[real-eyes] Re: Fw: MySpace Ignores and Locks Out the Blind,Puts Up "No Blind People Allowed" Sign

"Reginald George" <sgeorge@xxxxxxxxx> · Thu, 3 May 2007 10:14:09 -0500

Oh Kim,

On this one issue you are so wrong.  Many sites have changed their captia 
systems to accommodate us including Google, EBay, Paypal, Microsoft, Yahoo, 
and others.  And there is no easy manufacturing solution for this problem. 
Without laws like section 508 they would make things so inaccessible that no 
one could access anything.  It must be a combination of the screen reader 
manufacturers adopting new technologies, voluntary cooperation, and 
legislation and even law sewts when necessary to force change.  All these 
remedies have their place in creating an accessible society of universal 
design principals that includes everyone.  I wouldn't take you on directly 
in the list like this but, you put it out here so you made yourself wide 
open for this discussion.

Reg
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kimberly A. Morrow" <morrowka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: May 03, 2007 7:26 AM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: MySpace Ignores and Locks Out the Blind,Puts Up 
"No Blind People Allowed" Sign

It's like this: None of those sites are going to change to accommodate =
us. It's up to those manufacturing products for the blind to figure it =
out.=20

Kim

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Subject: MySpace Ignores and Locks Out the Blind,Puts Up "No Blind =
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Allowed" Sign

> Blind Access Journal
> Wednesday, May 02, 2007
>
> MySpace Ignores and Locks Out the Blind, Puts Up "No Blind People =
Allowed"=20
> Sign
>
> By Darrell Shandrow
>
> There are a number of blind and visually impaired people who have =
written=20
> 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)=20
> 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=20
> characters you must enter into the edit box in order to register. Many =

> blind and visually impaired people, including myself, have contacted=20
> MySpace over the past year. All such attempts at contact have been=20
> completely ignored.
>
> It is clear that the staff of MySpace do not see fit to show even an =
ounce=20
> of professional courtesy toward blind and visually impaired people by=20
> responding to media queries and other attempts at contact. We must all =
put=20
> MySpace on notice that CAPTCHA (visual verification) without audio or =
some=20
> other alternative way for blind people to complete the signup process=20
> locks out the blind and visually impaired in a manner similar to the =
"no=20
> blacks allowed" signs during the era of segregation. While it may be=20
> clearly understood that this visual only CAPTCHA was initially put in=20
> place out of ignorance of the accessibility issue, continued disregard =
of=20
> our needs despite our goodfaith attempts at contact represents clear =
and=20
> deliberate discrimination against us.
>
> It is certainly not too late for the MySpace people to make the =
conscious=20
> 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=20
> information where people with disabilities may receive human =
assistance=20
> when it does not work as expected, the user happens to be deaf-blind, =
etc.=20
> I urge all of you whom have not already done so to contact MySpace to=20
> register your accessibility concerns and ask the company to do the =
right=20
> thing.
>
> LINK:
> http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=3Dmisc.contact
>
> posted by Darrell at 8:25 AM
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