yahoo groups accessibility

Scott Berry n7zib at bresnan.net
Sun Dec 28 13:04:30 EST 2003


Hi Cheryl,

I was at the paypal site about a month or two ago and they still had the
wav file so I don't think that is going to go away any time soon.  It
was definitely a pain but once done it was great.

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003,
Cheryl Homiak wrote:

> Yes, it looks like this works, but i suppose i should email them and point
> out that what they are offering is not a form of equal access  (even
> though I appreciate the fact that they were at least aware of the need
> for an alternative) and suggest
> that at the very least they just let people know they can subscribe via
> email. As long as this
> avenue is open, that's fine, but we really shouldn't be barred from doing
> it through the website unless we give out our phone numbers and request
> help.
> payPal at least had a wav file (don't know what they are doing now); it
> was a royal pain in my oppinion but it could be done. And that was only a
> one-time thing for registration.
> Ok, I'll quit encumbering the list with my venting, but I wonder how many
> of the people who dream up this kind of thing to solve accessibility
> issues would be willing to send in their emails and sit around waiting
> for a phone call just to join a group?! GET REAL!!!
> Thanks for the quick responses anyway.
> Hmm, maybe I shouldn't remind them that one can still subscribe by email;
> maybe this is another gap in their security they will then close!!!
>
>
>

-- 
Scott Berry
Email: n7zib at bresnan.net




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