Comments on: Google under fire for excluding blind bloggers http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/25/google-under-fire-for-excluding-blind-bloggers/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bad Beats and Suckouts » Blog Archive » Google Getting Hammered http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/25/google-under-fire-for-excluding-blind-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-64024 Bad Beats and Suckouts » Blog Archive » Google Getting Hammered Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:11:37 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/25/google-under-fire-for-excluding-blind-bloggers/#comment-64024 [...] y Editor Google Getting Hammered Good, they need some humility. Google Does Harm, again! - if you are blind, no blogspot for [...] [...] y Editor Google Getting Hammered Good, they need some humility. Google Does Harm, again! – if you are blind, no blogspot for [...]

]]> By: Mark http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/25/google-under-fire-for-excluding-blind-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-63848 Mark Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:16:29 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/25/google-under-fire-for-excluding-blind-bloggers/#comment-63848 This also blocks those of us with legitimate blogs. No explanation from the gods on Mount Olympus. Ridiculus. Typical Google. This also blocks those of us with legitimate blogs. No explanation from the gods on Mount Olympus.

Ridiculus. Typical Google.

]]> By: Darrell Shandrow http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/25/google-under-fire-for-excluding-blind-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-23629 Darrell Shandrow Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:39:58 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/25/google-under-fire-for-excluding-blind-bloggers/#comment-23629 The implementation of visual verification (CAPTCHA) without any alternative means of accessibility for the blind is nothing less than deliberately discriminatory once the practice continues after our attempts at educating the site's developers. Since the purpose of CAPTCHA is to differentiate between humans and computers (allowing the former while excluding the latter) inaccessible CAPTCHA represents a denial of our very humanity! We are humans whom just happen to be blind. We insistently urge Google and all similarly inaccessible companies to immediately remove their visual verification schemes, complete the necessary work to add accessibility then re-institute abuse prvention systems that do not deny equal participation to the blind! The implementation of visual verification (CAPTCHA) without any alternative means of accessibility for the blind is nothing less than deliberately discriminatory once the practice continues after our attempts at educating the site’s developers.
Since the purpose of CAPTCHA is to differentiate between humans and computers (allowing the former while excluding the latter) inaccessible CAPTCHA represents a denial of our very humanity! We are humans whom just happen to be blind. We insistently urge Google and all similarly inaccessible companies to immediately remove their visual verification schemes, complete the necessary work to add accessibility then re-institute abuse prvention systems that do not deny equal participation to the blind!

]]> By: All About Access » Blog Archive » Thank You Blog Herald!!! http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/25/google-under-fire-for-excluding-blind-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-23564 All About Access » Blog Archive » Thank You Blog Herald!!! Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:30:03 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/25/google-under-fire-for-excluding-blind-bloggers/#comment-23564 [...] The Blog Herald has written about the access issues posed by captchas! Excellent!! Read “Go [...] [...] The Blog Herald has written about the access issues posed by captchas! Excellent!! Read “Go [...]

]]> By: spiderwebwoman http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/25/google-under-fire-for-excluding-blind-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-23517 spiderwebwoman Mon, 25 Apr 2005 21:12:50 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/25/google-under-fire-for-excluding-blind-bloggers/#comment-23517 <strong>Google under fire for excluding blind bloggers</strong> Google under fire for excluding blind bloggers

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