It's irritating to see how many sites are using this form of verification...I work as a Readers' Advisor for the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library. As part of my job, I maintain our general email account. Many times, when replying to a user who has Earthlink as their ISP, I'm given a form to fill out to allow my emails to go through and avoid their spam blocker. It has the graphic verification, and has a "Click Here" link for the visually impaired. This takes you to their live chat with technical support...The help I was given from Earthlink's tech support has been "Sorry, we can't help you. Try to find the person's phone number and call them and tell them to add you to their list of okay email addresses". Great help, guys...Which is why, when asked to switch to Earthlink, I refused.
So now, I have to call a sighted coworker over to assist with these forms, or the Earthlink user who wants to order books (usually for a parent or other elderly relative) won't receive the reply to his/her email. By contrast, I used to regularly do reviews on grageband.com...I don't have much time since our daughter was born almost a year ago. They had the same process on each review. However, I wrote them and explained that I'm blind and use JAWS. They were able to disable this requirement on my account, so now, I can submit my reviews without a problem. So, some companies are willing to help...Others, obviously, aren't. Visit my Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wesderby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 11:23 PM Subject: Re: launchcast radio and the my station > It's more of the deal that bots flood a certain person with these > requests, > otherwise a normal form like Yahoo used to do with email confirmation > would > be enough. They must be, by the appearance of things, be trying to curb > that > problem as well. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher J Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 11:42 PM > Subject: Re: launchcast radio and the my station > > >> I'm not sure how it works since I've yet to get an email response. My >> understanding is that there's more to it than just typing "email" in the >> edit box. My understanding is that this then kicks off a procedure where >> an email is sent and replied to, similar to the verification procedure >> used when signing up for some mailing lists. Of course, a bot could >> automate all of this and work around this safe guard, but I'm sure bots >> could also use OCR to grab the text in the image too. >> >> Christopher >> >> Christopher J Chaltain >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> Brent Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 12/28/2005 07:05 PM >> Please respond to >> "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> >> >> To >> "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> cc >> >> Subject >> Re: launchcast radio and the my station >> >> >> >> >> >> >> So now all yahoo stuff lets you put in email for the code thingy? The >> trouble is that provides them no bot protection at all, a bot, when >> programmed, could put the word email in the box too. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Christopher J Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 5:26 PM >> Subject: Re: launchcast radio and the my station >> >> >>>I tried to sign up for this service with no luck. They guard against >> bots >>> by presenting an image and prompting you to type in the code you see in >>> the image. They have an alternative where you can just type "email" in >>> the edit box instead of the code presented in the image, and the rest of >>> the sign up procedure will be done via email. I did this, but never got >>> any email back. I submitted a problem report, but again, I got no >>> response. Does anyone know if this service is still active? The home >>> page seems to be updated frequently. BTW, it looks promising, both from >>> the amount of content that seems to be available and the attention to >>> accessibility. >>> >>> Christopher >>> >>> Christopher J Chaltain >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> Darrell Shandrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> 12/18/2005 10:35 AM >>> Please respond to >>> "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> >>> >>> To >>> "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> cc >>> >>> Subject >>> Re: launchcast radio and the my station >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Seems there is a similar service that is more accessible. Check this >> out: >>> >>> http://www.bluebeat.com >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Tyler Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 9:32 AM >>> Subject: Re: launchcast radio and the my station >>> >>> >>>>I will be addressing this to yahoo. If I get no response, I will simply >>>>tell >>>> them, or ask them, why they have a center for visually impaired people >>> to >>>> create acounts, yet they provide no accesibility. I guess I'll be >> forced >>> >>>> to >>>> resort to real player 10 again. >>>> >>>> Tyler >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Richard Claypool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 9:23 AM >>>> Subject: Re: launchcast radio and the my station >>>> >>>> >>>>> nope, and I've been mucking with it for like 4 years. Yahoo and >>>>> accessability are not good friends. >>>>> >>>>> Rick >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Tyler Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> To: <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 10:19 AM >>>>> Subject: launchcast radio and the my station >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I know you have to rate stations with this radio system: >>>>>> http://ca.music.yahoo.com/launchcast/stations/default.asp >>>>>> >>>>>> or rather, your station, if you have one. (You have to sign up to >>> yahoo! >>>>>> to be able to make your own station). >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyway, has anyone got the rating system to be accesible; or even >>>>>> usable? >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks, >>>>>> Tyler >>>>>> >>>>>> PS: usually, I just listen to the stations that it lists, but I'd >> like >>> >>>>>> to >>>>>> have my own kustom station (say, I want it mixed: pop, rock, >>>>>> alternitive, >>>>>> etc etc). >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>>>>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>>>>> >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>> >>>>>> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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