Re: Visual Verification: Petition Asks Yahoo to Tear Down "No Blind People Allowed" Sign
- From: "Gary Wood" <k8hlx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:59:08 -0500
I definitely see where we need to educate website owners!
----- Original Message -----
From: Darrell Shandrow
To: blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: Visual Verification: Petition Asks Yahoo to Tear Down "No Blind
People Allowed" Sign
Hi Debbie,
Yep, it just continues to be a brick wall, despite increasing numbers of
solutions. Web site operators just simply need to fix it already!
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: Debbie Hazelton
To: blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 5:03 AM
Subject: RE: Visual Verification: Petition Asks Yahoo to Tear Down "No
Blind People Allowed" Sign
Speaking of also, I went to match.com this week. They also have visual
verification, giving a phone number to call them that did not work. I emailed
them, they emailed back with a different number. I called. They were clueless
at first, but went and checked and registered me by phone, very nice, just
ignorant, at first. I talked about the importance of accessibility. Most of
their site is workable, some things are not properly labeled. But blind people
don't have social or romantic lives, right? hehehehehehe
All the best!
Debbie Hazelton:
Helping People Feel Better, one person at a time
Check out my podcast and website:
http://www.debbiehazelton.com
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From: blindcasting-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blindcasting-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Holmes
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 4:05 AM
To: blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Visual Verification: Petition Asks Yahoo to Tear Down "No
Blind People Allowed" Sign
Nah, I fully agree with Darrell on this. When was the last time you got a
call back from Yahoo to override your CAPTCHA lockout? HMMM? Gee, I tried
several times over the past several years and I got absolutely NONE; that's
right, NONE!. Like others have said on this list, visual CAPTCHA by definition
discriminates against the blind and anyone who uses it without alternatives is
biggotted!
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From: Allison Sheridan [mailto:asheridan@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:12 AM
To: Darrell Shandrow
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and primary contributors internal list.; blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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Subject: Re: Visual Verification: Petition Asks Yahoo to Tear Down "No
Blind People Allowed" Sign
Darrell -
I'm extremely offended by your description of Yahoo as being like the
people who denied African Americans access during segregation. I understand
that you don't feel the telephone callback scheme is sufficient, but to suggest
that because it's more difficult is the same as segregation is offensive, AND
inaccurate.
I won't be signing this one because of the approach you're taking. working
WITH people works better than insulting them and accusing them of egregious
insults.
Allison
On Jul 15, 2007, at 10:15 PM, Darrell Shandrow wrote:
We ask all of you to review and sign the Yahoo's Accessibility Improvement
Petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/yabvipma/petition.html asking the
company to make an audio alternative to its CAPTCHA available so that the blind
and visually impaired will be permitted timely access to the same services as
those already granted the sighted. The use of a telephone callback scheme is
totally insufficient as it does not grant the same level of instant access as
the sighted and Yahoo personnel
do not consistently make contact in a timely manner. It is our ongoing
contention that visual only CAPTCHA schemes without at least an accessible audio
alternative represent "No Blind People Allowed" signs in much the same way
as African-Americans were deliberately denied entry to restaurants and other
similar public accomodations in the era of segregation. We ask Yahoo to
simply fix their grievous error by promptly adding an audio CAPTCHA to all its
properties as soon as possible as part of the company's ongoing
accessibility initiatives.
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
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