[Faith-talk] inaccessible church Websites

[Joshua Lester]

Yup, Jorge, that's the problem.
Blessings, Joshua

On 3/22/11, Jorge Paez <jorgeapaez at mac.com> wrote:
> 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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