Kirk, thanks a lot. I will follow up on your message as well. Victor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Wood" <cpt.kirk@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup List" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 1:13 AM Subject: suggestion (fwd) > I sent the following to the webmaster of yahoogroups.com. Now the question > is, how many will follow this up? > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > Nowlan's Theory: > He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from > the next freeway exit. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:24:34 -0600 (CST) > From: Kirk Wood <cpt.kirk at 1tree.net> > To: webmaster at yahoogroups.com > Subject: suggestion > > I would like to make a suggestion regarding your sign up process. You may > (or may not) be aware that the recent implimentation of requiring a person > to enter the number that appears only as a graphic in the signup process > causes problems for low vision and blind users. Right now they are > required to leave their phone number for confirmation via the phone. My > suggestion is that you impliment one more means of getting the code from > the page. There are programs that will turn a code into a spoken word in a > wave file. This wave file can then be placed on the page so that blind and > low vision users can hear the code for entry. It will still prevent > automated scripts from signing up, and enable the blind comunity to > continue involvement without the need for phone calls. > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > Nowlan's Theory: > He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from > the next freeway exit. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
