[NFBCS] ID.me

[Joe Orozco]

Is it worth creating an account through ID.me itself as a way to try to
forego the variants of IRS and so forth? I hadn't tried using it for IRS
but vaguely remember it cropping up for things like LinkedIn.

Joe


On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM Jim Barbour via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> 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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