Well I've done my part and signed it, because I think it's wrong to not have a way whereby we can sign into Yahoo without using audio, like we can with Windows Messenger, or MSN! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 8:42 PM Subject: Re: verification messages on sites
> Ah, hey, cool, I sure know what you mean with respect to covering the > costs > and, well, there's definitely insufficient participation on the part of > blind people too. I think the blind community isn't rising up to its > potential at all with respect to advocacy. > > Please visit http://BlindWebAccess.com and sign the petition asking Yahoo! > to make their CAPTCHA accessible! > Darrell Shandrow - Accessibility Evangelist > Information should be accessible to us without need of translation by > another person. > Blind Access Journal blog and podcast: http://www.blindaccessjournal.com > Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 6:14 PM > Subject: Re: verification messages on sites > > > Well it's a bit to late to get a com domain but I'll see what I can do. > Maybe my podcast can cover this . > > SA&G > > : Hey Sarah! > : > : Great! I've just signed it and posted it to Blind Access Journal. > : Consider getting a good .com domain name and, if at all possible, go > : on over to prweb.com and post a press release. Of course, we both > : need to find ways to do much more to promote our respective CAPTCHA > : petitions, but I feel these two steps are critical starting points. > : > : > : Please visit http://BlindWebAccess.com and sign the petition asking > : Yahoo! to make their CAPTCHA accessible! > : Darrell Shandrow - Accessibility Evangelist > : Information should be accessible to us without need of translation by > : another person. > : Blind Access Journal blog and podcast: > : http://www.blindaccessjournal.com Check out high quality > : telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i ----- Original > : Message ----- > : From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > : Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 9:36 AM > : Subject: Re: verification messages on sites > : > : > : I have a petition going for myspace for the captcha thing. it is > : getting good signatures so far. Look for it on my site at > : www.marrie.org. > : > : SA&G > : > :: Darrell and Mark, > :: > :: The synchronous part of this is that I just ran into the same > :: problem, with My Space that you did (Mark), but, I could not, > :: apparently, find a reasonable way to contact them, in their contact > :: link! I surfed around the website many times, without finding a way > :: to contact them by phone, or by E mail! One would think, that since > :: they are now under the Google umbrella (I think?), that they would > :: have run into inquiries, before now! Any ideas, on how to contact > :: them? > :: > :: Thanks, > :: > :: -Mac- > :: ----- Original Message ----- > :: From: "Darrell Shandrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > :: To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > :: Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 8:26 AM > :: Subject: Re: verification messages on sites > :: > :: > :: Hello Mark, > :: > :: We advocate, advocate and advocate some more! Contact them and ask > :: for an accessible alternative, such as audio CAPTCHA or text based > :: challenge, that reasonably accomodates blind and visually impaired > :: users. Please also sign the Yahoo! petition indicated below. > :: > :: Thanks. > :: > :: Please visit http://BlindWebAccess.com and sign the petition asking > :: Yahoo! to make their CAPTCHA accessible! > :: Darrell Shandrow - Accessibility Evangelist > :: Information should be accessible to us without need of translation by > :: another person. > :: Blind Access Journal blog and podcast: > :: http://www.blindaccessjournal.com Check out high quality > :: telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i ----- Original > :: Message ----- > :: From: "mark bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > :: To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > :: Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 8:19 AM > :: Subject: verification messages on sites > :: > :: > :: I have just tried to register with youtube and myspace and come up > :: against their verification process of retyping letters from a box. > :: If we cannot see these letters what do we do? > :: > :: Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > :: http://www.pc-audio.org > :: > :: To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > :: > :: > :: > :: Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > :: http://www.pc-audio.org > :: > :: To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > :: > :: > :: > :: Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > :: http://www.pc-audio.org > :: > :: To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : > : > : > : Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > : http://www.pc-audio.org > : > : To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : > : > : > : Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > : http://www.pc-audio.org > : > : To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
