[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Try To Send An Email To The President

[Marcus Simmons]

FYI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dale, Kareem A." <Kareem_A._Dale at who.eop.gov>
To: <MarcusSimmons at comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 9:51 AM
Subject: RE: Try To Send An Email To The President


Hi Marcus,

Thanks for your email and sorry about the difficulty.  David forwarded your 
email to me, and I handle disability for the President here at the White 
House.

I also am blind and use a screen reader (Window-Eyes).  The place where you 
submit comments does have an audio option  below where it asks you to type 
in the security information. The link is called get an audio challenge. 
Once you click that link, it will verbally speak the words.  Admittedly, 
when I listened to it today, it was difficult to understand and there are 
quite a few words to remember.

However, after you click that link, there then appears 2 options above the 
box which are links entitled Play sound again and Download sound as MP3. 
So, you should try all these links to be able to understand the sounds.

And, again, we are going to look into making this a bit better and easier to 
use.

Thanks again for your email and sorry again for the difficulty.

Kareem Dale
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
Phone: 202.456.4767
kdale at who.eop.gov
From: Marcus Simmons [mailto:MarcusSimmons at comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 10:46 PM
To: Info
Subject: Try To Send An Email To The President



Dear David M. Capozzi, Esq.,

I am a blind citizen and wanted to send an email to the President. I use a 
screen-reader to access the Internet. I went to the site 
(www.whitehouse.gov) and placed the appropriate text in the box. Imagine my 
surprise when I went to send the email, I encountered an image verification 
barricade on the page. Blind people can't send a message to President,

Barack Obama with out sited assistance. What is next?



Sincerely, Marcus Simmons

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Southfield, MI 48076-3069

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