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Re: Making A Better CAPTCHA For the Visually Impaired And Making Captions More Available To The Hearing Impaired

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From: samir menon
Date: Apr 17, 2013 7:17PM

I'm not sure why you're not able to play the audio, Lucy;
Most browsers support mp3 playing. (IE 9+, Firefox 20+, Chrome, Safari)

Do you think I should add a download for the mp3 so that people can play it
if they don't have a supported browser they can download it?

I could alternatively use a flash player to play the audio, but I had
assumed that most people using screenreading technology don't have Flash
enabled.


On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Lucy Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello:
> I can't find a way to hear the audio I find a here link on the page and
> edit field to put the answer in and a check answer button and a give up
> button how do I play the audio Lucy
>
> Lucia Greco
> Web Access Analyst
> IST-Campus Technology Services
> University of California, Berkeley
> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
> Follow me on twitter @accessaces
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of samir menon
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 5:21 PM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: [WebAIM] Making A Better CAPTCHA For the Visually Impaired And
> Making Captions More Available To The Hearing Impaired
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm Samir, a 10th grade web developer and I am working on a Google Science
> Fair Project to create a better CAPTCHA for the visually impaired. As you
> may know, current audio CAPTCHAs are very difficult, take a long time, and
> tend to discourage many visually impaired web users from participating in
> online discussion. Not only is the solution I have developed an easier
> audio CAPTCHA, but also uses the work of those who fill out the CAPTCHAs
> to provide captions to videos online for the deaf. In that way, my project
> helps make the web more accesible for both the visually impaired and the
> hearing impaired.
>
> Essentially, I take videos online, split them into chunks, and take the
> ones that the computer has trouble with and present them to users as
> CAPTCHA puzzles. I compare their responses to the responses of others to
> verify they are human. You can read the full explanation and help me test
> the system
> here<http://t-oss.com/why_the_audio_recaptcha_is_terrible_and_how_it_can_b
> e_fixed.html>
> [1].
>
> You can help me by testing the solution I have, and giving me any feedback
> you have. You can test the solution by clicking the button at the bottom
> of [1] or going here <http://t-oss.com/puzzle.php>; [2].
>
> Also, if you have any feedback, don't hesitate at all to tell me: I
> appreciate any and all feedback!
>
> Thanks so much!
> ~Samir Menon
>
> [1] -
> http://t-oss.com/why_the_audio_recaptcha_is_terrible_and_how_it_can_be_fix
> ed.html
>
> [2] - http://t-oss.com/puzzle.php
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