Hi Darrell,Tom is the owner I believe. He is the one that I got a message from when I signed up with myspace, he said to write him with any questions, problems or comments about the site. So I'm going to email him and since I have a myspace account hopefully he'll respond to my inquiry.
Rick ======= Visit my webpage and podcast feed at www.blind-geek-zone.net----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 12:53 PM Subject: Re: jaws and "enter the text as shown in the box"
Hi Rick, Who is Tom? I've never been able to get in touch with a real person over there. I've tried several times over the past year or so to establish contact, but all my goodfaith efforts have been totally ignored.Irrespective of when or how often the CAPTCHA appears, it really ought to be made accessible. Doing anything less really is another case of that dreaded"no blind people allowed" sign that works to lock us out of full participation.----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Harmon" <rharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:30 AM Subject: Re: jaws and "enter the text as shown in the box" Hi,Just did so again today to test whether not the captia would come up or notand it didn't and I had no problems adding to my profile. I was told the captia will only come up if you make a ton of changes to your myspace profile in a very short period of time. have you contacted Tom at myspaceabout accessibility? I plan to do so today or tomorrow to see what responseI get. Rick ======= Visit my webpage and podcast feed at www.blind-geek-zone.net----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Harmon" <rharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:09 AM Subject: Re: jaws and "enter the text as shown in the box"Yes, I did so last night and do everyday since i've been on the last week or so. Rick ======= Visit my webpage and podcast feed at www.blind-geek-zone.net----- Original Message ----- From: "Slade Sellers" <sladesell@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:04 AM Subject: Re: jaws and "enter the text as shown in the box"have you tried changing text in your profile lately?----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Harmon" <rharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:39 PM Subject: Re: jaws and "enter the text as shown in the box"No unfortunately. I had a sighted friend sign me up. Once you get pastthat it's fairly accessible for the most part. Rick ======= Visit my webpage and podcast feed at www.blind-geek-zone.net----- Original Message ----- From: "Terra Syslo" <tlsyslo@xxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 12:27 AM Subject: RE: jaws and "enter the text as shown in the box"Is there a way to sign up for MySpace without sighted help? I got the image verification thing. http://www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/3736 email and MSN: tlsyslo@xxxxxxxxx skype: tlsyslo -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rick Harmon Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:41 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: jaws and "enter the text as shown in the box" That's not entirely true. I make changes to my myspace page everyday and don't encounter the captia. I was told by another my space user that the captia will come up if you make a bunch of changes in a very short amount oftime. So while it may come up, it certainly doesn't come up with everychange of a page. Rick ======= Visit my webpage and podcast feed at www.blind-geek-zone.net----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:25 PM Subject: Re: jaws and "enter the text as shown in the box"Hi Slade, Yes. I have also tried contacting the MySpace folks regarding accessible CAPTCHAs, and they have also chosen to ignore me. Maybe it is time for a blog post on the journal about it. Grrr!----- Original Message ----- From: "Slade Sellers" <sladesell@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:57 PM Subject: Re: jaws and "enter the text as shown in the box" Well, I was using Myspace fairly easy then folks started complaining of spam so now every time you make changes the CAPTCHA appears. I've tried contacting them but nothing. Slade----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis" <bhawkeslewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 5:05 PM Subject: Re: jaws and "enter the text as shown in the box"The term is "image-recognition CAPTCHA". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha for an overview. See http://www.captcha.net/ for research into CAPTCHAs. The whole purpose of a CAPTCHA is to create a problem that only humans can solve in order to defeat automated spamming attacks. If a screen reader could read a CAPTCHA, then so could a hostile program. Many sites provide alternatives to image-recognition CAPTCHAs. Sometimes you might be asked to listen to an audio CAPTCHA or solve a written problem (e.g. enter the answer to 2 + 2). These aren't a complete solution, since audio CAPTCHAs can be hard to hear and those with learning disabilities or language barriers could struggle with problem-solving. Many more sites offer a contact form, email address, or telephone number to use in order to contact an administrator who can give you access. If there isn't one specified as an alternative to the CAPTCHA, look for webmaster contact details or general contact details. If you can't find details and it's an important site, no harm in letting us know what that site is so we can have a look too. -- Benjamin Hawes-Lewis Slade Sellers wrote:hey all,sorry I don't know the term to describe these spam filters, althoughI guess I understand as to why some sites have these boxes. Anyway, is there a jaws command or trick to getting the text read? I've tried jaws cursor and even attempted the websites page information yet nothing works. And many of these websites don't have the audio option in case visuallyimpaired folks can't see the text. Basically, is there a way aroundthese boxes? 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