Author: scottrut

Ok unfortunately there’s no news today except for the fact I got an invite to try out the new skype voice mail product but the voucher code didn’t work.
Hopefully that will be fixed tomorrow and if so, i’ll write some info here.

Also i’m going out to the club tomorrow night to hear my cousin play in the jazz band.

Should be a great night.

Will catch you all tomorrow or the day after.

3 days till my 2 weeks of holidays you bloody beauty.

Ok it’s my Birthday and i’d like to say happy birthday to me.

I’d like to thank all those who took the time to call and say hello or for there email.
It’s been a great day and i’m so pleased others could share it with me.
I so far have recieved money a cd and tomorrow a bbq and some drinks.
I’ll write about the bbq tomorrow and anything else that may occurr.

cheers and talk to you all later.

Ok it’s official.
Icq 5 has now been released and has a cool walky talky mode built in.

this allows you to page someone and use your space bar to chat to them one on one.

I’d like to see folks grab this sucker and take it for a spin.

please comment on the new icq 5 tell us all wether it’s speech friendly or not and how it goes on your individual machine.

Thanks all and catch you all tomorrow.

Hi all.

Ok this time i’ve decided to be a little more diplamatic when it comes to asking web venders for what we want.

I’ve written about this cool rock station in the past
www.kqlz.org

basically to sign up with them, you need to enter a security code which is embeded in an immage on there site.

I’ve written to them and have asked they allow blind people to sign up.

Here’s my letter to them and I urge all blind people to use the web site feedback link and also complain long loud and shout at the top of there lungs.

i’m sick of web developers who choose to exclude blind people from accessing sites simply because there ignorant.
They contstantly use the excuse sorry we didn’t know.

Bull shit you didn’t know.

Why can’t the miserable bastards open there eyes and put themselves in our position?
I’ll tell you why because there useless and half the time the idiots never reply.

I’ve never felt so outraged and discriminated against in all my life.

I’m going to sock it to them and if they don’t take notice i’m going to urge all my readers to abuse swear cry shout yell and scream very very loud and maybe then the nuckle heads will situp and take notice.

Ok enough of my rambling.

Here’s my calm collected letter I pain stakingly handcrafted myself.

Hi there.

I’m writing as a blind person who uses a screen reader to read the text on screen and use speech output.

My complaint is to signup for access to your site, seen’s our screen reading software can’t read the image when signing up to enter the security code.

Isn’t there another way you can allow blind people who use screen reading software to signup without having to enter a security code?

Your shutting out heaps of people who use internet radio on a daily basis and having to get sighted assistance to signup is a challenge and sometimes not possible.

Could you see if a work around could be sort to allow blind folks to sign up and enjoy your site as well?

We’re being shut out of a great service and we feel we should be able to access your site like our sighted counterparts.

Thanks for your time.

Ok no news to report today.

Went over to a friend’s fixed his pc and everything is now working fine.

Also went on the tredmill twice and tomorrow is the big beer and ribs night.
Looking forward to it immensly.

Catch you all tomorrow live from the event and afterwood for the wrap up.