You don't want to be the only one on this list who doesn't ever criticize.
Enoch Todd <[log in to unmask]>
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| From: Peter Verhoeven <[log in to unmask]>
| To: [log in to unmask]
| Subject: Re: Toys for the Blind and visual impaired children inaccessable
| Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 10:18 AM
|
| Hi Janina,
|
| I send my message once to four listing easi, vicug-l, webwatch-l and
| lowvis. I send a copy to [log in to unmask] and to [log in to unmask]
| It is possible that members of these listing forward the message to other
| listings.
| Maybe it was better first contact AFB before posting on these lists. If
you
| prefer so let me know?
| It is not my intention to critisize any organization with my message. I
| only want to see that websites need to be accessible if any blind
| organization is involved.
|
| On the other hand my message brought up some good idea.
| A standard message to inform a webmaster or company about the
inaccessible
| of their website seems a good idea to me. Maybe the AFB can make a
purpose
| to several listings for such a message.
| You could also read critical statements about the AFB.
| I don't know if these statements are true. But there seems a lot of
people
| having some problems with AFB. I don't know if AFB can do something about
| it, but it will be gooed to think about it and evaluate. It is best alwas
| listining to the blind themselves, because they know the best what is
good
| for them.
|
| Regards Peter Verhoeven
| Internet : http://www.plex.nl/~pverhoe (The Screen Magnifiers Homepage)
|
|
| At 09:24 5-10-98 -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
| >Peter:
| >
| >I notice you've been posting this same message for several days now to
| >many lists. I have not, had a message from you, nor has anyone else at
| >AFB, as far as I know. I would very much like to know whether you wrote
to
| >anyone at AFB before posting on the lists. For the record, I will
include
| >my response sent out last Friday below. I cannot, however, try to
| >subscribe to every list you've posted to in order to tell you what I
said
| >when I first saw your posting. Here's what I did send last week:
| >
| >
| >Begin Quoted Message
| >>From [log in to unmask] Mon Oct 5 09:18:37 1998
| ><Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 14:38:39 -0400 (EDT)
| ><From: Janina Sajka <[log in to unmask]>
| ><To: [log in to unmask]
| ><Cc: [log in to unmask],
| >< [log in to unmask],
| >< [log in to unmask],
| >< [log in to unmask]
| ><Subject: Re: webwatch-l Toys for the Blind and visual impaired children
| >< inaccessable
| ><
| ><Dear Peter:
| ><
| ><I have forwarded your note to the staff members of AFB who have worked
| ><with the Toy Manufacturers of America. I do not know whether or not
they
| ><are aware that the manufacturers have placed this guide online, and
have
| ><not covered all of the issues that should have been covered. I would
| ><expect, now that this has been pointed out, we will communicate this
| ><problem to TMA.
| ><
| ><You should know that AFB's role with this guide has been the evaluation
| ><of
| ><the toys themselves. I believe this is a relationship of quite a few
| ><years
| ><now. While this page is not on AFB's web site, our name is certainly
| ><there, so I know we'll be concerned that the page meet access
| ><requirments.
| ><
| ><Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
| ><
| >End of Quoted Message
| >
| >
| > Janina Sajka, Director
| > Information Systems Department
| > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
| >
| >[log in to unmask]
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
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