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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Mar 23, 2009 11:30AM

Randi

CAPTCHA is an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell
Computers and Humans Apart." They have been a burr in the backside for some
time. I am not sure if there is a universally acceptable solution yet, but
your idea of a simple question that a robot could not correctly reply to has
been suggested.

Here is a nice review of the issue dating back to 2005
http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/captcha/

You can also search through Google using the terms "accessible captcha" and
read some of the other articles about this.

I'm not sure what to do about the Twitter thing. I listed to the auditory
captcha and couldn't figure out what they were saying. Maybe Dennis Lembree
who developed Accessible Twitter has a solution - you can reach him at
<EMAIL REMOVED>

~j

John E. Brandt
Web Design, Development, Consultation
Augusta, Maine USA
www.jebswebs.com
<EMAIL REMOVED>
207-622-7937