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" <janina@xxxxxxx> To: <uaccess-l at trace.wisc.edu>; <webwatch at yahoogroups.com>; <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> 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 at 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 at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
