Re: Google Asked to Make Its Visual Word Verification Accessible
- From: "Mark Arnold" <marnold@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:13:18 -0500
Thanks to all who are trying to change the current verification process. I
hope all will sign the petition.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael G.
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:06 PM
Subject: Google Asked to Make Its Visual Word Verification Accessible
Google Asked to Make Its Visual Word Verification Accessible
Google Asked to Make Its Visual Word Verification Accessible
An online petition is being circulated to all Internet users for the purpose
of collecting signatures showing support for Google to make its word
verification scheme accessible to the blind and visually impaired.
Tempe, AZ (PRWEB) January 17, 2006 -- We at the Blind Access Journal call
upon all Internet users to sign the Google Word Verification Accessibility
Petition found at
http://www.petitiononline.com/captcha
asking Google to provide an accessible alternative to the visual verification
scheme that currently locks the blind and visually impaired out of
participation in all the company's services. Google's implementation of word
verification currently denies us access to such important features as the
ability to create accounts and blogs, change our passwords, and post comments
to most blogs that use the Blogger service. Accessible solutions to visual
verification have already been put in place by such companies as America
Online, Microsoft, PayPal and SpamArrest. We ask Google to follow this lead
with an audio playback
implementation now, followed by the creation of new innovative approaches
that meet the needs of all users, including the deaf-blind population.
After allowing sufficient time to collect a significant number of signatures,
the signed petition will be sent, via certified mail, to Dr. Eric Schmidt,
Google's CEO. Visual verification without accessibility represents a growing,
immediate clear and present danger to the continued ability of the blind and
visually impaired to participate in all the Internet has to offer on terms of
equality with our sighted peers. Let's all sign this petition and do all we can
to urge Google to make the situation right by following the company's own
mission statement to "organize the world's information and make it universally
accessible and useful" by allowing participation for everyone.
Please redistribute this press release to all interested parties, post it on
blogs, discuss it on podcasts and insure its wide distribution to all
independent
and mainstream media outlets. E-mail and telephone queries are welcome from
all interested in this vital effort. We thank you in advance for your support.
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Contact Information
Darrell Shandrow
BLIND ACCESS JOURNAL
http://www.blindaccessjournal.com
480-628-0124
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