Blind Access Journal

Thanks go to the CyberGal for the early coverage of the petition on her blog.

We thank father Roderick Vonhögen of the Catholic Insider for supportive coverage of the Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition on his Daily Breakfast podcast.

We thank Mike Smith of the Mike Tech Show podcast for his detailed supportive coverage of the Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition. Let’s all continue working to spread the word about this important endeavor.

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Congratulations go to Karen for her five years of distinguished service in the hospitality industry. It is nice to see traits like longevity and loyalty being highly valued. The awards banquet was fabulous!

The Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition is an excellent way for the blind community to get involved in some constructive accessibility advocacy that can make a difference. Please submit your promos, suggestions and all other feedback to editor (at) blindaccessjournal.com. When promoting the petition, it may be easier to use the BlindWebAccess.com domain name as an effective shortcut.

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We thank Allison Sheridan for her coverage of the petition on her NosillaCast podcast on Monday, January 16. We believe she is likely the first podcaster to have covered this effort. Her support and that of many others is hugely appreciated. Please keep up the great work, everyone.

We thank Todd Cochrane for his coverage of the Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition on the Geek News Central blog and podcast.

A new domain, BlindWebAccess.com, has now gone live in support of the Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition. Visiting this new domain will instantly redirect the user to the petition’s home page. Everyone is welcome to distribute this new domain far and wide, especially when promoting the petition outside the technology oriented media. Thanks go to Tina for the suggestion of this specific domain name.

Check out the press release published to the media regarding the Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition. If you have not done so already, please sign the petition. After that, please follow the link to the press release and forward it to all associates, friends, relatives, bloggers, podcasters and members of the conventional media for wide distribution. Thank you all for your support.

In the spirit of the speech entitled I Have A Dream as delivered in 1963 by Martin Luther King, Jr. I advocate for the equal access to technology and alternative transportation that we, the blind and visually impaired, must be granted in order to be fully included and able to participate in society on terms of equality with the sighted. Please join me in this critical struggle for justice by signing the Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition today and by taking all other actions necessary and appropriate to support our right to equal accessibility.

As part of the Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition, a personalized letter will be written and sent to Dr. Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO. Assistance and feedback on the content of this letter is being actively sought from the blind community. Constructive suggestions and even draft content is being accepted at editor@blindaccessjournal.com for potential incorporation into the results of this vital project. We have a couple of months to get this done, so please participate.