[NFBCS] ID.me

[Jim Barbour]

One other thing I forgot to mention. The process that Curtis and I went through is specifically for the IRS. Different parts of ID me will have their own process and I have no idea what that process is.

Good luck,

Jim

> On Aug 28, 2026, at 1:06 PM, Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hey everybody,
> 
> I just went through this process today. It was quite painful. I did as Courtis suggested and selected the do it through the video call option. This will eventually result in a video call via Google meet. The other thing that Curtis suggested is also important and easy to miss. Do all of this from your smartphone. The website will allow you to begin from your computer, but you’ll find that it gets messy and annoying and almost impossible to finish if you don’t do it all from your phone.
> 
> I will also say that the picture taking process was pretty difficult. I wound up letting a picture go through that the website said was blurry. That turned out to be OK.
> 
> All I can say is I got it done, used some residual vision to do it, and found the process tedious and rather difficult. There is no one part of the process I can point to and say this cannot be done without vision, but it’s all tedious and requires patience and persistence.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Jim.
> 
>>> On Aug 25, 2026, at 6:27 PM, Bryan via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> Hi,
>>  
>> If you can’t get it done, you can call 844-545-5640 to get an appointment at your local irs office.
>> Bryan
>>  
>>  
>> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via NFBCS
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 8:26 AM
>> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: carcione at access.net
>> Subject: [NFBCS] ID.me
>>  
>> I am trying to get an account on ID.me so I can deal with various government agencies. It requires me to take pictures of the front and back of my non-driver ID using a link they will send to my phone.
>> How can I do that?  Do I need to hunt up a sighted person?  I hate to bother my neighbors for stuff like this.  Is there a way to do this on my own?
>> I have AIRA, but I don’t think they can be on the phone and see what’s on another link on my phone.
>> Help!
>>  
>> This is not what I call accessible, as a government site is required to be.
>> Tracy
>>  
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