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Re: Accessible captchas?

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From: Peter Krantz
Date: Dec 3, 2008 1:05PM

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Dean Hamack < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I'm putting together a contact form and need to have a captcha to prevent
> spam. Does anyone have recommendations for an accessible method? First hit
> in Google turned up this:
>
> http://www.purple-dogfish.co.uk/free-stuff/accessible-captcha
>

Briefly looking through the examples at the link you provided makes
one wonder about the accessibility. Metaphors and math may be
difficult for people with cognitive disabilities.

Are you sure you need a captcha? Is it possible to instead use a
server-side service (like Akismet) to deal with spam?

Regards,

Peter Krantz