The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) even released a statement last January praising the device.

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Although the Library denied any violation of the ADA, it entered into a settlement on August 29, 2012 with DOJ and NFB.

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Several other companies have worked with the NFB to make their websites more accessible to people with disabilities, including eBay Inc.

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Ms. Taylor, the director of access technologies at the NFB, which represents an estimated 25 million adults with vision loss, said she can usually figure out which bit of her personal information goes into which box, given her area of expertise.

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