I received the following from ACB. The link takes you to an audio news
story that plays for about 3 minutes. It is about the latest version of
Intuit's Quicken Financial software's inaccessibility. It appears that the
software was accessible until the latest version came out. The most
disturbing issue in all of this is Intuit's attitude until the TV news got
involved and they sort of changed their tune. When the newest version, 2014
was no longer accessible, Intuit blamed the screen reader and the keyboard
of the blind computer user.
I know this is off topic, however, we all need to stay on top of these
inaccessibility issues and knowledge is king.
73
Howard #3
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From: "Eric Bridges" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:52 PM
Subject: [announce] ACB in the Media
Last night a story ran on the Washington DC CBS affiliate profiling the
struggles that a blind woman in the Maryland suberbs is having with Intuit's
Quicken software. The2014 release is inaccessible. Channel 9 reached
out to ACB and we were able to provide our perspective on accessibility.
Here is the link to the story.
Eric
http://www.wusa9.com/story/money/consumer/2014/04/14/intuit-quickens-softwar
e-blind-visually-impaired-technology/7703923/
Eric Bridges
American Council of the Blind
Director of External Relations and Policy
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