[nfbmi-talk] all in violation

J.J. Meddaugh jj at bestmidi.com
Wed Feb 1 02:52:41 UTC 2012


Yes. But you are often asserting that websites are inaccessible  without 
using the proper tools. You seem to have a vendetta against PDF files for 
some reason. Believe me, I'm no fan of the format, but it is a means to 
present accessible information when used correctly.


Best Regards,
J.J. Meddaugh
From: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] all in violation


> Actually I click on them and then used my adobe accessability check and 
> told me it was an image and "appeared to contain no text"...
>
> I did not check out each and every document but november and october were 
> enough...
>
> Moreover, it happenns all the time on various sites.
>
> Bottom line is that these documents are required to be accessible right 
> out of the box and not just the web sites.
>
> Joe
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matt McCubbin" <mgoalball at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:34 PM
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>
>> Joe,
>> Can you provide some examples? I clicked on several of the links on that 
>> page, and they were accessible with my screen-reading software.
>> One would infer from your post that each and every document on Michigan's 
>> state budget website is inaccessible. However, this simply isn't the 
>> case.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Matt
>> On 1/31/2012 7:59 PM, joe harcz Comcast wrote:
>>> Here's a massive issue facing the blind in Michigan each and every 
>>> document on the State Budget office web site is an image based pdf file 
>>> right here at:
>>>
>>> http://apps.michigan.gov/MiTransparency/Category
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