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

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From: ckrugman@sbcglobal.net
Date: Feb 8, 2011 1:57PM

there is one site that I've come across where the captcha is actually
readable and the user is asked to retype it in to another box. I found that
it can be selected and then copied to the box as well.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Birkir Rúnar Gunnarsson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Inaccessible captia and WCAG 2.0, level a compliance.


Agree, I have a hard time imagining it.
The only accessible captia I have come acrss are questions like
"what is 2 plus 5, write the number here"
type ones

On 2/2/11, 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
>>