I agree! Even organizations that are supposedly dedicated to help us function in the sighted world feel threatened when we come up with a better way to get our message across than sighted professional folks with impressive letters after their name.
-----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Annabelle Susan Morison via Jfw Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 8:33 AM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Cc: Annabelle Susan Morison Subject: RE: Amazon issues He sounds just like my Grandma Pat. That's one thing the world doesn't need, control freaks. The world needs more people with understanding of our visual impairment, who won't treat us as though we're nothing more than objects of pity. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy via Jfw Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 3:45 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Gerald Levy Subject: Re: Amazon issues I just signed into my Amazon.com account using my email address and password to track an order that has been shipped, and did not encounter any image captcha. But when I originally placed this order on Tuesday, I noticed that there were no longer a series of radio buttons on the shipping options page to choose the desired shipping method, which, of course, would be free shipping, which is not usually checked by default. Even though there was no obvious means of selecting one of the four listed shipping options, I hit Enter on the first option anyway, free shipping, and this apparently worked, because free shipping is what I got. But it is also possible that this option was already selected by default. Amazon is constantly tinkering with its web site, much to the detriment of us blind consumers. But it is almost impossible to challenge them because Jeff Bezos, recently ranked as the fifth wealthiest person in the US, is an absolute control freak who always gets his way. Gerald -----Original Message----- From: Annabelle Susan Morison via Jfw Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 11:33 PM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Cc: Annabelle Susan Morison Subject: RE: Amazon issues One thing I'm concerned about is their accessibility page http://www.amazon.com/access, which doesn't seem to work on Firefox or Internet Explorer, in other words, there are no edit fields, combo boxes, or buttons for the search feature on the homepage. What's up with that? -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Carlson via Jfw Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 8:11 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Dave Carlson Subject: Re: Amazon issues I just opened Amazon on my web browser and opened my account with no need to enter a Captcha. Not sure why, but grateful that it does not. IE 11 JAWS 16 Dave Carlson Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "dennis via Jfw" <[email protected]> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> Cc: "dennis" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 07:24 PM Subject: Re: Amazon issues i just went and signed in with no problem. just so we are all clear i am using jaws 16 win 7 64bit. i went to amazong and hit enter on the sign in link. it came up with the usual sign in email and password requirement. no captia no nothing like that. On 11/12/2015 9:14 PM, Melissa Stott via Jfw wrote: > Well, unfortunately, I spoke too soon. I just tried logging in to my > Amazon account, and had the same problem. This is not good! > > -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Spratt via Jfw > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:08 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Adrian Spratt > Subject: RE: Amazon issues > > On reading your post, which made me anxious, I went to Amazon and > logged in with my username and password. I suspect Gerald may have the > right answer. But as he says, Amazon should know better. And as you > say, anyone who encounters this new obstacle should make their > displeasure known to Amazon. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandra > Streeter via Jfw > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 2:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Sandra Streeter > Subject: Amazon issues > > Hello, all: > > For the first time, I am really miffed at Amazon. Has anyone visited > recently? They have a new sign-in feature, which, of COURSE, involves > captias with no audio equivalent! They give you a link for "having > trouble or sight-impaired," but the only thing there is options for > contacting them, which I did, with an "assertive-gram", which, if > you're experiencing this issue, you might want to follow up on with > one of your own so they will listen to us, hopefully. I stated the > situation is unacceptable, since many of us are Christmas shopping > now, and requested that they immediately remedy things. If anyone has > managed to get around the captia and still do check-out, please do > email the list and let us know how you did it! 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