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Re: Accessible captchas?

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From: Owens, Parker
Date: Dec 5, 2008 10:15AM


Here's some additional stuff from WCAG 2:

If CAPTCHAs are used:

Provide more than two modalities of CAPTCHAs
Provide access to a human customer service representative who can bypass CAPTCHA
Do not require CAPTCHAs for authorized users

I think the second one is the most important.

Parker Owens
Web Accessibility Office
Eastern Kentucky University
254 Case Annex
Richmond, KY 40475
 
Phone: (859) 622-2743
http://www.accessibility.eku.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Dean Hamack [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:47 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: [WebAIM] Accessible captchas?

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