[Nfbc-info] websight access

Wed Jun 10 05:54:51 UTC 2009

Craigslist has an audio alternative that works well or at least it did 
several months ago when I posted an ad.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marianne Haas" <braillewoman at earthlink.net>
To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] websight access


> Hi Carla,
> My name is Marianne and I also have not seen this.  Do you know if
> craigslist has something like that/  I always have to ask for assistance 
> if
> I want to put an ad up because of copying the numbers I cannot see.
>
> Marianne
> (510) 525-7965
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Karla Gilbride
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:04 PM
> To: NFB of California List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] websight access
>
> The New York Times uses it whenever you try to e-mail an article to
> someone. That's the main context in which I've experienced it, though
> I've seen it on one or two other sites as well.
>
> Karla Gilbride
> John W. Carson Fellowship Attorney
> (admitted to practice in NY only)
> Disability Rights Advocates
> 2001 Center Street, Third Floor
> Berkeley, California  94704-1204
>
> 510-665-8644  ext. 117 (Tel)
> 510-665-8716 (TTY)
> 510-665-8511 (Fax)
> kgilbride at dralegal.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:39 PM
> To: NFB of California List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] websight access
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> I have never heard it in action. Can you provide a link to a web site
> where it is in use.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karla Gilbride" <kgilbride at dralegal.org>
> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 9:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] websight access
>
>
>> What do you all think of the new Re-Captia that uses strings of words
>> instead of those number sequences in the garbled voice? The sound
>> quality is much better though there is more to copy (usually for or
>> five words in the string).
>>
>>
>> Karla Gilbride
>> John W. Carson Fellowship Attorney
>> (admitted to practice in NY only)
>> Disability Rights Advocates
>> 2001 Center Street, Third Floor
>> Berkeley, California  94704-1204
>>
>> 510-665-8644  ext. 117 (Tel)
>> 510-665-8716 (TTY)
>> 510-665-8511 (Fax)
>> kgilbride at dralegal.org
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
>> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:12 PM
>> To: NFB of California List
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] websight access
>>
>> yes, many of the alternatives to captcha web sites are difficult to
>> understand as the voices are garbled and mixed to create the distorted
>
>> equivalent of what is on the screen. I with perfect above average
>> hearing have had to try several times to sign up on several of them so
>
>> this is not just a problem for deaf-blind people.
>> Chuck
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Angela Palmer" <nexaliq at comcast.net>
>> To: <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 8:42 PM
>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] websight access
>>
>>
>>> format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>> reply-type=original
>>> Hello,
>>> I agree with the below message.  Except I cannot understand what the
>>> captcha   word is due to my hearing loss.  I cannot understand a
> thing
>> the
>>> audio says.  And obviously, I cannot see the visual.  Since I have
>>> used several sight that uses this to access the final step of an
>>> order
>>
>>> or something I am compleatly unable to access these sights.
>>>
>>> Angela and Pathfinder
>>> we need to be systematically addressing the use of captcha or word
>>> verification systems appearing on many types of web sites without
>>> audio alternatives. Web designers convince web site owners that this
>>> is a deterrent from various types of malicious data being entered on
>> web sites.
>>> The only thing that it does is restrict access is this type of image
>>> is not compatible with screen reading software as a whole.
>>> Chuck
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Michael Hingson" <info at michaelhingson.com>
>>> To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 11:42 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] After Target - was - Re: What about Apple,
>>> iTunes,and the iPhone, etc?
>>>
>>>
>>> Actually,
>>>
>>> Apple is making iTunes and iPods accessible under agreements reached
>>> after the Target litigation was settled.
>>>
>>> I would like to see us continue after Target and other organizations
>>> for continuing to use touch screen POS machines at checkout counters.
>>>
>>> The Michael Hingson Group
>>> "Speaking with Vision"
>>> Michael Hingson, President
>>> (415) 827-4084
>>> info at michaelhingson.com
>>> www.michaelhingson.com
>>>
>>>
>>> for info on the new KNFB Reader Mobile, visit:
>>> http://knfbreader.michaelhingson.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Fred Chambers
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 8:04 AM
>>> To: NFB of California List
>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] After Target - was - Re: What about Apple,
>>> iTunes, and the iPhone, etc?
>>>
>>>
>>> Now that some of us are receiving checks from the NFB V. TARGET
>>> lawsuit, what about all these other inaccessible web sites and
>> products?
>>>
>>> What about Apple?  Their iTunes software, iTunes store, iPod, and
>>> iPhone all have access problems.
>>>
>>> Who is pushing apple?  Do we have a law suit underway?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Fred
>>> VP Beach Cities Chapter NFBC
>>>
>>>
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