[nobe-l] online tutoring

[Albert Rizzi]

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-----Original Message-----
From: nobe-l [mailto:nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle Antoine via nobe-l
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 5:40 PM
To: Kelly Thornbury; National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nobe-l] online tutoring

This is something I hadn't thougth of. I was all excited at the possibility till I read of your experience. There is something drafted up somewhere requiring sites be accessible or at least come into compliance. I would check with Freedom Scientific and GW Micro on this and see if they can help. I often run into problems such as this and express my disappointment but then refer them to the two popular screen reader companies whom I know are up--to-date on website and screen reader compatibility. I encourage you to post on the blindtech list on freelists.org and the blindTalk list at on nfbnet.org

HTH,
Daniellle

On 1/27/15, Kelly Thornbury via nobe-l <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Don't believe the company is violating any laws regarding disabilities.
> Certainly not Sec 508. Company also doesn't seem to offer any 
> professional licenses or certifications so I don't think there is an 
> argument through ADA Titles [I-III] which ever covers government and 
> commercial certs. You could write the president and express your 
> disappointment but I think your legal arguments are baseless.
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 27, 2015, at 16:17, Kelsey Nicolay via nobe-l 
>> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> I signed up to be an online tutor with tutor.com.  The signup process 
>> was pretty accessible until it came time for the mock tutoring 
>> session.  They use their own classroom which is completely unusable 
>> with any screen reader.  I contacted the company about it, but they 
>> pretty much said there's nothing they can do to help me.  This was 
>> coming from the tech support staff.  They do not have a version of 
>> the classroom that is compatible with a screen reader and they did 
>> not seem willing to even explore the idea.  As a result, my application had to be put on hold.
>> That is unfair since I've come this far and now I can't tutor just 
>> because of an inaccessible website.  I'm pretty sure the company is 
>> in violation of 508.  Am I correct? I am considering writing a letter 
>> to the president of the company letting him know that their 
>> organization is violating several disability laws.  Therefore, I am 
>> posting this message because I am hoping you all can help me with the 
>> content of the letter.  I want to make sure my voice is heard, but I 
>> also don't want to get in their face about it and come off as 
>> sounding rude.  Therefore, how would you suggest I word the letter? I 
>> thought I could tutor part-time in addition to another job since I really enjoy it.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Kelsey Nicolay
>>
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