The managing director of the popular online petition site GoPetition announced Friday that an audio CAPTCHA has been put in place for blind and visually impaired users. Verified membership allows everyone full participation without CAPTCHA anywhere on the site. GoPetition’s declaration “Anyone or any group can use GoPetition to have their voice heard” now fully… Finish Reading GoPetition Rolls Out Audio CAPTCHA, Offers Blind Users Two Ways to Participate
Blind Access Journal Posts
Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against ASU and the Arizona Board of Regents
In keeping with our tradition of accessibility and openness, we are glad to provide full plain-text copies of the complaint and the motion for a preliminary injunction against ASU and the Arizona Board of Regents to prevent use of the inaccessible Kindle in an upcoming fall semester university pilot program. Complaint Accessible copy of the… Finish Reading Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against ASU and the Arizona Board of Regents
Darrell Shandrow Joins ACB and NFB to File Discrimination Suit Against ASU Over Inaccessible Amazon Kindle DX Pilot Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Chris Danielsen Director of Public Relations National Federation of the Blind (410) 659-9314, extension 2330 (410) 262-1281 (Cell) cdanielsen@nfb.org Darrell Shandrow Publisher Blind Access Journal 602-904-5191 editor@blindaccessjournal.com National Federation of the Blind and American Council of the Blind File Discrimination Suit Against Arizona State University University’s Amazon Kindle DX Pilot Program… Finish Reading Darrell Shandrow Joins ACB and NFB to File Discrimination Suit Against ASU Over Inaccessible Amazon Kindle DX Pilot Program
Newegg Rolls Out Login Page Featuring Inaccessible CAPTCHA, Locks Out Blind and Visually Impaired Customers
Responding to a report from a blind Newegg customer, an inaccessible CAPTCHA was discovered Tuesday in the company’s login process for all customers. “Wow, well, until I can get a hold of someone at NewEgg, guess I’m not going to be able to buy stuff there.  They now have a CAPTCHA in order to log in… Finish Reading Newegg Rolls Out Login Page Featuring Inaccessible CAPTCHA, Locks Out Blind and Visually Impaired Customers
Nevada Blind Childrens’ Foundation Defends Web Site Despite Accessibility Problems
An article posted Sunday on the Accessibility NZ blog reports that the web site of the Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation fails to follow basic web site accessibility guidelines. “I couldn’t quite believe what I saw,” said Nicolas Steenhout, leader of the web accessibility consulting firm Accessibility NZ. “The entire site is one big Flash object.… Finish Reading Nevada Blind Childrens’ Foundation Defends Web Site Despite Accessibility Problems
ILA Responds to Accessibility Concerns
Wednesday’s article generated responses from Independent Living Aids and the members of the connected online blind community. ILA’s account manager, Frank Boyden, posted a public comment Thursday morning. “ILA appreciates the feedback. We are always trying to improve and be accessible to our customer base. If you have a question or your not sure about… Finish Reading ILA Responds to Accessibility Concerns
Be Careful What You Purchase from Independent Living Aids!
I’ll be doing some more targeted journalism on this issue in the near future, so all of you may consider this article to be a rant. ILA continues to have some real problems with selling inaccessible products with inaccessible documentation to blind people, then trying to deliver customer service that’s inappropriate for blind customers. On… Finish Reading Be Careful What You Purchase from Independent Living Aids!
Apple Announces iPhone Accessibility, Blind Community Cautiously Optimistic
At Monday’s WWDC conference, Apple announced the inclusion of VoiceOver on its new iPhone 3 GS, making a unique touch screen interface accessible to a cautiously optimistic blind user community for the first time. “iPhone 3G S provides new accessibility features including VoiceOver, a screen reader that speaks what appears on the iPhone 3G S… Finish Reading Apple Announces iPhone Accessibility, Blind Community Cautiously Optimistic
Twitter Quietly Fixes Broken Audio CAPTCHA
A blind Internet user has reported that Twitter has corrected issues with its audio CAPTCHA during a one-hour Friday evening maintenance window. Blind Access Journal has confirmed the fix. On August 22, 2007, Twitter implemented the ReCAPTCHA service to protect the site from abuse while granting a level of accessibility to blind and visually impaired… Finish Reading Twitter Quietly Fixes Broken Audio CAPTCHA
Code of Ethics
One of the courses I took last semester was Journalism Ethics and Diversity. Our final assignment involved writing a personal code of ethics accompanied by an explanation of how we arrived at the conclusions in that code. I have decided to share this with all of you, my dedicated readers, in hopes that you may… Finish Reading Code of Ethics