Hi, May I have permission to post this o a few places? I think the grater blind community needs to hear aboutit so we can all try and support it. I can't wait to try it for myself! So many sites have these things now and I'm sure you can all relate to my frustration here. So many of them I simply couldn't join.
On 22/05/2009, Solona <mysol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah. The reason that I don't call too much attention to that is that > I cannot document the instructions fully. I do not have a GUI linux > box running. All my machines are CLI only. > > Alex, if you would like to compose some instructions for linux, I will > publish them on Solona, and give you credit as the author of that > instruction set. > > Let me know. I think it would be great addition and like I said, I > will give credit to you for contributing such information. > > Bernard. > > On May 21, 9:05 pm, Alex Jurgensen <asquare...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> Bernard, >> >> It works on Linux too. >> >> Thanks, >> Alex, >> >> On 7-May-09, at 9:25 PM, Solona wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > Hello everyone. My name is Bernard Maldonado. I just joined the >> > group. Mac Visionaries seems like an awesome resource for people who >> > want to embrace the power and capabilities of what Apple has to >> > offer. After all, it is truly a superior product over any of the PC >> > clone competitors. >> >> > I would like to thank Cara for giving me permission to post this note. >> >> > Please allow me to introduce an online service that may be of interest >> > to Mac Visionaries. Solona, found athttp://www.Solona.net, is a >> > Human Assisted CAPTCHA Solution Service for blind and visually >> > impaired people. The service is fully compatible with Apple users as >> > well as Windows users. Solona is especially helpful when signing up >> > for a website that employs a CAPTCHA on the registration page. Here >> > are some of the main principles promoted at Solona: >> >> > 1. full disclosure about the service (who, how, what, etc) >> > 2. security and privacy for each user is paramount and documented >> > 3. platform independent (works on Windows, Mac) >> > 4. fast, efficient, and reliable service to users with minimal >> > interaction >> > 5. free service with no levels of membership >> > 6. provide research and information about websites and how CAPTCHAS >> > are implemented in the form of blog articles. >> >> > I welcome any questions, comments, or concerns that you may have. >> > Feel free to contact me and I'm happy to talk! Any suggestions about >> > how to make the service better are greatly appreciated. >> >> > The Twitter name is Solona . Twitter is used for announcements and >> > news about Solona. >> >> > There's much more information on the website, so I won't take more >> > time in this post. The Mac instructions are posted on the "How it >> > works" page. >> >> > In closing, I would like to share one interesting, yet possibly ironic >> > thought that is frequently on my mind about this service: I hope that >> > Solona fails, but for the right reasons. At some point in the future, >> > Solona should be made obsolete by the implementation of fully >> > accessible anti spam tools on registration pages. That will be a >> > major milestone for the Internet, and I look forward to that day. In >> > the meantime, I will continue to invest time and resources into Solona >> > so that it is a reliable and valuable resource in the blind community, >> > and I will advocate for accessible anti spam registration tools. >> >> > Bernard.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
