Hello Dane On 13 Sep 2011, at 08:30, Dane Trethowan wrote:
• Yep thanks, that was the web site I couldn't remember. Right. Well I'm not sure it's still going actually. I went to try a while ago to buy a screen-protector for the iPad from there but I didn't because the SSL certificate they're using on their commercial page is one of the cheap Comodo ones which only works with Microsoft and compatible browsers. That shook my faith to be honest, because even we here at Mac Access have invested in proper certificates and we're not trying to sell to the public. We believe our clients deserve to be able to trust the encryption we use and if they can't, it would be a bit pointless doing it at all. But that's beside the point. I wasn't willing to give card details out on a site with broken and, therefore, non-functional encryption. • We've just been discussing these verification codes as it happens - friend and myself - and my friend brings up an interesting point. • It is his understanding that these codes are designed not to be interpreted by OCR software so if that is indeed the case then I think JAWS 13 may have quite a few problems <smile>. I am not going to correct anybody because you probably know better than I do. But what I will tell you is that Gillian's solution to this is similar, but slower. She prints out the web page and scans it. Then she gets the code. So if it isn't supposed to work with OCR, somebody somewhere hasn't done their job too well. :) • I use Webvisum for those times when I need to find out what's in one of those images and it works 99% of the time, correct me if I'm wrong but I think Webvisum uses OCR technology to interpret the image. Never even heard of it. • Some sites have better audio recordings of the verification codes than do others, some I've been on have the codes as downloadable MP3 files which can make a huge difference, play them with your favourite player and favourite sound settings for example which does help when trying to understand the letters and numbers. I'm sure that's true. I know that the Acapela Group website uses very good audio technology actually but Microsoft uses appalling technologies. Some companies don't understand the meaning of the words "visually impaired" or, "blind". Some people in the support industry don't understand how or even that a blind person can use a computer. When you try to explain that to them, they still fall back to the "click click point and click" descriptions. They simply cannot conceptualise using a keyboard without a mouse to make a computer system functional. But you'd think that the hallowed people at Microsoft would understand better than they do. Be that all as it may; if ever I can help anybody, absolutely anybody and not just with image verification, the offer is there. I can't promise to help; but I will try my best. Recent events here have reminded me how important it is to help each other out and not let silly squabbles get in the way. So there we are; the offer is there for anybody who I can help. Lynne ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
