i signed the tell my space what you think of there capcha so the sig's are up to 112!!! hth from Mich Verrier from New Liskeard Ontario Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 5:30 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] MySpace accessibility,was RE: Stopping music on MySpace pages
>I have tried contacting them with no avail. they ignore me and sweep the >issue under the rug but try this. Go to www.marrie.org > and click on the tell my space what you think about its captcha. We have > over 100 or so sigs so far. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Feist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:13 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] MySpace accessibility,was RE: Stopping music on > MySpace pages > > > Hi victor. Thanks, and I tried that but MySpace still automatically > played > the music. However, I had a sighted friend help me set up my account, and > he found an option to disable the automatic playing of music on MySpace > pages. So, all in all, the problem is solved... at least as far as > MySpace > is concerned. > > But this brings up another point. The MySpace community is not accessible > in many ways. For one thing, I couldn't sign up on my own. Yup, they > have > one of those graphics you have to see and then type in. Unlike some sites > out there, they don't offer an alternative, such as to listen to a sound > clip and type in what you hear. > > And I've been informed that when contacting other MySpace members, they > often configure their page to utilize more of those graphics to contact > them, so they can avoid spam. This means without sighted assistance, I > can't even contact other MySpace members. > > MySpace apparently has become a bigger deal than I first realized. In my > line of work, it's becoming a necessity that I have a page. But it looks > like my accessibility is going to be hampered. > > Anyone else experiencing the same thing? Any thoughts on how to approach > MySpace about the use of their graphics? > > Chris Feist - The one and only! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victor > Gouveia > > Hi Chris, > > In the Internet Options, under the advanced tab, down in the multimedia > groups, you'll see play sounds in web pages checked. > > Just uncheck it and you won't get any sounds coming through IE any longer. > > You can always turn this back on when you finish with the page, but that's > entirely up to you. > > As Sarah suggested, if it's coming through a flash player, then it gets a > bit more involved, as you'll have to get IE to ignore flash content, and > that may ruin a great number of web pages that you may visit frequently > without any problems. Again, that's entirely up to you, but if you need > the > instructions, let me know and I'll walk you through the managing add-ons > in > IE. > > Victor > > > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
