, the timeliness issue is certainly at stake here as is most obvious.

Regardless this stands as a complaint against the DTMB and I would hope that all inaccessible image based pdf documents on all of its web sites are made accessible forthwith.

Sincerely,

Joe Harcz