Have you contacted Ameritrade? Answer: Yes Have you tried multiple screen readers and web browsers? answer: yes to both questions I tried Jaws and window eyes I tried Firefox, chrome, and Internet explorer
"A woman in New York State has filed a class-action lawsuit against TD Ameritrade claiming that the discount brokerage firm’s website and some of its trading software is inaccessible through screen reader vocalization software and other standard tools used by the blind and visually impaired. Citing account-opening drop-down menus that cannot be read, malfunctioning edit fields, non-standard keyboard controls for reading text and inaccessible “fine-print” terms and conditions, the lawsuit claims violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and of New York human rights and civil rights laws. “Although TD Ameritrade touts its ‘easy’ process, by which a user can ‘[o]pen an account in five simple steps,’ the process is anything but ‘simple’ for a blind individual,” the complaint filed in federal court in the Northern District of New York says. “[I]ndeed, it is virtually impossible.” The lawsuit, filed on behalf of blind and visually impaired people “so numerous as to make it impractical” to estimate their number, asserts that “thousands of other large business entities, including several of [TD Ameritrade’s] direct competitors,” have adapted their websites to conform with well-established guidelines for making them accessible to blind people. Kim Hillyer, a spokeswoman for Omaha-based TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., said the company does not as a matter of policy comment on pending litigation. The complaint was filed on behalf of named plaintiff Elizabeth Aldworth, who it said became a TD Ameritrade customer when it bought another broker in 2007 where she held accounts that were previously accessible. Aldworth, who lives in Ulster County, NY, moved her assets in 2008 to Scottrade , which TD Ameritrade bought in September. Alworth remains unable to access TDAmeritrade.com, which she tried to do in preparation for the transfer of her remaining Roth account to the Ameritrade platform early this year, according to the lawsuit. The purported class was filed on behalf of blind and visually impaired people nationally and of a subclass of similar individuals residing in New York. It seeks to require an immediate remedy to the alleged website deterrences, compensatory damages to be determined at trial and attorneys’ fees and other legal costs and related expenses." Lydia K. Reynolds, one of the lawyers who submitted the case and is of counsel at Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz in New York, declined to discuss the allegations in detail because TD Ameritrade has not yet been served with the complaint. It was filed on Monday. Like this article? Let AdvisorHub come to you! SIGN UP SHARE THIS Here is the link for further info: https://advisorhub.com/blind-woman-sues-td-ameritrade-allegedly-inaccessible-website/ Aloha, Manny On 4/12/2018 5:26 PM, Nick Sarames wrote: > Have you contacted Ameritrade? Have you tried multiple screen readers > and web browsers? > > On 4/12/2018 7:59 PM, Manny Gee via Talk wrote: >> Greetings to all, >> >> I second Brenda's well wishes to GW Micro Staff! >> >> It is unfortunate that monopolies keep propping up in different >> industries via mergers and acquisition. >> >> case in point is Window Eyes being bought by Jaws parent company, and >> then stopping any further updates for Window Eyes. >> The other, is Scottrade, which had a website and an Elite program, which >> were both totally blind accessible. Ameritrade bought Scottrade then >> proceeded to throw away both the website and the elite program, and the >> Ameritrade website and trading programs are not accessible to the blind. >> >> In a sane world, How can this be justified? >> Stay well and May The Force be with us all! >> >> Manny >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >> and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/nicksarames%40msn.com. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> . >> _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
