Hi Dark, Agreed. As I just said in my last post the business of public assistance is off topic for the list. So I'm not going to revisit that part of the conversation.
As far as Google goes I'll try and find some time this week to write a rough draft about their CAPTCHA system and post it here for review. If people like it I'll send it to Google or have my wife do it and see what happens next. Not sure if it will do much good but perhaps the one reason they haven't gotten any feedback like this is because a blind user has to get through the inaccessible CAPTCHA system to reach their admins. Making it a double whammy. Cheers! On 4/9/13, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Tom. ] > > The question of assistance is really another matter (besides I do address it > > in my thesis), and should likely be kept off list as it's not exactly game > related and would require a more lengthy conversation than is possible I > think, (heck, I devoted about 5000 words of my thesis to it). > > Getting back to captchas though, I agree if you can contact google that > would really be helpful and a good step forward. Myself, i would either like > > A, captchs such as google's previous audio ones which were! doable, or B, a > > text alternative with a symple question that people could answer like the > rpg ones, such as what planet do we live on, which country has Washington as > > it's capital, which country is Paris in, if a person is not a boy they are a > > what? etc. > > If google did! have an accessible alternative as they used to, then we could > > advise developers such as the gm of puppet nightmares that it was > available. > > As regards puppet nightmares, since I have discussed access measures such as > > image labeling with the gm in the past I did mean to contact him myself > regarding the capture, however since I've been stuck with this less than > reliable free net connection I likely couldn't stay connected to the puppet > > nightmares site long enough to send a message (one reason I haven't played > for a while). I will however be heading back to my parents on Wednesday so > could do it then. > > I will suggest for the time being that he do as the gm of the game uncharted > > peak does, and allow vi users to contact him by mail in order to have > accounts created, though of course I will also note that if he did! want to > > put in a text alternative which asked a question based on the info about the > > game on the front page, ---- for example what is the name of the type of > creatures which players control in the game, (the answer being soul > puppets), that would work too. > > I really hope though google can be made to see sense, since it's amazing how > > many people do use their captcha system, which is why it's so bad it not > being accessible. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
