[Perform-talk] Whatare we going to do about this issue?

[Marion & Martin]

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>
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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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