[Perform-talk] Whatare we going to do about this issue?
Kenlawrence124 at aol.com
Kenlawrence124 at aol.com
Wed Oct 28 16:35:19 UTC 2009
Hello friends Sorry for a cross posting, but I think this is important both
to the access of the net, and to the musicians on the PAD list. I
recently got an email from a electronic/dance group called Girls on film stating
that the new release is available on CD baby. I went to CD baby and found
that blind users can no longer preview what they buy on CD baby. Yeah that
right sound in sight contributers blind can no longer hear samples before
buying. Below is a message along with my original to CD baby alerting them
to this. The cop out here is a cop out and I got the same thing from
Pandora. It seems to me that the lie that it costs to much to make a site
accessible won't cut it. So my friends what are we going to do to help Kevin
Reeves and all the blind people who until now at least depended on the
discover music tag on CD baby? We sure can't discover music if we can't sample
it Huh? Tell me if you think this is an absolute crock of you know what.
Hello Ken,
I'm sorry our update removed the functional use for our blind customers.
Our programmers
are all in house and are looking forward to making it more friendly to the
blind.
Unfortunately, there are a few other programming issues they need to
finish first.
Take care,
Joel
-CD Baby
In Reply To:
Hello, My name is Ken, and I'm blind and am very disappointed that you
have changed
your page. Today I wanted to post a review of a CD by Girls on Film
called Mental
inage and I found that I can see the times of the songs, and a bunch of
check boxes,
and the place to review but according to one of the members the preview
button is
now a flash application. This likely means the blind user can no longer
preview
CDs before buying since Flash can't be read by a screen reader. So for
now the reviews
of Ken Lawrence of national federation of the blind won't be appearing on
the site
unless I hear the music elsewhere. I'm sorry It's not something you've
done on purpose,
but you should consider who is on the net and who is able to access your
site. In
future why not consult with the federation? We have a web certification
program
and we'll give you all you need to make your site accessible for the
blind. Give
them a call at 1-410-659-9314 between 8:30 and 5:00 eastern time and take
the Tech
answer line on the prompt. We'll give you all the help you need for the
blind.
The Crackerjack staff at our tech center have gotten me out of a few
pickles already
Huh?
I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the national federation
of the
blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind; to
support the
policies and programs of the federation; and abide by it's constitution.
I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the national federation
of the blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind;
to support the policies and programs of the federation; and abide by it's
constitution.
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