<div>Dónal,</div>
<div>thanks for this info and glad to see you got a somewhat satisfactory resolution.</div>
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<div>The issue of CAPTCHAs has been discussed before on the list (link included below for those interested) and remains a big accessibility issue for many.</div>
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<div>July 2007 posting on CAPTCHA <a href="http://list.eeng.dcu.ie/pipermail/irl-dean/2007/001285.html">http://list.eeng.dcu.ie/pipermail/irl-dean/2007/001285.html</a></div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Dónal R.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">2008/7/1 Dónal Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:dfitzpat@computing.dcu.ie">dfitzpat@computing.dcu.ie</a>>:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi all,<br><br>In the middle of April I contacted the administrators of<br><a href="http://www.askaboutmoney.com/" target="_blank">www.askaboutmoney.com</a> to inform them that their registration process was<br>
inaccessible. The reason was that it relied on an image verification for<br>which they did not provide an alternative.<br><br>I am now delighted to report that they've fixxed this and, in my view having<br>just completed registration, their process is now reasonably usable.<br>
<br>The process now involves the user completing all the standard fields<br>(username, password and the like) before being asked to enter the number of<br>a specific guideline. For example, when I registered I was asked to enter<br>
the number of the guideline relating to the rules governing advertising on<br>the site. A link to the guidelines is provided.<br><br>There is still a small glitch in that the verification question is located<br>at the end of the form (when viewed linearly using Jaws) and not all data is<br>
persisted when one goes to the page containing the guidelines and<br>subsequently returns to the registration page. However I have no doubt they<br>will fix this in due course.<br><br>I am sending this information in the hopes that some people may find it<br>
useful, and also because I feel that the administrators of the site deserve<br>a lot of credit for their willingness to fix the accessibility of the site.<br>Major companies with far more in the way of resources at their disposal<br>
could take a leaf out of their book. It is not a perfect solution, but it<br>is not bad at all.<br><br>Best<br><br>Dónal<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Irl-dean mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Irl-dean@list.eeng.dcu.ie">Irl-dean@list.eeng.dcu.ie</a><br>
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