[real-eyes] Fw: MySpace Ignores and Locks Out the Blind,Puts Up "No Blind People Allowed" Sign
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- Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 05:38:29 -0500
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Subject: MySpace Ignores and Locks Out the Blind,Puts Up "No Blind People
Allowed" Sign
> Blind Access Journal
> Wednesday, May 02, 2007
>
> MySpace Ignores and Locks Out the Blind, Puts Up "No Blind People Allowed"
> Sign
>
> By Darrell Shandrow
>
> There are a number of blind and visually impaired people who have written
> to me privately and to various e-mail discussion groups concerning the
> current accessibility challenges with the popular MySpace blogging and
> social networking web site.
>
> LINK:
> http://www.myspace.com/
>
> The most critical and immediate issue is a CAPTCHA (visual verification)
> appearing as part of the signup process. This CAPTCHA does not feature
> audio or any other method of gaining access if you are not able to see the
> characters you must enter into the edit box in order to register. Many
> blind and visually impaired people, including myself, have contacted
> MySpace over the past year. All such attempts at contact have been
> completely ignored.
>
> It is clear that the staff of MySpace do not see fit to show even an ounce
> of professional courtesy toward blind and visually impaired people by
> responding to media queries and other attempts at contact. We must all put
> MySpace on notice that CAPTCHA (visual verification) without audio or some
> other alternative way for blind people to complete the signup process
> locks out the blind and visually impaired in a manner similar to the "no
> blacks allowed" signs during the era of segregation. While it may be
> clearly understood that this visual only CAPTCHA was initially put in
> place out of ignorance of the accessibility issue, continued disregard of
> our needs despite our goodfaith attempts at contact represents clear and
> deliberate discrimination against us.
>
> It is certainly not too late for the MySpace people to make the conscious
> decision to simply do the right thing in this case. Implement an audio
> playback of the CAPTCHA and supply an e-mail address or other contact
> information where people with disabilities may receive human assistance
> when it does not work as expected, the user happens to be deaf-blind, etc.
> I urge all of you whom have not already done so to contact MySpace to
> register your accessibility concerns and ask the company to do the right
> thing.
>
> LINK:
> http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.contact
>
> posted by Darrell at 8:25 AM
>
>
> http://www.blindaccessjournal.com/2007/05/myspace-ignores-and-locks-out-blind.html
>
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