[nfb-talk] Facebook's Photo ID System Inaccessible to the Blind

[Eddie Salcido]

Any other bright ideas?  Grins.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gloria Whipple" <glowhi at centurylink.net>
To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Facebook's Photo ID System Inaccessible to the Blind


>I agree fully!
>
> Gloria Whipple
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike
> Freeman
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 16:58
> To: 'Eddie Salcido'; 'NFB Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Facebook's Photo ID System Inaccessible to the 
> Blind
>
> Eddie:
>
> What have I done about it? Stayed off Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or any
> other such time-wasters! (grin)
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eddie
> Salcido
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 4:38 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: [nfb-talk] Facebook's Photo ID System Inaccessible to the Blind
>
> Hello NFB Members.  Here is the issue.  I attempted to log into facebook 
> on
> Thursday morning and incorrectly typed in my password.  I was then 
> presented
> with a photo identification system as an added layer of security that
> requires the user to look at a picture of a friend, then identify that
> friend by checking a radio button with the friend's name who matches the
> photo.  Obviously, this system totally locks out blind people and I have
> submitted several reports to the accessibility page of facebook,
> predictably, with no results.  No phone support is available and I was
> wondering if any of you have had this problem.  If so, what have you done
> about it?  Getting sighted assistance does not solve the problem if one 
> has
> even several dozen friends because neither the blind person or a sighted
> assistant knows what everyone on your facebook page looks like.  Any
> suggestions would be appreciated.
> Eddie
> P.S.  I am using JAWS 13 with Firefox 17 and Windows XP.
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