Hi Frank,

On 7 Feb 2005 at 17:13, Frank M. Hernandez spoke, thus:

> Can the BN set up an e-mail account with google?

If you mean Google's Gmail, then it is trivial to set up after following 
your invitation link.  I'm fairly certain even the BrailleNote can do 
this.  It only requires some very simple javascript code and a cookie or 
two to run.  Actually *using* the service is a whole different issue.  
That, as Jonathan says, is utterly nontrivial, even with state-of-the-art 
hacks we call screen readers.

> Is google a pop3?

It is indeed.  It's also a forwarder (i.e. you can specify a mailbox and 
Gmail will graciously forward it on to that mailbox).  Of course, Gmail 
will offer to collect mail from your ISP as a superior alternative so that 
you may be tempted to search all your mail from their wizzbang interface, 
and of course if you should still choose to forward you will have the 
option of keeping a copy with Gmail.  In any case, all the details are 
specific to your account and you must be logged in to find them.  As I 
cannot do that at the moment thanks to Google's gord-awful image 
verification schemes and so on, and what with their staff being wholy 
unhelpful by my reckonning, I can't really help you any further.

> Have anyone of you set up a google account?

Yes.

> Ones upon a time I heard that blind people had to call a tech support
> number to set up a google account because of some kind of graphic
> interface? Does anyone know if this is true?

There is certainly no indication at Google itself.  You will, despite 
providing a secret question and answer, also be required to use this 
graphic to recover a lost password.  You are not, ironically, to set up an 
account with an invite link.

Cheers,
Sabahattin

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