hi, This I knew. so of course such is off limits for all speach? On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Alex Snow wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi. > The reason that most companies don't use email verification is because > it defeates the purpose of the number varification. The reason these > numbers are used, and that the image isn't clear enough to be > recognised by ocr is that they don't want computers to automatically > create an account. if email was used, all the software would have to > do is parse the email and grab the varification url. > On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 > at 01:29:57AM -0400, Erik Heil wrote: >> Hi their. No, varification utilizing graphic immages is not at all >> accessible. Actually, now that you point it out, the services that >> utilize this mechanism actually made it a lot more complicated. Similar >> systems exist, but instead of using graphic images, they simply will send >> the user e-mail as part or as a complete verification sollution. This is >> a lot better, as it doesn't require the use of pixelated immages, and is >> also accessible. Speaking of which, what can we do as blind persons to >> change this behavior? Because if this contiues, I can see a serious >> problem in uu being able to access crucial information. If any of you >> have suggestions on waht we can do, post them to the list. B/c I'm >> certainly interested in what can be done. Yahoo! is not the only company >> which seems to do this. Paypal does this, but at least they provide an >> audio interface to the numbers or characters which are to be entered in >> such boxes. Industry-wide though, their should be a solution. Ok guys, >> I'm done and I'm off my loap box right now. Its just that it frustrates >> me a lot. >> >> -- >> Erik Heil <eheil at va3duk.serveftp.com> >> Phone: (865) 673-0542 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the > grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin > charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what > they say if they had. > -- Linus Torvalds, announcing Linux v2.0 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFBL3k19XVrM3ri110RAgRVAKCJ3V3+KFdvaHqCXRo764d4HXy9jgCgheXX > wO+RKEi9G3UG1Wv6Og1HWTY= > =Jzc8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
