From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 1cust151.tnt3.honolulu.hi.da.uu.net ([63.25.83.151] helo=toccata.grg.afb.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 174sxh-000135-00 for ; Mon, 06 May 2002 20:36:19 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g470UHx05737 for ; Mon, 6 May 2002 20:30:19 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 14:30:17 -1000 (HST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.grg.afb.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: How to get an accessible telephone In-Reply-To: <002301c1f556$fd447840$25329718@ubr.charterne.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: And what about your phone bills? Got them in a format you can read independently? On Mon, 6 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > My telephone is a clunky old all metal rodery, and the only special feature > it's got is it rings. It is perfictly accessible. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" > To: ; ; > > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 5:37 PM > Subject: How to get an accessible telephone > > > > In the U.S. telephones and telephone services must be accessible. It's the > law. Unfortunately, putting a law in the law > > book isn't enough. Consumers must insist on the benefits the law entitles > them to, and they must complain to the > > appropriate authorities if they don't get the benefits they're entitled > to. > > > > * Do you receive your phone bills in a format you can read? > > * Do you have your telephone's manual in a format you can read? > > * Does your phone speak its settings as you arrow around the menus? > > * Can you adjust your telephone's display to make it more readable? > > > > AFB wants to help you get the accessible telephone and telephone service > the law entitles you to. > > > > Step One: Become informed. Know your rights. To learn more, read our newly > revised brochure on this subject at: > > > > http://www.afb.org/section255.asp > > > > Step Two: If you try and don't succeed, complain to the authorities. We've > designed a complaint form you can use: > > > > http://www.afb.org/255complaint.asp > > > > Step Three: Let us know the results of your complaint. We can't be your > personal advocate, but the > > information we get from many individuals will help us advocate better for > you with industry and the government. > > > > Our brochure explains all of this and provides links to additional > information. Please bookmark this URL and use it to > > get the accessible telephone and telephone service you're entitled to by > law: > > > > http://www.afb.org/section255.asp > > > > Please feel free to distribute this notice and our brochure wherever you > see fit. > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > Please avoid sending me Word or Power-Point attachments. > > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org