Comments on: Google descriminates against blind/ sight impaired bloggers with CAPTCHA introduction http://www.blogherald.com/2005/10/24/google-descriminates-against-blind-sight-impaired-bloggers-with-captcha-introduction/ 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: Mark http://www.blogherald.com/2005/10/24/google-descriminates-against-blind-sight-impaired-bloggers-with-captcha-introduction/comment-page-1/#comment-63838 Mark Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:09:05 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/10/24/google-descriminates-against-blind-sight-imparred-bloggers-with-captcha-introduction/#comment-63838 The thing that really hacks me off is they won't explain why I have to 'solve a captcha' every time I blog. I figured out why, but it still hacks me off. I was posting 5 to 8 times per day. Now I maybe put in 1 post a day. looking for a new place. anyone have any ideas? go here: http://o8b.blogspot.com/2005/10/google-still-clueless.html Leave me a comment. Thanks The thing that really hacks me off is they won’t explain why I have to ‘solve a captcha’ every time I blog. I figured out why, but it still hacks me off. I was posting 5 to 8 times per day. Now I maybe put in 1 post a day.

looking for a new place. anyone have any ideas? go here:
http://o8b.blogspot.com/2005/10/google-still-clueless.html
Leave me a comment. Thanks

]]> By: Eddie Goldman http://www.blogherald.com/2005/10/24/google-descriminates-against-blind-sight-impaired-bloggers-with-captcha-introduction/comment-page-1/#comment-62956 Eddie Goldman Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:20:32 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/10/24/google-descriminates-against-blind-sight-imparred-bloggers-with-captcha-introduction/#comment-62956 As an aging boomer with poor and worsening eyesight, I totally agree that the use of CAPTCHA's is in essence discriminatory to people both with disabilities and vision problems. I get them on Yahoo mail a lot, even when sending mail to people with whom I regularly correspond (I'm in the media business). They are getting harder to read both as my eyesight gets worse and these CAPTCHA's include more characters. And my Yahoo account is in my own name with a sig file attached to each message. Meanwhile, I still get the usual assortment of obvious spam. I would hope that someone takes this issue up with Congress and sees whether this is against at least the spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act if not the law itself. As an aging boomer with poor and worsening eyesight, I totally agree that the use of CAPTCHA’s is in essence discriminatory to people both with disabilities and vision problems. I get them on Yahoo mail a lot, even when sending mail to people with whom I regularly correspond (I’m in the media business). They are getting harder to read both as my eyesight gets worse and these CAPTCHA’s include more characters. And my Yahoo account is in my own name with a sig file attached to each message. Meanwhile, I still get the usual assortment of obvious spam.

I would hope that someone takes this issue up with Congress and sees whether this is against at least the spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act if not the law itself.

]]> By: Lois http://www.blogherald.com/2005/10/24/google-descriminates-against-blind-sight-impaired-bloggers-with-captcha-introduction/comment-page-1/#comment-62763 Lois Tue, 25 Oct 2005 05:45:34 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/10/24/google-descriminates-against-blind-sight-imparred-bloggers-with-captcha-introduction/#comment-62763 You don't have to be using a text reader to have problems with CAPTCHA. Bifocals can distort the extra stuff that sometimes appears in the boxes turning random slashes and letters into new forms. Think about the difference between "V" and "W." Personally it is not unusual for me to enter CAPTCHA terms three and four times before one of them takes in the system. I find this very frustrating and now to find out that CAPTCHA has had little impact on spam...what a waste of my time doing all that entry. You don’t have to be using a text reader to have problems with CAPTCHA. Bifocals can distort the extra stuff that sometimes appears in the boxes turning random slashes and letters into new forms. Think about the difference between “V” and “W.”

Personally it is not unusual for me to enter CAPTCHA terms three and four times before one of them takes in the system. I find this very frustrating and now to find out that CAPTCHA has had little impact on spam…what a waste of my time doing all that entry.

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