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From: "thomas geczy" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 11:34 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Youth-slam] Please sign the Facebook Accessibility
ImprovementPetition.
Respected NFB Youth Slam and the National Federation of the blind,
two years ago I made the FCAP (Facebook Change for Accessibility
Petition). The goal was to let Facebook know of some of the changes
we, as the VI community, wish to see occuring on the site.
It could be said that the FCAP was successful, with the added efforts
of other Visually Impaired Facebook users: Now we have accessibility
rolling- Facebook joined up with the AFB.
But improvements are needed, and not much has changed since the FCAP
went into effect and Facebook made their blog post on the commitment
to accessibility. The "new facebook" is still just as horrible as it
was previously, although it a bit more accessible with headings and
lists.
I've been asked to make a petition for Facebook detailing some of the
challenges we face (no pun intended there). This of course is an honor
as always, and I wish to state that the petition is now a Facebook
group.
If any other petitions have been made with the same goal, please let
me know - I'd love to link that to the group/and have more sign it!
Please sign the Facebook Accessibility Improvement Petition (FAIP,
pronounced faip, or F ay i p, either works). The more signers we get,
the more likely Facebook will notice the petition and create changes.
This petition contains the latest concerns which we find using the
service, and if you feel that I should add or change anything within
the text, please let me know either through this list, by messaging me
on Facebook, or discussing it on the group's board. The petition is
open for both sighted and blind users, as our goal is to be in the
mainstream.
It will be sent to Facebook via e-mail after the first month of
signing. If no response or changes come from the corporation, I will
personally mail the petition to their headquarters with the
hand-signatures of myself and supporting students/professionals. I
plan to do this as a last resort (after attempting to ask them about
accessibility personally has failed).
Visit
http://m.facebook.com/profile.php?re463a7f6&id=231057473110&refid=40
for the group page. This opens the Mobile version of Facebook's site.
If you wish to sign it with the regular facebook, simply due a search
for "accessibility petition" or accessibility improvement petition. :)
With all the best,
Tomi/
The Journalist
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