Google Asked to Make Its Visual Word Verification Accessible
- From: "Michael G." <commodore128@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:42:39 -0600
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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