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Re: reCAPTCHA replacement

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From: Randy Pope
Date: Dec 5, 2014 8:50PM

Speaking as a deaf-blind person, both legally blind with little sight and
deaf, I just did a quick review of Google new replacement.

Firefox: When I first click on the link, I got this checkbox message asking
me if I'm not a robot. I click that and it appears I got through. No
graphic photo or CAPTCHA to deal with. That's good. Five minutes later I
again test the site but this time the old reCAPTCHA appeared on the screen
which required me to type in the information on the image. Since I cannot
see the screen well enough, I was unable to type in the information, I'm
also deaf which may the audio challenge completely useless for me.

IE 11: I follow the same steps as I did with Firefox and got the same
result. I have tried closing IE and click on the same link at different
time, ten minute apart and still got the same result.

To me this Google new replacement remains to be inaccessible for the people
who are deaf-blind. Thank you, Alastair, for sharing this link. This
information has re-generated my energy and reinforce my belief against
CAPTCHA in any form.

Randy Pope