unlike most sites, yahoo for example and I think ebay, qrz will help if you 
send them an email asking them to.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward alonzo" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: another qrz.com question


>I wrote them a very nasty e-mail and it as as follows.
>
> Message
> hello to all concerned. I just became a new operator, and went to set up
> a qrz account so I could put information about myself and just have an
> account
> in general.
> I'm a totally blind ham operator, and when I got to the form to fill
> out, you've got a security box that has letters that you have to see on
> the screen
> and type it into a box.
> This is not possible with out an audio link.
> If there was an audio link that read the letters, then we could input
> them into the box using our screen reader technology.
> Is there any way around this problem for other blind ham users that wish
> to create an account?
> This is getting to be a huge problem with many websites as they are
> trying to prevent spammers from signing up with fake accounts, how ever,
> it is making
> it very difficult for blind users to access information and create
> accounts with out the assistance of a sighted coworker or family member.
> all these companies or organizations need to do, is make an audio link
> google had such a problem and after the blind community haggled them
> over it and
> gave them a sign partition, they finally got there buts off the ground
> and did something about it!
> Just a suggestion, to put an audio link in place so that other blind or
> low vision users don't have this problem.
> Please get back with me and let me know if there is anything that we can
> do so that we can also create our own accounts without sighted
> assistance.
> Thanks.
> Edward Alonzo
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Christopher Moore
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 14:00
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: another qrz.com question
>
>
> Hello,
> I attempted to register on qrz.com but was thwarted by one of those
> security code problems.  You're supposed to enter a code shown in a box
> on the screen.  Gues I'll have to wait for sighted help.   So much for
> accessible web sites <grin>.
>
> 73
> Chris w1gm
>