Vermont Business Magazine As a result of a claim filed by Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP attorneys Emily Joselson and Michele Patton, the National Federation of the Blind and Scribd, Inc have agreed to work together to provide access and make content available in Scribd’s subscription reading service and website accessible to the blind by the end of 2017. Available on desktop and mobile devices, Scribd’s service provides users access to e-books, audiobooks and other published content for a flat monthly fee. As part of an agreement between the two organizations, Scribd will revise its website to make most subscription content compatible with screen access software for the blind. Screen access software converts text-based content into Braille or spoken words. Scribd will also facilitate access to other types of documents in its collection when requested by blind users.
The agreement resolves litigation filed last year by the National Federation of the Blind and Heidi Viens, a blind mother from Colchester, Vermont. In addition to Langrock, the plaintiffs were represented by Laurence Paradis, Haben Girma, and Rebecca Rodgers of the firm Disability Rights Advocates; and Daniel F. Goldstein and Gregory P. Care of the Baltimore firm Brown, Goldstein and Levy, LLP.
About Langrock Sperry & Wool:The 27 attorneys of Langrock Sperry & Wool solve legal problems – with knowledge, creativity, and commitment – for individuals and businesses, across a wide range of practice areas. With offices in Burlington and Middlebury, the firm has been promoting the public interest and offering its unique blend of tradition and innovation since 1960.
About the National Federation of the Blind:The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
Source: Langrock. BURLINGTON, November 24, 2015