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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: Andrews, David B (DEED)
Date: Apr 23, 2013 2:59PM

With JAWS 14 and IE9 I never hear any audio. I hit enter on play button and get the message waiting.

I do see edit field for entry of CAPTCHA.

Dave



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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of samir menon
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:21 PM
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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_be_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_fixed.html

[2] - http://t-oss.com/puzzle.php