[Athen] More accessibility frustrations

[Erik Ferguson]

Heard. Agree. Thanks for speaking out. Wish I could fix it all. Its usually
one receptive person at a time though. Perhaps, as we are doing all of this
online work we should begin a discussion on Audio Description in technical
and business climates...

Best Regards,
Erik Ferguson

On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 2:28 PM Deborah Armstrong <armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu>
wrote:


> I’m visually impaired. I’ve been in a ton of trainings this week on remote

> apps for working from home.

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> The audio usually sounds like this “I’m going to click on this. Then I’ll

> open that over here. Click on that. Now we’ll go over there and check this

> box. Now I’m selecting this …”

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> I don’t want to hassle my hard-working colleagues because they are already

> stressed. Griping about lack of access seems so mean-spirited!

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> And I’m pretty good at figuring out stuff on my own but it’s such a big

> waste of my time. And it’s so lonely having to always figure out everything

> all by myself.

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> Why can’t people **SAY*** what they are clicking on!

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> --Debee

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Erik Ferguson
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