[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Blind charities praise Google for finding accessible sites
- From: "Julie Morales" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:32:48 -0400
You know, though, with PayPal, or at least when I registered, the audio file
they had up there didn't read all of the characters. I think it read the
first two, then there was a gap, then it read the last one. I had to figure
out the others in the middle. Fortunately, I have enough vision that, with a
little trial and error, I figured it out, but that was frustrating. The
first time I tried to register, I just gave it up, but a few days later, I
tried again. The audio was the same, but I figured it out. Take care.
Julie Morales
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 7:09 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Blind charities praise Google for finding
accessible sites
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.
----- Original Message -----
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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