Please, everyone, sign the Restore Web Braille Petition asking the National Library Service to restore this vital service to us without delay.
We think we’ve got problems with visual verification now? Watch out! In the future, those of us whom happen to be blind and visually impaired may find it virtually impossible to do business online. Credit cards may soon incorporate a visual display. The mineature screen will display a random number which must be entered in… Finish Reading Visual Verification on Steroids: We the Blind May Soon Lose the Ability to Transact Business!
In light of Google’s successful implementation of an audio alternative to word verification, the Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition has now been closed. Over 4,700 concerned blind and sighted Internet users signed this petition. We thank everyone for their support on this critical advocacy project. This petition was hosted free of charge by Petition Online.… Finish Reading The Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition is Now Officially Closed
We hope all NLS subscribers will write a letter to Frank Curt Cylke asking for the immediate restoration of the Web-Braille service to Blind Americans. There may be a chance of getting this valuable resource back if we deem it important enough to speak out. May 12, 2006 Dear Mr. Kurt Cylke: I am a… Finish Reading My Letter to Frank Curt Cylke Asking for the Prompt Restoration of the Web-Braille Service
In recent months, E-Bay has been rolling out visual verification without accessible alternatives. Thus far, the scheme is used when communicating among buyers and sellers through the E-Bay web site. We have received reports from two blind E-Bay users stating that the company appears to be unwilling to provide an accessible alternative, instead making the… Finish Reading Visual Verification: E-Bay’s Inappropriate Response to the Concerns of its Blind Customers
Please read the article by Jeff Bishop below, then write a short note to NLS director Frank Kurt Cylke at the e-mail address fcyl@loc.gov emphasizing the importance of Web-Braille and asking him to promptly restore this service to the blind community. An online petition effort is being considered. Please let us know your thoughts. This… Finish Reading Web Braille Shut Down – Please Write Immediately
Shownotes I respond to recent reader feedback, telling it how it is with respect to the “no blind people allowed” signs in the process. Download and Listen
During the past six years, the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) has been providing thousands of the books and magazines from its collection in the form of immediately downloadable Grade II Braille files by way of its Web-Braille service. We are extremely disturbed and saddened to report that this service… Finish Reading NLS Takes Web-Braille Offline
Today’s latest update to the JAWS 7.1 Public Beta solves the problems with the Windows Logon screen and a number of other issues. It is highly recommended for those of you already testing JAWS 7.1. Keep those bug reports coming to Freedom Scientific.
Shownotes Listen as I take a short walk down to the nearest bus stop to see how the construction work is proceeding while testing the new Sound Professionals BMC-3 binaural microphones. Enjoy. Download and Listen