As I said, this has become a very hot topic and it will be
interesting to see how or if it can be resolved in a way that will
provide some kind of access for screen reader users. Audio
alternatives appear to be the offered solutions, but without a doubt,
these would have to improve. As with you, usually, I find the
website owner to be quite understanding and helpful, but in other
instances, this is not the case. Oddly enough, a blind friend of
mine just had a very difficult time communicating this issue with
Microsoft while trying to create a MSN account. The emails forwarded
to me were quite amusing, yet also disconcerting.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
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On Sep 26, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Those are what I mean yes.
When I find one I really must manage, I communicate the problem to
the site owners, more often then not with good results. Usually
they had not a clue the problem existed.
Once in a great while though I run into someone who figures I have
a tamed sighted pet person around to read them whenever I ask. It
took me about two years to set up a paypal account.
Karen
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, JOHN PANARESE wrote:
If you are talking about the captures, or whatever those
image security
numbers/letters are called, I don't think any screen reader
will work
with them. This has been a hot topic on a few other lists
I'm on.
Since they are used to prevent spammers from making accounts
with bots,
it's a difficult issue. The audio alternatives are the current
solutions, but I also don't find them helpful at times. It
took me
about eight attempts to create a secondary AIM account a few
months
back to understand the bloody numbers and letters being read.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Managing Director
Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc.
9 Nolan Court
Hauppauge, NY 11788
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Email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] net
Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com
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On Sep 26, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi all,
I am sure somewhere this subject has come up, but as I just ran
into one of those...again, I was wondering how vo manages these
if at all?
I have always guessed that if a test could be read by a screen
reader, it would not be a sound test given how at least n some
platforms the reader works.
I do not find the spoken options to work with my setup. how is
this managed with vo?
Thanks,
Karen
