Just to follow up on this thread before it gets out of hand I would like you all to consider the following thoughts.
Many of you out there are well aware of the fact that I share my time and skills quite openly but then I run into a problem. It turns out that when I do that for too many people then things in my little corner of the world suffer from lack of attention because too much time has been spent helping others. Some times I receive compensation but often enough I do not even when it is understood from the start that I am expecting it for services rendered. That means the person in question no longer gets help from me. The fact is people are over anxious to take advantage of anything free and even feel that they are entitled. So much that they will over use anything for free but the minute a price tag is inserted in to the mix they want nothing to do with it. I agree that over charging is not an acceptable practice and a job well done should be rewarded. The fact is $0.21 for all the more often you need such a service is well within the reach of every person blind or not. If you have an internet connection and can afford one of the major screen readers then you can spare $0.21. Look at it as a small price to pay for a work around. I am willing to bet that at such a price for all of those little boxes that has ever crossed my desk I might be out at the most $1.05. Can you say candy bar? I don't want to start a major debate on here but I just wanted to give my thoughts on the matter from the perspective of somebody who has been over extended far too often in the name of charity. David Ferrin Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind, and the ones that mind don't matter. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Merv Keck Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 8:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] New Captcha-Solving Service for BlindComputerUsers I'll probably get a lot of people upset for saying this but until last year I was a high partial. I used to solve captias for a lot of my totally blind wife's friends for free when I could see to do it because I thought anyone who charged per captia was taking advantage of blind people. Now that I can bareley see to do the captia myself I feel even more strongly that we should not have to pay per captia for a service that should be accessible anyway. Captia is a load of crap and there should be a better, more accessible alternative for securing web sites or whatever people are using captia to secure. I realize this is just my opinion and I am stating it as just my opinion. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
