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Re: alternate captcha ideas?

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From: ckrugman
Date: Nov 21, 2009 4:45PM

Being that the issue is still far from successfully resolved it is far from
an old topic.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carin Headrick" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] alternate captcha ideas?


> Sweet! Looks like I have some reading to do. I'm just getting to know all
> the goodness that resides on your site, so sorry for bringing up an old
> topic.
>
> Carin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Simius Puer
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] alternate captcha ideas?
>
>
> Hi Carin
>
> All CAPTCHA solutions have problems regarding accessibility and this has
> been discussed on various threads of this forum:
>
> http://www.webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread.php?thread=3945
> http://www.webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread.php?thread=3061 (and probably
> more)
>
> and there are good solutions on the main site:
>
> http://webaim.org/blog/spam_free_accessible_forms/
>
> ...this spells out real alternatives to CAPTCHA - ones that meet both
> usability and accessibility requirements, not to mention business
> requirements of security and a low form-abandonment rate.
>
> CAPTCHA does have it's place, but there are much better solutions that
> don't
> put any burden on the user whilst maintaining security.
>
>