Travis Siegel writes: > No joy there. There already is a law that says *every* government > document be publically accessible. Try finding a copy of the patriot > act. I rest my case. Sorry, Counselor. The law I think you're referring to, commonly known as Sec. 508, does not apply to Congress. It only applies to the Executive Branch. PS: INterestingly, that means that NLS isn't covered by Sec. 508. > On Mar 30, 2006, at 8:46 PM, Lorenzo Taylor wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > If making mainstream products accessible to people with > > disibilities could > > actually be done accross the board in a few weeks if a law mandated > > it, then we > > should probably concentrate on writing Congress or whoever else to > > try to get > > them to pass such a law. > > > > Lorenzo > > - -- > > Keep American Idol great! Vote for Mandisa! > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFELInuG9IpekrhBfIRAgRaAJ4z59qHxGKHRnBWd3mUmxbEE3bMXACdEUuT > > UfJXustpPhV96FLJQf6kCrg= > > =2gpL > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org
