[guispeak] Fwd: [acb-l]Google Takes First Step in the Right Direction TowardVisual Verification Accessibility
- From: Andy Baracco <wq6r@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:47:12 -0800
Blind Access Journal
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Google Takes First Step in the Right Direction Toward Visual
Verification Accessibility
By Darrell Shandrow
Google Enables Manual Account Creation for the Blind, Takes First
Step in the Right Direction Toward Visual Verification Accessibility
It is now possible for blind and visually impaired Internet users who
are unable to pass visual verification to create a Google Account by
completing a special form and replying to an e-mail.
Turn around time is reported to be 24 hours or less. Though
incomplete, this move represents Google's first step in the right
direction to address the inaccessibility of their visual verification.
As cited in an article entitled Google Struggles with Accessibility
as Services Expand as recently published in Voice of the Nation's
Blind, the online magazine of the National Federation of the Blind,
Google promises that an audio playback solution will be in place by
the end of April. While we anticipate the implementation of a means
to independently complete their visual verification, we must not
reduce our pressure on Google to do the right thing until the
ultimate goal has been realized. Anyone who hasn't already done so
is asked to sign the Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition today!
at
http://www.blindwebaccess.com/
http://www.blindaccessjournal.com/2006/03/google-enables-manual-a
ccount-creation.html
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