image copyright James Jeffrey image caption A statue of a man and his guide dog interacting with a little girl outside the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired She adds it is a myth that making a website accessible makes it ugly, there is no correlation - you can still have snazzy images and graphics. Ms Gonzales says that because she is also gluten intolerant, she likes to use Domino's as it offers gluten-free pizzas, and she has managed to use its online site. But selecting toppings is tricky - and sometimes she has had to get her mother to step in. That the courts are also stepping in is part of the problem, Ms Martz explains. "This should be dealt with by government and Congress amending the ADA. " Any discussion of accessibility should look at the whole picture - a blind person can always ring Domino's toll-free number and order that way, she adds. "As a teacher who has to speak all day, sometimes, like everyone else, I don't want to get into another conversation and just want to do it online, " Jeff Molzow, a blind instructor at the Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center which trains blind people to compete in the work force, says about why that toll-free number doesn't always appeal.
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Published 28 September 2019 image copyright James Jeffrey image caption Maysie Gonzales using the internet on her laptop As our everyday world moves increasingly online, the digital landscape presents new challenges for ensuring accessibility for the blind. A recent court challenge against Domino's pizza may be a watershed case guiding the rights of disabled people on the internet, writes James Jeffrey. Each swipe 17-year-old Maysie Gonzales makes on her smart phone is accompanied by what sounds like the famous Stephen Hawking voice barking out orders at a relentless pace. "Sometimes I speed it up to 350 words a minute, it depends what mood I am in, " says Ms Gonzales, who lost her sight when she was two years old through retinal cancer. Screen readers translate on-screen information into speech or Braille. They have broken open the internet for people who are blind or visually impaired, and for those with other disabilities. But the device only works effectively on websites that are compatible.
"Sometimes it can be horrible, it depends on how the website has been set up, " says Ms Gonzales. If a website's digital infrastructure hasn't been correctly labelled, a blind person can be met with a barrage of "button! - button! - button! " or "link 1, 752! - link 1, 752! - link 1, 752! " from that hyperactive mechanical-sounding voice. image copyright James Jeffrey image caption The pink markers on Maysie Gonzales' laptop offer a tactile reference point from which she can better orientate herself Hence the case Guillermo Robles, who is blind, brought against Domino's Pizza after he was unable to use his screen reader to use the company's website and mobile app. A federal court agreed with him, and now Domino's has petitioned the Supreme Court to hear Robles' case, in what could prove a landmark battle over the rights of disabled people on the internet. "This isn't just about ordering the likes of pizza or surfing Amazon, " says Chris Danielson, a representative with the National Federation of the Blind (NFB).
There was also a threefold increase in the percentage of Brazilians that order food via delivery apps, according to the study, from 15% to 44% over the last five months. When it comes to online entertainment, which was already pervasive among richer Brazilians, the percentage of individuals paying for streaming services such as Netflix has gone up from 29% to 41% among the class C and it has gone from 11% to 32% among the classes D and E. Consumption of movies and series online has gone from 50% to 53% among Brazilians on higher incomes. The percentage of Brazilians using music streaming services during the pandemic has gone from 8% to 14%. Among the classes D and E, it has gone from 4% to 8%. Music streaming has gone from 16% to 26% among the classes A and B. Another important driver that has been boosting Internet access among the poor is access to services such as the government's relief scheme. The program is being delivered mostly through digital means, with mobile operators enabling access to the service for free.