Irrelevant to what, exactly? It's not irrelevant to using the Asda website, since there are multiple signup points not all of which have a CAPTCHA. It's not irrelevant to reporting the issue to RNIB, since anyone examining the issue needs a precise URL for the problem. And it's not irrelevant to checking that there's no aural alternative, since alternatives are not always clearly and accessibly signposted.
Also, as I explained earlier, having an audible alternative does not make a CAPTCHA fully accessible, only more accessible.
-- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis Iain Lackie wrote:
This question is irrelevant as long as an image like this appears without an audible counterpart.Iain----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis" <bhawkeslewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:11 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: graphical images Which link did you use to signup? An image CAPTCHA appears when I click Register Now on the Asda Photo Centre page at: http://www.asda-photo.co.uk/wpp/asda/upload_tour.jsp but seemingly not when I follow the New Customers wizard at: http://www.asda.com/asda_shop/sys/web_sys01_b_initialise.jsp -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis alex.thynne@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:Hi allperhaps this may have bene mentioned in relation to yahoogroups, however, I have found a problem with trying to sign up to the asda.co.uk main website.The excuse the site uses for entering the numbers into the edit box is:Please type the characters you see in the image below into the verification code field. This is for added site security and ensures that your photos aresafe.I don't want to use this part of the service however, I just may want to use the other online stores and receive email news on new products and services. I've decided to take this up with someone from the campaigns team at RNIB to see if they have any advice about this. I am concerned that as this is a UKsite, perhaps I, and the rest of us that use screenreaders and have no wayof seeing the screen at all, are being discriminated against. When I bought my PC, I found I had exactly the same problem with trying to upgrade my AbbyFineReader package because I couldn't see a graphical image. Perhaps we ought to raise merry hell about this problem, especially if it concerns UK companies and organisations. I would be interested in whatanyone else says on this, and how successful or otherwise, you have been in solving this problem. I am happy to name and shame to RNIB if other people want to let me have any details of inaccessible sign ups which I can pass onto RNIB campaigns. I'm really angry about this one. Alex skype name: grytpype2006 windows live messenger name: alex.thynne ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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