[bksvol-discuss] Re: Ot Fw: A FreedomBox Call to Action
- From: "Paula and James Muysenberg" <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:41:04 -0600
E,
Thanks for providing another perspective on this petition. I'm all for
encouraging accessability, but I want to be careful how I go about it. I
also want to know something about the person, or organization, with whom I'm
alligning myself.
Paula
----- Original Message -----
From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 1:50 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ot Fw: A FreedomBox Call to Action
> On the other hand, before you sign, know that the creator of this petition
is
> 1. acting alone
> 2. has a history of writing abrasive (some would go further in the
> description) to companies
> 3. wants to work by himself and not in conjunction with other consumer
> driven organizations (AFB, ACB, NFB) has been sarcastic about them and has
> not (and stubbornly refuses to) release the letter he plans to send to
> goggle with will accompany your petition with your name on it. The idea
> itself is a good one but his attitutde is not one I want to sign on
> to. Just a thought.
>
> E.
> At 06:22 PM 1/16/2006, you wrote:
>
> >
> >I don't usually forward off toppic messages to the list, but this one
> >seems as though it would be of some importance to many people on this
> >list. At first i didn't know what the message was about, but now I
> >know. This is a request to sign the
> ><http://petitiononline.com/captcha/>Google Word Verification
Accessibility
> >petition, which requests google to provide an alternative to the
> >varification method of reading the letters off a graphic and retyping
them
> >to show you are a human. Obviously this isn't required to search using
> >google, but it will be required for other services. Even if you don't
> >intend to use other google services I would encourage you to sign the
> >petition because it sends the message that this practice is unacceptable
> >and should be avoided or an alternative should be provided. If an
> >alternative is provided by most sites it will establish a standard and
put
> >more pressure on future page designers to make their services
> >accessible. It also only takes a minute of your time to sign the
petition.
> >
> >I don't appreciate being designated a non-human just because I can't see
a
> >graphic. :-)
> >
> >Sorry about this message being in HTML, but the links in the forward work
> >better in an HTML message. So if you have a problem let me know.
> >
> >Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> >Assistive Technology Trainer
>
><http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity>http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <mailto:noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>FreedomBox Announcements
> >To: <mailto:netentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>netentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 11:43 AM
> >Subject: A FreedomBox Call to Action
> >
> >Dear FreedomBox community member:
> >
> >For years, we've been talking about the power of the FreedomBox Network
to
> >give the blind community a voice. We've dreamed of the difference we
could
> >make with product and service providers if hundreds, thousands, or even a
> >few million of us united to make our needs known. So far, it has been
only
> >a dream.
> >
> >Now, we have a chance to take action! The
> ><http://blindaccessjournal.com/>Blind Access Journal has created the
> ><http://petitiononline.com/captcha/>Google Word Verification
Accessibility
> >petition. The text of this brief petition follows:
> >
> >We, the undersigned, ask Google Inc. to "do no evil" and follow their
> >mission statement to "organize the world's information and make it
> >universally accessible and useful" by promptly adding accessibility to
> >their visual word verification scheme so that the blind and visually
> >impaired are allowed to fully participate in all products and services
> >offered by the company on terms of equality with our sighted peers.
> >
> ><http://new.petitiononline.com/captcha/petition-sign.html>Please sign
this
> >petition now!
> >
> >It will only take you a minute to sign this petition, and you only need
to
> >provide your name and email address. You may even keep your email address
> >private if you wish. It doesn't matter if you're currently a FreedomBox
> >user; it doesn't even matter if you're blind. If you care about the blind
> >community's access to information and services, please sign this
petition!
> >Please also spread the word about this petition as much as you can!
> >
> >Thank you in advance,
> >The FreedomBox team
> >
> >
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