Yahoo!'s Accessibility Improvement
Hello Yahoo! management team,As a blind user, who accesses the internet via screen reading programs, I found it difficult to create my Yahoo! account, and ended up asking a sighted person for help, si... continue reading »
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"I have also ran into this problem. I am glad to jump in and do my part to help in it's long needed change."
"Becoming blind has made it impossible for me to access my Yahoo! account due to the lack of accessibility. Other sites, I was able to use within a few days of learning how to use a screen reader. I am tired of being told that I am subhuman because I canno"
"It is no longer allowable for you to say you will get back to someone and then simply not bother. After all, why should we wait to sign up for a service which you get paid for in triplicate by the advertising our own consumption fuels for a sighted person"
"As a sighted person, I find the CAPTCHA letters difficult to read. It often takes me two or more tries to get past them. Please find an audio alternative for those who can't see them at all. Thank you."
"Is is too much to ask ?"
"I ahve found the Yahoo groups to be very difficult to deal with because of the inaccessibility. The ironic thing is that I belong to a blind and low vision support group that uses Yahoo for their e-mail list so taht members can interact with one another."
"I'm a sighted person but I also call on Yahoo! to make their captcha accessible."
"I am not personally blind, but all 3 of my immediate family members are visually impaired and I have two blind nephews and a blind niece. Their abilities need to be taken into consideration as this tool inhibits their use of the internet. Thank you."
