[nabs-l] FW: [gui-talk] Google Search SettingsPageNoLongerAccessible
Joshua Lester
jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
Sat Dec 17 22:51:24 UTC 2011
Thanks!
I'm sending this to a friend of mine, too!
Blessings, Joshua
On 12/17/11, Humberto Avila <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Chris and Josh,
> The address for the solona captcha services is: http://www.solona.net.
> This is a web based service that allows you to submit images of the web page
> that has a captcha in it, then wait a few seconds until a volunteer reader
> at the other end responds with the captcha code. You must sign up for this
> service and the sign up process is fast and easy, it is free, and, of
> course, does not require any challenging audio captchas or visual ones.
> Please try it out and let us know. Please note: this is no automated
> robotic artificial intelligence remote service that scans captchas and sends
> them to you in clear text form. Volunteer personnel participate to send the
> captchas to subscribers. To read more go to the web site at www.solona.net.
> There are more instructions and policies.
>
> Hope this helps you guys!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Chris Nusbaum
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 2:02 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] FW: [gui-talk] Google Search
> SettingsPageNoLongerAccessible
>
> Hi Joshua,
>
> As for kaptcha programs for Internet Explorer, there is one. It
> is called Solona. I'm not sure of the Web address which you can
> go to to get the program; can someone send that to the list and
> help both Joshua and I out? As to how to get a Gmail account,
> here is the procedure:
>
> 1. Go to www.gmail.com.
> 2. When the page loads, you are taken to a screen where you can
> either sign in if you have a Gmail account or create one. Click
> the "create an account" link. It is right after the form fields
> for username and password.
> 3. Fill out the applicable form fields on the account page.
> Your "login name" is the email address that you want to have.
> For example, joshua.lester at gmail.com. When you type in your
> email address that you want to have, leave out the @gmail.com
> part, as that will be automatically filled in. Be sure to click
> the "check availability" button to make sure the email address
> you have chosen hasn't been already taken.
> 4. During your creating an account process, you'll have to
> either select a "security question" from the combo box or create
> your own. This is a question that you have to answer if you
> forget your password and want to access your Gmail account.
> 5. When you get to the bottom and it says "type the characters
> you see," you'll either have to use WebVisum or Solona, depending
> on what browser you're using, or (unfortunately) you're going to
> have to ask a sighted person to read the kaptcha to you. Maybe
> you can do this while you are in a session with your reader. I
> know it's annoying, and kaptchas need to be accessible, but
> that's what you have to do currently. Sorry!
>
> Please note that once you have your Gmail account set up and you
> try to go into the Web interface, you need to click the "basic
> HTML" link. This is because when you first create your account,
> it will be set to standard view, which isn't accessible. Once
> you have selected basic HTML view, go into your Settings and
> click "set basic HTML as default view." Let me know if you have
> any questions! Hope this helps!
>
> Chris
>
> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The
> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
> exists. If a blind person has the proper training and
> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
> nuisance."
> -- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the Blind,
> 1968-1986
>
> The I C.A.N. Foundation helps blind and visually impaired youth
> in Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing
> assistive technology and scholarships to camps and conventions
> which help them be equal with their sighted peers. For more
> information about the Foundation and to support our work, visit
> us online at www.icanfoundation.info!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:29:18 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] FW: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings
> PageNoLongerAccessible
>
> Chris, how did you get your GMail service?
> I did contact Web Visom's people, but they never responded.
> I also found out, that it only works with Firefox.
> I need something that will work for Internet Explorer.
> They seriously need to fix their audio captcha!
> Thanks, Joshua
>
> On 12/16/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow! Yahoo and accessible; two words I thought I would never
> hear
> in the same sentence! Well, now it's true! I'm still sticking
> with my Gmail account, but even with that I'm mainly using a
> third-party email client.
>
> Chris
>
> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The
> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
> exists. If a blind person has the proper training and
> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
> nuisance."
> -- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the
> Blind,
> 1968-1986
>
> The I C.A.N. Foundation helps blind and visually impaired
> youth
> in Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing
> assistive technology and scholarships to camps and conventions
> which help them be equal with their sighted peers. For more
> information about the Foundation and to support our work, visit
> us online at www.icanfoundation.info!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carly <carlymih at earthlink.net
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>,National Association of Blind Students
> mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:25:42 -0800
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] FW: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page
> NoLongerAccessible
>
>
> YAHOO seems to be more accessable, than Gmail.At 03:59 PM
> 12/13/2011,
> Joshua Lester wrote:
> I haven't had any problems doing searches.
> Navigating other parts of the site, may be a problem.
> Even GMail's audio Captcha is inaccessible.
> It won't play.
> Google has a long way to go, as far as accessibility is
> concerned.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 12/13/11, Humberto Avila <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com
> wrote:
> Hello Joshua,
>
> I just looked at this myself and, to my knowledge, they are
> using sliders
> that you can slide with a mouse instead of combo boxes,
> checkboxes and radio
> buttons. These sliders, of course, are not accessible with
> JAWS
> and NVDA.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Joshua Lester
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:48 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] FW: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings
> Page
> No
> LongerAccessible
>
> It is accessible.
> It says, "Screenreader users, click here."
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 12/13/11, Humberto Avila <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com
> wrote:
> I am bringing this to your attention as it looks like this
> change occurred
> just today. Please read on. This company is facing another
> possible
> lawsuit.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Gerald Levy
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:13 AM
> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer
> Accessible
>
>
> Hi list. Has anyone else noticed that you can no longer change
> your
> search
> preferences on the Google Search Settings page? The radio
> boxes
> previously
> used to select a particular option under each heading seem to
> have
> vanished.
> For instance, under the Google Instant heading, On and Off are
> listed, but
> there are no radio or check boxes to select the option you
> want.
> And
> under
> the Number of Search Results Per Page heading, the numbers 10,
> 20, 30, 40,
> 50 and 100 are listed, but there seems to be no way to select
> the number
> you
> want. And nothing happens when you hit Space or Enter on the
> Save button,
> so there is apparently no way to activate it to save your
> preferences like
> you could before. I have tried JAWS 9, NVDA and SA to Go with
> both IE 8
> and
> Firefox, but can't select anything on the Search Settings page
> no matter
> what screen reader/browser combination I try. Has Google
> suddenly made
> its
> Search Settings page inaccessible, and is there any work around
> for this
> problem? Google seems to be becoming less and less accessible
> every day.
> Maybe the NFB should look into this issue. Thanks for any
> feedback.
>
> Gerald
>
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