Re: Visual Verification: Petition Asks Yahoo to Tear Down "No Blind People Allowed" Sign
- From: "Gary Wood" <k8hlx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:23:54 -0500
I don't know if that's a good choice of words that he may have used, but if we
can't have an accessible audio method of captia, then it seems like segregation
to me. Maybe segregation may be a poor choice of words, but it feels that way
to me. I'm sorry!
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From: Allison Sheridan
To: Darrell Shandrow
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Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:11 AM
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.
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