[Cabs-talk] Captchas

[Michael Peterson]

    Hi Aziza.   As Justin pointed out later the concern if I understand 
correctly he reacted to was a private email but he thought it was posted on 
the list.  Angela than reacted to protect the division as I would have done 
with the information she had but because the poster she was reacting to 
appeared to be me I was put in a defensive position.  Happily, I was not nor 
did I intend to be offensive to Justin.
As for the captcha you ask about Justin has another great solution a 
mathematical problem.
It would read please give the answer to say 3 times 5 and you put 15 in the 
box.
  I like to listen to the captcha he put up but I didn't conquer it 
yesterday but when I have time I might try again with earphones.
We used to have a deaf blind division in the affiliate and I believe it had 
students when it existed.
One possibility if this captcha goes up is to invite those who can't get the 
captcha to work to send an email to a specific address expressing their 
request.
If this happens it should be an email that is regularly monitored.
I was thinking maybe of looking at other affiliates across the nation and 
seeing how they handle the captcha problem.
I know from what Terra says some of the States like Pennsylvania and 
Tennessee have amazing websites.
Those she looked at because of her roots, yep Thank God she's a country 
girl!
We're hoping they Stream the PA convention this weekend but if you missed 
the Colorado banquet speech last week you really missed a goodie!
I missed a play they streamed of elementary kids. Maybe they will repost.

I'm caught up in internship and school work for the moment but when I get to 
a place where I can maybe I will survey all 50 states via observation.
Thanks for your kind words.
Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aziza C" <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>
To: <cabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:23 PM
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Captchas


> Hi all,
>
> First off, have I missed something? Why won't the form be used on the 
> website?
>
> Second, I'd like to comment on the exchange regarding the captcha in
> question. Justin, you did a great job. I was impressed. I would have
> never thought I'd complete a captcha without feeling grumpy, but you
> prooved me wrong and I appreciate that.
>
> Captchas naturally generate some uneasiness in blind individuals, so
> it is only natural to get a little concerned when the subject is
> brought up. I personally had no trouble with the captcha, however that
> is not to say others did not.
>
> I'm curious to know what solutions there are for deaf blind users who
> encounter captchas? What can web developers do in this case to both
> include and reach the largest possible population, and protect their
> sites and servers.
>
> Michael, I'd like to repeat what Justin stated, the comments made were
> most definetly not directed at you, or meant to silence you in any
> way. I believe Angela was simply pointing out the need for
> consideration of others when writing a message to the list serve. One
> can not be as personal on a list serve as one can be in a direct
> email, a piece of knowledge I'm sure we are all aware of. On behalf of
> the board, I ask that you do continue to post comments and concerns to
> the list serve, that is what it is here for. Without your concerns
> voiced we can not address them which would be counter-productive to
> the goal of the state student devision.
>
> Thank you.
> Aziza Cano
> California Association of Blind Students, First Vice-President
>
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