oh god, don't get me on a yahoo soapbox lol, they irritate me to no end

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: another qrz.com question


>I wish yahoo would do this as well, but obviously, they haven't done
> anything that I know of. It's not a surprise to me that they've done this 
> at
> qrz, thought it would come at some point.  73 de Dan VA3ETS
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Edward alonzo
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 23:06
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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
> Edward Fernando Alonzo and Holly Gail Alonzo To People in love and happily
> Married!
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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
>