I'll add to this that in Australia St George bank have spent much time and effort along with consultation with the blind to build a fully accessible online banking site on windows and os10. Also, although I haven't yet fully tested their iOS app, everything I've tried has been accessible. Shop round for the right financial institution both for value and honesty but also for accessibility.
Danny. Sent from my phone On 30/09/2012, at 3:53 AM, "Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello John > > I can report that our bank, the Halifax, here in the UK, has a totally > accessible and very well designed website. They use absolutely no > non-standard controls and every aspect of their website, from statements to > logging in, to account management and mobile messaging, is totally accessible. > > Perhaps that is unusual, but that's how it is. Also Gordon uses VoiceOver and > Safari 6 on that site without a problem. It is lacking in some respects, I > agree. For instance, it is difficult if not impossible to configure using > statement grabbing financial software packages. But in every other respect it > is accessible. They also use two levels of validation when you log in; again, > each of which is totally accessible. > > Lynne > > On 29 Sep 2012, at 18:15, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote: > > Unfortunately, online banking sites are not the best examples to use for > accessibility. I don't know of many banks that have really accessible > websites, regardless of your platform and browser. The problems is typically > that the site is designed browser specific or they hired a company to develop > the site who has no idea that blind people can use computers, let alone tie > their own shoes. In the past when I was paid to do web accessibility > testing, they were always an adventure. > > For example, I have the opposite issue. Not that I use Chrome any more > because I don't like a browser that phones home every hour for reasons Google > won't fully disclose, but Chrome misses links and information on the TD Bank > online banking site, while Safari does see the links, as does Firefox. The > problem is that Safari sometimes crashes on the site and Firefox seems to get > stuck at times when loading parts of it. > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
