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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: Elle
Date: Apr 17, 2013 9:41PM

Samir:

I think it's great if you want to test your code with a screen reader.
There are free options available like VoiceOver that comes with every Mac
and NVDA <http://community.nvda-project.org/>; for Windows). However, I
would humbly suggest that testing with a screen reader as a developer is
really more for your own awareness. It will help you get familiar with how
screen readers interact with web pages. You actually have the best possible
scenario for getting screen reader testing results with Lucy's kind offer.
As a sighted user who works in the accessibility industry, I still would
never trust my own testing over someone who uses a screen reader for
everyday use. Because accessibility is part technical and part human
experience, I usually focus on the technical and try to learn from others'
interactions.

All the best, and congratulations again on your project idea! You've
restored my hope in a good reason to have CAPTCHA on a web site... maybe. :)


Cheers,
Elle

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the people to gather wood,
divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast
and endless sea.
- Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince


On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Lucy Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello:
> I was in a hurry earlier and forgot to say I really do want this to work
> and I will be your tester. Just send me anything you have and I can tell
> you how it works I will even screen cast to show you how it works this is
> a very important and ambitious project I really want it to work 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
>
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