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

Mon Dec 10 16:17:36 UTC 2012

Hey Mike, thanks man.  I need about two hundred other people to describe 
themselves and maybe I can get somewhere.  Grins.  This is going to be fun.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Edwards" <mike at ultraemail.us>
To: "Eddie Salcido" <rednexican at socal.rr.com>; "NFB Talk Mailing List" 
<nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>; "Kerri Kosten" <kerrik2006 at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 6:29 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Facebook's Photo ID System Inaccessible to the Blind


> Eddie,
>
> I'm on your facebook, but don't know how to describe myself, physically, 
> that is. Can't remember what I was wearing when I took my pic.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eddie Salcido" <rednexican at socal.rr.com>
> To: "Kerri Kosten" <kerrik2006 at gmail.com>; "NFB Talk Mailing List" 
> <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 5:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Facebook's Photo ID System Inaccessible to the 
> Blind
>
>
>> Content preview:  Hello, Kerri and Brian, I did indeed use the mobile 
>> site and
>>    have been doing so almost since the beginning of my time on facebook. 
>> Since
>>    there is no phone support available and since it seems nobody responds 
>> to
>>    the accessibility reports I send in, I can only think to keep sending 
>> in
>>   repots once or twice a day until someone gets annoyed enough to pay 
>> attention.
>>    If you would all like to do the same, here is the link that was 
>> forwarded
>>    to me. http://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=169372943117927 This 
>> is a
>>    three-year-old link, but it still works. It comes from a blog by Carl 
>> Augusto
>>    of the AFB who we all know. I plan to try and contact him today and 
>> see if
>>    he is still in dialogue with people at facebook concerning 
>> accessibility
>>   issues. Eddie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerri Kosten" 
>> <kerrik2006 at gmail.com>
>>    To: "Eddie Salcido" <rednexican at socal.rr.com>; "NFB Talk Mailing List" 
>> <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>    Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 10:25 PM Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] 
>> Facebook's
>>    Photo ID System Inaccessible to the Blind [...]
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>> Hello, Kerri and Brian,
>> I did indeed use the mobile site and have been doing so almost since the
>> beginning of my time on facebook.  Since there is no phone support 
>> available
>> and since it seems nobody responds to the accessibility reports I send 
>> in, I
>> can only think to keep sending in repots once or twice a day until 
>> someone
>> gets annoyed enough to pay attention.  If you would all like to do the 
>> same,
>> here is the link that was forwarded to me.
>> http://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=169372943117927
>> This is a three-year-old link, but it still works.  It comes from a blog 
>> by
>> Carl Augusto of the AFB who we all know.  I plan to try and contact him
>> today and see if he is still in dialogue with people at facebook 
>> concerning
>> accessibility issues.
>> Eddie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kerri Kosten" <kerrik2006 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Eddie Salcido" <rednexican at socal.rr.com>; "NFB Talk Mailing List"
>> <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 10:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Facebook's Photo ID System Inaccessible to the 
>> Blind
>>
>>
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> I am disappointed to read this. I am a huge Facebook user and love it.
>>> I thankfully have never come across this problem as I also use the
>>> m.facebook.com mobile site.
>>> I hope a solution is found for this problem soon!
>>> Eddie, I would suggest for now to try logging in on the m.facebook.com
>>> site.
>>> That is all I can think of for now but if you or anyone else finds a
>>> solution to this please let this list know!
>>>
>>> Kerri
>>>
>>> On 12/9/12, Eddie Salcido <rednexican at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> 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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