Hi Peter,
 Yes "My Space" is accessible except for the registration process. In order 
to set up an account they ask users to print the text from one of those 
graphic number generators that isn't compatible with screen readers. (or at 
least they did when I signed up) You might need someone to read the number 
for you but all of the other functions in "My Space after that point seem to 
be easily navigated using Jaws. I set a page up for my band using Jaws at
http://myspace.com/radioaltar
You can get pretty crazy with customizing the colors and layout of the page 
but I haven't investigated to see how accessible this process is. I would 
guess it is pretty easy using Jaws and its formatting description commands.
All of these websites adopting the graphical verification images need to 
find some other way of verifying their new account users. Kudos to Yahoo for 
giving people an alternative form of registration but a lot of smaller sites 
don't seem to offer this optional registration method. Whoever out there is 
leading the charge on internet accessibility should definitely put these 
graphical verification methods near the top of their things to make 
accessible list. Is there a way to get around these type of registration 
methods using adaptive technology that I'm not aware of?
Tim



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Seymour" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03 AM
Subject: [VICUG-L] Accessible websites and blogs of my own


> Listers,
>
> People have been telling me I should have my own website, my
> own blog, and other Internet things of that ilk. What is the best
> resource for getting some good advice and guidelines as to the
> best way to approach this using screen reading software?
>
> In particular, is My Space accessible?
> http://www.myspace.com
>
> Thanks,
> Peter Seymour
>
>
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