To all, 

My husband and I are legally blind. The inaccessibility will come in when
you cannot place a chair directly in front of a television that has been
placed on a wall. Currently, we can move the chairs to the dresser or desk
that the TV is on. If it is on a wall, it is too high and it will not be
able to be moved. 

Valerie


       
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Subject: Re: NewTech Innovations, Accessible?


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Steve,
there is no particular reason why a flat screen Tv should be more or less
accessible than any other idiot box.

so far I havn't seen a remote with a touch screen on it, that would be a
mess.

As for kiosks with touch screens, if you call the group and want to actually
suggest solutions , you should know that quite a bit of prototype
accessibility work with such systems has been done by Greg Vanderheiden and
his group at trace rehab center at the univ of wisconsin
http://www.trace.wisc.edu

but yes, most installed kiosks and such are not accessible. my local grocery
store, Albertsons, has installed a trial checkout system with no clerks.  It
talks but not enough, and requires reading the display to get through the
process.

I wouldn't use it anyhow because I hate all this use of technology to put
people out of work.

tom Fowle



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