[Faith-talk] inaccessible church Websites

[Jorge Paez]

Wow,
I just checked the site,
and the search doesn't even show up with the Voice Over screenreader.

Jorge


On Mar 22, 2011, at 4:04 AM, Joshua Lester wrote:

> Amy, it's good to see you responding to my post. I understand your
> frustration. I also hate it when Gospel groups have contact forms with
> captcha, without an audio file. I don't know if I mentioned this about
> the www.upci.org site, but here's the problem. i click on the church
> locater, click on search by pastor, type in the last name, and that's
> where the problem begins. There's a captcha code I have to type in,
> but the Jaws won't read the captcha. There's an audio file, so I
> click, "speak the captcha," but the link won't play. I've E-mailed
> them about this, but I haven't heard anything. I think, that we as a
> group should bombard the IT department of the United Pentecostal
> Church International, (and other denominations who's sites have
> captcha,) with requests to make their church locater links, (and other
> links,) more accessible.
> Blessings, Joshua
> 
> On 3/22/11, Amy Ragain <belovedconsecrated2god at gmail.com> wrote:
>> hi Joshua and others,
>> 
>> this is something I think we should work on too if it's at all possible! I'm
>> not sure what we can do bout it though...any ideas linda?
>> i am trying to get a job with a church as a children's pastor and it makes
>> it very dificolt if a church website or a denomination's webpage isn't
>> accessable! I've visited several church websites over the last year and a
>> half and many of them have all their links set as images so all my comp says
>> is image followed by a whole bunch of numbers...all I can do is click each
>> until I by chance find the 1 I'm looking for...
>> sorry bout this rant, but it's hard to get a job when you can't even find
>> out if a particular church has an opening cause you can't navigate their
>> website!!
>> 
>> I hope there is something that can be done to help this problem!
>> 
>> Amy R.
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 21, 2011, at 11:56 PM, Joshua Lester wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi, it's Joshua Lester. My denomination's Website's church locater
>>> page is inaccessivle. Go to www.upci.org, click on church locater, go
>>> to "search by zip," "search by city," and "search by pastor."
>>> On thos links, you type in your zip code, your city, or a pastor's
>>> last name, and it will tell you what you need to know about a church
>>> in your community. The problem though, is that they have put captcha
>>> on the site. There's an audio file that says, "speak the captcha," but
>>> the file won't work. I've E-mailed them about this, but they don't
>>> seem to be doing anything. What am I to do? Also, are there any other
>>> Websites for denominations that have the same inaccessibility problem?
>>> If so, I think this is a great oppritunity for the Communities of
>>> Faith to step in and work together for accessibility on all church
>>> Websites. Thanks for your help. Blessings, Joshua
>>> 
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