[nabs-l] Captia Advocacy Question

[Lucy Sirianni]

Hi Arielle,

   I'm sorry to hear that the Chronicle of Higher Ed has this 
issue.  Perhaps the site's staff would be more responsive if they 
heard from other blind users as well? I anticipate using their 
job-related resources eventually, and I'd imagine others in the 
blind academics group would also want to ensure that the site is 
fully accessible.

   I'll be interested to see what others have to say about this; 
I've certainly encountered my fair share of inaccessible 
captchas, but, unless the website in question is open to changing 
their system, I haven't yet found a great way of rectifying the 
situation.  It would be great to know if there are 
resources/contacts out there that might be of help.

Very best of luck with the job search!!

Lucy


----- Original Message -----
From: Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 23 May 2013 19:00:35 -0600
Subject: [nabs-l] Captia Advocacy Question

Hi all,
I am curious to know your thoughts on this issue and what you 
have
done in similar situations.  This fall I will be doing some 
serious job
hunting and am looking at university professor positions.  My 
advisor
and others suggested I search for job openings on the Chronicle 
of
Higher Education's website.  I went onto their site and was 
thrilled to
see that they allowed job-seekers to set up an account and 
receive
customized job alerts by email.  The catch is that creating an 
account
requires completing a Captia and the audio Captia they offer is
extremely hard to understand.  I can usually get it after three 
or four
tries, but this one was impossibly difficult.  After several 
attempts I
sent an email to their support address explaining my situation 
and
that the audio Captia was inadequate.  I requested they create an
account for me and that they may want to change their Captia and
replace it with math problems or at least spoken words (this one 
was
numbers).  It has been a week and I have not heard a word from 
them.  I
could just get my fiancée to help me, or play around with 
WebVism, but
I am genuinely concerned that other blind job-seekers might not 
have
these options and might be deterred from getting this important 
job
information.  I am curious if you guys think I should take this
complaint further and, if so, who should I contact? Have any of 
you
tried to get inaccessible Captias fixed? Have you succeeded?

Thanks,
Arielle

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