A little more about the Target case.
The federation for the blind says that's untrue. While Internet access for the blind might sound like a difficult proposition, the federation says standard screen-reading devices can read Web pages aloud to users. The problem is that those devices don't work appropriately on Target's site, the group contends."We frequently get to this point (with other organizations)," said the federation's John Pare Jr.
"Virtually all companies say they are willing to make changes to fix that. It's usually inadvertent," said Pare, director of strategic initiatives for the federation. "We contacted Target and they said they would not fix it. As a last resort, we brought them to court."
The federation has not surveyed all of the nation's retailers to see how many have Web sites that are accessible to blind people. But, Pare said, the organization is regularly approached by companies to get their sites certified as usable by the blind.
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