Whilst talking about accessibility, was horrified by the story on In Touch
about the 4 blind holiday-makers who turned up in Venice to pick up their
cruise and P & O refused to let them sail. It was disgusting the way they
were treated.
Alison
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- From: "Clive Lever \(Redacted sender \"clive.lever\" for DMARC\)" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 01:21:17 +0100
It may not literally be over, but chasing around that form is, and I did use
the phrase tongue-in-cheek, parodying the show’s own catchphrase, as I did
with: the ‘Day at the office’ line. There’s also: ‘Come on, make your webpage
accessible if you think you’re clever enough. Today (Friday), I’m off to
Hampshire on a family visit, buthave every intention of contacting the
programme producers next week, because: “We’re staying where we are”. At least
the question of accessibility will ‘come immediately onto the table’.
Smiles,
Clive
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Iain Lackie
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 6:32 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: I have been CAPTCHA'ed, and for me, the chase is over
Why don't you write to ITV or the producers of The Chase about the CAPTCHA
issue? I'm sure they could find a way round this. I'm sure the chase isn't
necessarily over.
Iain
On 28 Jul 2016, at 5:36 pm, Clive Lever (Redacted sender "clive.lever" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >
wrote:
Hi all,
This afternoon, I tried to apply to be a contestant on the ITV series, The
Chase, with Bradley Walsh et al. Sadly, I could not complete the form
independently, as it includes a visual CAPTCHA which needs to be solved, but
has no audio equivalent. Are there CAPTCHA-Buster solutions out there, or is
this a genuine example of ITV not making their online information accessible?
A lesser issue, but still worthy of note was that their “Be On TV” pages
include two identically tagged links, both saying ‘Terms And Conditions. For
example, on the application page for the Chase, one of these leads to the
general set if ITV terms and conditions which apply to all their programmes,
while the other takes you to the Terms And Conditions specific to the programme
itself. It is wise to read the general terms before the specific, as the
specific terms say something like: You will need to comply with ITV’s terms and
conditions, as well as these.
To paraphrase ‘the dark destroyer’, All in all though, it’s just another
frustrating day at the office.
Best,
Clive
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