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

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From: Nancy Johnson
Date: Feb 3, 2011 6:57AM

I just talked with the software engineer and we are using more of the
spam protector, that is coldfusion specific
http://cfformprotect.riaforge.org/

If you type in transparent captcha into google, Wordpress seems to
have several entries.

Sorry for the misinfromation

Nancy

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Jim Allan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> perhaps http://blog.fili.nl/articles/the-anti-captcha-challenge/
> more at google http://www.google.com/search?hl=&;q=transparent+captcha&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS261US261&ie=UTF-8
>
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Andrew Kirkpatrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> 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
>>>