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Visual Verification: Audio CAPTCHA Broken, How Will Web Site Operators Respond?

May 6, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

In the article Google’s Audio CAPTCHA Cracked, PC Magazine is reporting impending security challenges for a technology on which we depend in order to reasonably accomodate our need for equal access and participation on the Internet. While companies obviously work to improve the security and usability of visual CAPTCHA, what action will they take toward… Finish Reading Visual Verification: Audio CAPTCHA Broken, How Will Web Site Operators Respond?

Categories: accessibility, advocacy, CAPTCHA, Visual Verification
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Concerted, Multidisciplinary, Organized and Systematic Approach to Accessibility Evangelism Needed

March 1, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

I’ve been thinking long and hard about accessibility evangelism in general as of late. Although a few positive differences have been made along the way, the overall results of our efforts here at Blind Access Journal have represented significantly less than the proverbial drop in the bucket. Once in awhile, an online petition is initiated,… Finish Reading Concerted, Multidisciplinary, Organized and Systematic Approach to Accessibility Evangelism Needed

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How Do We Effectively Educate the Public and Combat False Assumptions About Accessibility?

January 19, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

I just finished reading Independent Street : Is Your Web Site Blind-Friendly? How to Avoid a Lawsuit by Wendy Bounds. While Wendy provided a good overview of the issues surrounding the law and the need for web site accessibility, I found many of the comments to be rather shocking! How do we effectively carry out… Finish Reading How Do We Effectively Educate the Public and Combat False Assumptions About Accessibility?

Categories: accessibility, advocacy, discrimination
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Happy New Year as We Celebrate the Third Anniversary of Blind Access Journal

January 1, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

On Friday, December 17, 2004, we began Blind Access Journal as a vehicle for accessibility evangelism. Though the first article was a subdued piece covering an accessible wireless security software program, the second article covered accessibility related concerns with the UPS shipping company. From those modest beginnings, we have directly advocated for improved access to… Finish Reading Happy New Year as We Celebrate the Third Anniversary of Blind Access Journal

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QVC Asked to Retain Accessibility in Web Site Update

October 12, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Randy from Accessible Devices has informed us that the QVC home shopping network is beta testing a significantly updated web site. While the current site is accessible to blind shoppers, the beta site is apparently not so great. We have just submited a short note to the QVC webmasters asking that they keep in mind… Finish Reading QVC Asked to Retain Accessibility in Web Site Update

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Freedom Scientific Asked to Reasonably Accomodate Deaf-Blind Customers

October 5, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

I just read the article Freedom Scientific says no to access for deaf people on the Access Ability blog, and I must say I am rather dismayed. The issue at hand is the current lack of accessibility of the company’s FSCast to the deaf-blind segment of the blind community. While Freedom Scientific manufactures products to… Finish Reading Freedom Scientific Asked to Reasonably Accomodate Deaf-Blind Customers

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Visual Verification: Six Apart Continues to Lock Out the Blind with Inaccessible CAPTCHA

September 29, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

We continue to be locked out of full and equal participation by Six Apart, developers of the TypePad blogging platform, due to an inaccessible CAPTCHA used for account creation and posting comments to blogs. In the past, numerous attempts to contact the company have gone ignored. Now that it has come to our attention that… Finish Reading Visual Verification: Six Apart Continues to Lock Out the Blind with Inaccessible CAPTCHA

Categories: accessibility, advocacy, blogging, CAPTCHA, Visual Verification
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Visual Verification: Registration Assistance and Other Progress with Del.icio.us

September 28, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

It would seem that our accessibility concerns with the registration process, and possibly other areas, at Del.icio.us are now being taken more seriously subsequent to my public posting of accessibility related issues on the Yahoo! property’s development mailing list. Nick Nguyen, Del.icio.us Product Manager, indicates that the following steps will be taken to improve accessibility:… Finish Reading Visual Verification: Registration Assistance and Other Progress with Del.icio.us

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The Heart of Accessibility Evangelism

September 8, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

I think we all recognize that, in many cases, there simply is not a strong bottom-line business reason for companies (either assistive technology or mainstream) to work hard on making sure their technologies function in ways that are in the best interests of all users, including those of us whom happen to be blind. There… Finish Reading The Heart of Accessibility Evangelism

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