suggestion (fwd)

[Kirk Wood]

I sent the following to the webmaster of yahoogroups.com. Now the question
is, how many will follow this up?

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Kirk Wood
Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net

Nowlan's Theory:
        He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from
        the next freeway exit.


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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:24:34 -0600 (CST)
From: Kirk Wood <cpt.kirk at 1tree.net>
To: webmaster at yahoogroups.com
Subject: suggestion

I would like to make a suggestion regarding your sign up process. You may
(or may not) be aware that the recent implimentation of requiring a person
to enter the number that appears only as a graphic in the signup process
causes problems for low vision and blind users. Right now they are
required to leave their phone number for confirmation via the phone. My
suggestion is that you impliment one more means of getting the code from
the page. There are programs that will turn a code into a spoken word in a
wave file. This wave file can then be placed on the page so that blind and
low vision users can hear the code for entry. It will still prevent
automated scripts from signing up, and enable the blind comunity to
continue involvement without the need for phone calls.

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Kirk Wood
Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net

Nowlan's Theory:
        He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from
        the next freeway exit.