Social networking and the blind

Read an article--on social networking sites and their accessibility--in AFB's November newsletter. I must check out LinkedIn soon. Here is a brief extract from the article.

Until MySpace, Friendster, and Facebook offer an alternative to the CAPTCHA, people with vision loss will not be able to independently sign up for these services. But the good news is once someone gets through the CAPTCHA barrier, becoming a MySpace, Friendster, or Facebook user is possible, since the templates for these three sites are fairly well labeled. LinkedIn, the leading business networking site, is the most user-friendly of all the social networking sites because its pages are well labeled, and it does not include a CAPTCHA in the registration process.

I also checked out the mentor portion of AFB's website. I found a Seattle librarian who is a reader's advisor and emailed to find out if said person finds screen access technology able to work with the library automation software. I'll keep you posted as I am hoping to learn information that I might be able to use should the library position in Baton Rouge come open.

Imagine that!

-Text by David Faucheux