- From: Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 18:16:17 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Nigel Peck <np.lists@sharphosting.uk>
- cc: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
I am not on twitter, I am a paypal customer. Wonder why she has no contact via the place where she makes sure paypal goods and services are usable by people of all abilities? Smiles. Perhaps I can find someone active to ask some pointed questions of her via social media. Thanks, Karen On Wed, 26 Apr 2017, Nigel Peck wrote: > > She has a Twitter account at: > https://twitter.com/cagocon > > And is presenting at FluentConf in June (according to her Tweets) so she > seems very much real. Perhaps try contacting her through Twitter? > > On 25/04/2017 12:52, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> A while back when I first started sharing new access issues with paypal, >> someone suggested I discover the person responsible for accessibility >> there. >> I have a name, a linked-in profile, even a job description. However none >> of the at least 25 Paypal supervisors with whom i have had discussions >> over the past several months, know her, or can reach her if a customer is >> meeting with an accessibility issue. >> My latest? The previously functional from the keyboard button on invoice >> forms labeled pay now, is coded as harmless. Doing nothing when using an >> enter key in elinks. a browser that is more java script friendly then >> others like links or certainly lynx, all of which are distributed in Linux >> packages like Ubuntu. >> I will place her information below. >> >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathy-o-connor-407a56 >> Cathy O'Connor >> Program Manager, Accessibility at PayPal >> >> Program Manager, Accessibility >> PayPal >> November 2014 ~V Present )|PayPal >> >> Keeping PayPal products and services accessible to people of all >> abilities. >> Make sure product managers, designers and developers understand >> why accessibility is important by using simulations and assistive >> technology to gain first-hand experience of how people use >> computers differently in our accessibility showcase. >> Provide consulting, training and tools to make it as easy as >> possible for teams to design, develop and deliver products that >> can be used by as many people as possible. >> >> Given her job description, why is there no way to report the issues she >> is paid to address? Granted the simulations sentence concerns me, reading >> a bit like pretending to experience a disability. I find it difficult to >> understand how someone could secure this job knowing noting of... >> www.w3c.org/wai >> Anyone know if she is a real person? >> Thanks, >> Karen >> >> > >
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