Good evening Fred and Ron,  Let me also offer to help in any way that I can.
To be fair, as Fred knows, I personally have never experienced any problems
using qrz.com.  I use window eyes as my screen reader, and other than having
to log in, which I do not consider to be onerous, I have been able to secure
any information on the site that I wanted.  Having said this, I am ready and
willing to assist in any way that I can.  Ron, Fred knows me well, and I
feel fairly certain that if Fred there was a major problem for blind users
to access qrz.com, he would ask me about it.  We have known each other for
perhaps 10 years, and Fred certainly knows that I am blind.  Fred and I are
both members of the Cactus Intertie, and I am pretty sure that I have known
Fred ever since I joined Cactus in about 1995.

I am standing by to assist.

73


Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 7:58 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: QRZ.COM accessibility

Fred,

 

First, I commend you for an excellent website, QRZ.COM. It is, indeed, one
of the most premier sites on the internet for hams.

 

However, there is one segment of hams, actually a rather large segment, that
are experiencing significant challenges when trying to access your site.
Those of us who are blind and use screen reading programs, like JAWS and
WindowEyes, are having problems accessing QRZ.COM. I understand that you
have a Text-based alternative that is more accessible. Unfortunately, not
very many of my blind colleagues are aware of this more accessible
alternative. Toward the objective of resolving this problem, I recommend
that you simply put a link on the top of your landing page, your index page,
something like:

 

For Screen Reader Users, Click Here

 

To make it even easier, it would be good if this entire wording be the link;
so, no matter where the screen reader user clicks on this link, it will take
him/her over to the text alternative of your site. 

 

Fred, my intent is to help you with this issue and offer a possible solution
for my blind ham colleagues. We are ready and willing to assist you any way
we can to resolve this issue. If needed, we are fully prepared to form a
small group or committee of blind hams to work with you and help any way we
can. Just let us know if we can assist you any further with this matter.

 

73,

Ron, K8HSY