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Re: b9fx

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Tony BaechlerMay 22, 2015
 

 
Hello,

First, yes, alt tags are very useful to screen readers. They do read the
tags and at least I get a rough idea of what the picture is supposed to be
about. However, as Mark says, robots, search engines, etc can also read
those tags, effectively defeating the purpose. That is why I suggested
setting up a web-based authentication system with a form requiring the
solution to a basic word problem. The idea would be that a page listing the
available episodes would come up after the word problem is solved.

There are services out there which attempt to play audio codes for those who
can't see the image, but the problem is that the audio is so garbled that
it's hard to understand. I'll definitely give this a think and let the
group know if I come up with anything. Perhaps Mark is right that the best
thing to do is contribute a small amount of money for a storage account.
Amazon S3 comes to mind, but that has its own access issues. I could
possibly host them if all else fails, but I worry about the bandwidth and
legal issues. There would still be a login system of some sort, such as a
private ftp account.

Mark, out of curiosity, how much bandwidth does the jar use per month?

On 5/21/2015 6:48 AM, 'Paul' groups@... [just-a-minute] wrote:
> Tony,
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> I don't and have never used a screen reader programme, so please forgive this question if it is ignorant in any way. I do write a blog and include images in almost every post I upload and include alt tags and descriptive text in the meta tags for the images. Would this kind of info help with this kind of problem for your screen reader programme?
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> Again apologies for "teaching granny to suck eggs" type question
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> Paul
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> Hello,
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> I'm not sure what you mean by simplifying the process, but if you mean having someone look at a picture, I am rather disappointed. I am totally blind and that is rather impossible for some of us such as myself. I apologise if I am mistaken here, but based on another post commenting about saving the picture, I'm assuming that's the case. I would ask you to reconsider this and find a better solution. I am really tired of the prevailing attitude nowadays that all people can see, therefore anyone can see the picture, therefore make them look at a picture to get access. The really stupid thing is that any good OCR program can defeat this anyway. I know because I've had to use such software on a number of sites with the same stupid, non-inclusive thinking.
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> On 5/20/2015 6:25 AM, Mark sirnylon@... [just-a-minute] wrote:
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>> Hi all. The myBB software running b9fx.com <http://b9fx.com> has had a
>> fatal brain fart and has generated 400 error messages (so far) today.
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>> I've decided to dramatically simplify the dissemination of Jam Jar
>> login credentials on the site. I hope it will still serve the
>> community without impeding the discreet spreading of the JAM.
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>> Cheers
>> Mark
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