[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Blind charities praise Google for finding accessible sites
- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:09:29 -0700
The problem you refer to is an easy one to fix, too. They could follow
Paypal's lead and put up a little audio file that you can listen to as many
times as you need to that recites the text you are required to enter. Not
rocket science. A couple of other sites I have had to register by putting text
into a field that JAWS didn't speak; I had to email the site for help. They
were happy to assist, but it shouldn't be necessary to do that in order to
register with someone.
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From: Gerald Hovas
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Jim.F@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:17 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Blind charities praise Google for finding
accessible sites
Jim mentioned at the user group meeting held in Dallas at NFB that he had
recently spoken with one of the founders of Google and discussed accessibility
issues with him. Jim specifically mentioned talking to him about Google's
recent trend for using graphics that include text which has to be read and
entered into a form for registration purposes. Jim said that the original
features of Google did not require this for registration but that the new
features do, or did at the time he talked to him, so while Google may be doing
something which received praise for accessibility, their own site may still not
be as accessible as it should be.
Maybe Jim will comment on this for us if he has more recent news.
Gerald
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carrie Karnos
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 3:47 PM
To: Bookshare Vol Group
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT Blind charities praise Google for finding
accessible sites
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/23/google_search_engine_for_the_blind/
Is the article right? Is Google helping blind people?
Just curious, Carrie
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