thanks for the speakup and sonar ideas.

[Alex Snow]

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Hi.
The reason that most companies don't use email verification is because 
it defeates the purpose of the number varification. The reason these 
numbers are used, and that the image isn't clear enough to be 
recognised by ocr is that they don't want computers to automatically 
create an account. if email was used, all the software would have to 
do is parse the email and grab the varification url.
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 
at 01:29:57AM -0400, Erik Heil wrote:
> Hi their.  No, varification utilizing graphic immages is not at all 
> accessible.  Actually, now that you point it out, the services that 
> utilize this mechanism actually made it a lot more complicated.  Similar 
> systems exist, but instead of using graphic images, they simply will send 
> the user e-mail as part or as a complete verification sollution.  This is 
> a lot better, as it doesn't require the use of pixelated immages, and is 
> also accessible.  Speaking of which, what can we do as blind persons to 
> change this behavior?  Because if this contiues, I can see a serious 
> problem in uu being able to access crucial information.  If any of you 
> have suggestions on waht we can do, post them to the list.  B/c I'm 
> certainly interested in what can be done.  Yahoo! is not the only company 
> which seems to do this.  Paypal does this, but at least they provide an 
> audio interface to the numbers or characters which are to be entered in 
> such boxes.  Industry-wide though, their should be a solution.  Ok guys, 
> I'm done and I'm off my loap box right now.  Its just that it frustrates 
> me a lot.
> 
> -- 
> Erik Heil <eheil at va3duk.serveftp.com>
> Phone: (865) 673-0542
> 
> 
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