WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: Inaccessible captia and WCAG 2.0, level a compliance.

for

From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Feb 2, 2011 11:24AM

So now NO ONE can see the word provide the answer! :)

Seriously, what's a transparent CAPTCHA?

Thanks,
AWK

Andrew Kirkpatrick
Group Product Manager, Accessibility
Adobe Systems

<EMAIL REMOVED>
http://twitter.com/awkawk
http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility


-----Original Message-----
From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Nancy Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:40 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Inaccessible captia and WCAG 2.0, level a compliance.

Our software engineer found a transparent captcha. I don't know much
about it, but seemed like a perfect solution both for accessibility
and usability.

Nancy

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Andrew Kirkpatrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Under 1.1.1 Non-text Content: All non-text content that is presented to the user has a text alternative that serves the equivalent purpose, except for the situations listed below. (Level A)
>
> CAPTCHA: If the purpose of non-text content is to confirm that content is being accessed by a person rather than a computer, then text alternatives that identify and describe the purpose of the non-text content are provided, and alternative forms of CAPTCHA using output modes for different types of sensory perception are provided to accommodate different disabilities.
>
> Thanks,
> AWK
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
> Group Product Manager, Accessibility
> Adobe Systems
>
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> http://twitter.com/awkawk
> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Birkir Rúnar Gunnarsson
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 11:09 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] Inaccessible captia and WCAG 2.0, level a compliance.
>
> Dear all.
>
> I am hoping for a bit of a shortcut by posting this, rather than
> leafing through the WCAG 2.0 standard, because I guess some of you may
> have dealt with this situation before.
> An Icelandic government web site has put captia on every single load
> of the web site (the web site is that of the superior court and they
> claim they are protecting the privacy of the individuals in the court
> cases from internet searches).
> Their captia is completely inaccessible, and nothing on the site can
> be activated without having to fill in the captia first.
> The government has committed itself (not legally, but in its official
> information society policy document) to W3C A compliance .. which I
> take to mean WCAG 2.0 Level I compliance, it is never explained
> further.
> Which part of the WCAG standard does inaccessible captia break?
> Does anyone have experience in writing about this before (a letter of
> complaint or legal statement of any kind)?
> Anything of  that nature you can share would be very helpful.
> Thank you very much and have a great day y'all.
> -B
>