[Perform-talk] Whatare we going to do about this issue?
Marion & Martin
swampfox1833 at verizon.net
Wed Oct 28 16:54:48 UTC 2009
Ken,
One thing I can do is to inform CDBaby that my plans to sell my music on
their website are on hold until such time as my blind consumers and I can
independently navigate the site! Consumers are what drive any business, so
we need to get as many people as possible to cooperate by not purchasing
from CDBaby and/or pulling their products from their catalogue.
Fraternally yours,
Marion
----- Original Message -----
From: <Kenlawrence124 at aol.com>
To: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <perform-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:35 PM
Subject: [Perform-talk] Whatare we going to do about this issue?
> 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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