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Visual Verification: Request of NFB to Officially Support CAPTCHA Accessibility Initiatives

September 8, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

The following letter was composed and sent to Dr. Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind, on July 28, 2007. It has been five weeks now. We continue to await a response from the organization concerning their official position and willingness to dedicate additional resources to these critical accessibility concerns. July 28, 2007Â Dear… Finish Reading Visual Verification: Request of NFB to Officially Support CAPTCHA Accessibility Initiatives

Categories: accessibility, advocacy, CAPTCHA, opinion, Visual Verification

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Visual Verification: CAPTCHA Accessibility and the Yahoo! Petition Discussed in Depth on Security Now Podcast

August 1, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

We thank Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson for reading an e-mail I sent them concerning the need for CAPTCHA accessibility on episode 102 of their Security Now! podcast and discussing it in depth. This show even has an excellent transcript that serves to meet the needs of the deaf or those who would just rather… Finish Reading Visual Verification: CAPTCHA Accessibility and the Yahoo! Petition Discussed in Depth on Security Now Podcast

Categories: accessibility, advocacy, CAPTCHA, Visual Verification

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The Subtle Differences Online Petitions Can Make in Accessibility Advocacy Issues

July 27, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

As I continue to promote the Yahoo! Accessibility Improvement Petition initiative, I receive occasional private and public comments from those who wonder whether these online petitions really can make a difference or just represent a waste of everyone’s time. Of course, I feel they can serve to effectively support taking positive action on the accessibility… Finish Reading The Subtle Differences Online Petitions Can Make in Accessibility Advocacy Issues

Categories: accessibility, advocacy, CAPTCHA, petitions, Visual Verification

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Press Release: Yahoo! Asked to Reasonably Accomodate the Blind by Adding Audio CAPTCHA

July 24, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Yahoo! Asked to Reasonably Accomodate the Blind by Adding Audio CAPTCHA An online petition is being circulated worldwide asking Yahoo! to implement an audio alternative to their graphical CAPTCHA (visual verification) process so that the blind and visually impaired will be afforded the same level of access enjoyed by the sighted. All Internet users are… Finish Reading Press Release: Yahoo! Asked to Reasonably Accomodate the Blind by Adding Audio CAPTCHA

Categories: accessibility, advocacy, CAPTCHA, press release, Visual Verification

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Visual Verification: Changing the Frame of Reference?

July 22, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Recently, I have been engaged in discussions with several close friends and colleagues concerning my ongoing comparison between the exclusion of the blind from online participation through visual only CAPTCHA and the historical issue of racial segregation in the United States. These friends tell me the comparison is too controversial, that it doesn’t really work… Finish Reading Visual Verification: Changing the Frame of Reference?

Categories: accessibility, advocacy, CAPTCHA, opinion, Visual Verification

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Accessibility Is A Right, Not a Charity, Convenience, Luxury or Privilege

July 21, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Blind Access Journal is almost three years old. We will be celebrating our third anniversary of concerted online accessibility evangelism on December 17,2007. Now that we have embarked on our second major CAPTCHA (visual verification) accessibility initiative, I thought it would be a good idea to make the agenda of Blind Access Journal plainly clear… Finish Reading Accessibility Is A Right, Not a Charity, Convenience, Luxury or Privilege

Categories: accessibility, advocacy, opinion

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Is Revisionist History at Work in the Blind Community’s Own Online Media Outlets?

July 13, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Is revisionist history at work in the blind community’s own electronic media outlets? Can important information and the opinions of certain people in the community simply be made to disappear from our public knowledge without comment? It appears, unfortunately, that there may be two clear cases of exactly this sort of thing happening in a… Finish Reading Is Revisionist History at Work in the Blind Community’s Own Online Media Outlets?

Categories: advocacy, American Foundation for the Blind, journalism, lawsuit, opinion, Serotek, thought provoker

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Freedom Scientific and Serotek Reach Agreement to End Lawsuit

June 7, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

We here at Blind Access Journal are very glad this matter has finally been settled in a manner that permits both Freedom Scientific and Serotek to continue their business operations and retains the ability of innovators in the field to provide the products and services we must have in order to participate in the world… Finish Reading Freedom Scientific and Serotek Reach Agreement to End Lawsuit

Categories: advocacy, assistive technology, JAWS, lawsuit, Serotek

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Objectivity versus Opinion, or the Difference Between Journalism and Evangelism

May 19, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

When I was in high school, I had a teacher’s aid named Gloria. Gloria came to the United States a long time ago from Burma. She’s a Karen, a member of an ethnic group that has been fighting for independence for more than 58 years. The Karen are officially represented by an organization known as… Finish Reading Objectivity versus Opinion, or the Difference Between Journalism and Evangelism

Categories: advocacy, journalism, opinion, Serotek

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