Blind User Sues Southwest Over Web Site, Cites ADA 1205
scubacuda writes "According to Law.com, Robert Gumson, a blind man who uses a program that converts website content into speech, is suing Southwest Airlines (with the help of Miami Beach, FL-based Access Now) for its website being incompatible with his screen-reader program. The case has been filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act under the untested legal theory that ADA provisions on the accessibility of public accommodations to the disabled apply to Internet Web sites just as they do to brick-and-mortar facilities like movie theaters and department stores. There have been previous lawsuits alleging that the ADA applies to the Internet, but all have settled without a ruling on the merits: 1999 the National Federation of the Blind sued AOL alleging its service was inaccessible to blind users (AOL agreed to make its sites compatible with screen reader technology);
over the past two years, Access Now has sued Barnes & Noble and Claire's Stores for maintaining Web sites that allegedly violated the ADA (both settled)."
i have a question (Score:4, Funny)
Interesting (Score:2, Funny)
He'll win, and before long, every commercial website will have to be made compatable with the ADA.
Re:Legal wrangling (Score:5, Funny)
This is getting ridiculous! (Score:5, Funny)
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Oh wait, nevermind.
Re:Interesting (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Interesting (Score:3, Funny)
That doesn't go far enough (Score:1, Funny)
Australia, along with other socialist paradises like Canada and Europe, are way ahead of us -- just look at the link below!
Daily Telegraph: Blind, disabled 'should be able to fly' [news.com.au]
sounds to me (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Just wondering (Score:2, Funny)
Do Porn Sites Have to Be ADA Compliant too...? (Score:3, Funny)
Porn in braille...is there such a thing?
Ron
Re:I think the answer is easy (Score:5, Funny)
I believe some other companies have experimented with similiar systems, which they've dubbed 'call centres'.
That's not all... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Interesting (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Yet another thing to think about (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Doesn't answer the question (Score:5, Funny)
"VISOR AT 3 OCLOCK."
"SARGE RUNS BEHIND THE WALL."
"VISOR SWITCHES TO RAILGUN."
"YOU SHOULD TURN LEFT AND SHOOT NOW."
"SARGE SHOOTS YOU IN THE NUTS WITH THE SHOTGUN."
"TOO LATE."
I think you can see my point.
Re:Legal wrangling (Score:2, Funny)
No shit.
Re:I have a disability... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I think the answer is easy (Score:3, Funny)