[nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!

Ashley Bramlett bookwormahb at earthlink.net
Tue Nov 4 23:51:33 UTC 2008


Good, those visual codes are quite obstacles.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!


> They got rid of most of the visual verification codes, and I don't
> know if they got rid of the text-in-the-boxes for actually signing up,
> though.
> Beth
>
> On 11/4/08, Ashley  Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Serena,
>>
>> Did they get rid of the visual verification code?  I hope you can
>> independently sign up.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Serena" <serenacucco at verizon.net>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!
>>
>>
>>> Good point, peter, although many blind people use Facebook, so, I guess
>>> that's why NFB decided to use it as the place to have the teen group.
>>> Thanks for pointing out the problem for deaf-blind people.  No wonder my
>>> deaf-blind friend doesn't use it!
>>>
>>> Serena
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 2:35 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on 
>>> Facebook!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Good afternoon everyone,
>>>>
>>>>    Why are we using outfits like Facebook if we're apposed to the use 
>>>> of
>>>> visual verification?The audio quality is terrible, and deaf-blind youth
>>>> can
>>>> forget about this blog. Our own content management system should have
>>>> been
>>>> used to host this blog instead. What a shame!
>>>>
>>>> Peter Donahue
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Carranza, Rosy" <RCarranza at nfb.org>
>>>> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 9:17 AM
>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Everybody,
>>>> Please help me get the word out to high school students about our new
>>>> Facebook group-- here is a description of the group:
>>>>
>>>> Attention blind and visually impaired high school students!
>>>>
>>>> Blindness 4 1 1 was created by the National Federation of the Blind to
>>>> give you a place to meet other teens with vision loss and to give you a
>>>> chance to learn about resources that can help you in school, at home 
>>>> and
>>>> in your community.
>>>>
>>>> The NFB is the largest blindness organization in the United States. We
>>>> have over 50,000 members who work hard to make a difference in the 
>>>> lives
>>>> of blind people. We are excited to provide this resource to you and 
>>>> hope
>>>> that you will tell your friends about us!
>>>>
>>>> If you are currently a Facebook member, go to groups, search for the
>>>> group using our group name and request access to our group. If you are
>>>> not signed up for Facebook then join in on the fun! Visit
>>>> www.facebook.com to get connected with our NFB teen group.
>>>>
>>>> If you have any questions, call Rosy Carranza at 410 659-9314, ext. 
>>>> 2283
>>>> or email her at rcarranza at nfb.org.
>>>>
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