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Re: recaptcha. I thought it was accessible and thats why I used it.

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From: Nusbaum, Christopher
Date: Jul 14, 2014 6:19AM

Another solution is to embed an easy security question into the authentication part of a Web form. For example, I have seen questions as simple as, "Is ice hot or cold?" Check boxes or radio buttons could then be added so the human viewer can select his/her answer and click "Submit."

Christopher A. (Chris) Nusbaum, Intern
Technology Services Department
Assistive Technology Program
Carroll County Public Schools
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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 6:31 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] recaptcha. I thought it was accessible and thats why I used it.

Also, don't forget that the audio for captcha is generally usually so bad that it is impossible to work with.
Make sure your client is willing to sit down and do 5 tries regetting in using only the audio.
If he/she gets in 4 times it might b possible for them to accept it as a solution.
If not, they might understand what an unreasonable hurdle this is.

(I know i am preaching to the choir on this one, I wish there was a better CAPTCHA technology out there, I think sending authentication cdes via text or email should be a reasonable alternative, in Iceland this is doable because people can sign up their phone and email addresses via a central national registration directory. The problem has not quite disappeared but it is close to disappearing).
Cheers
-B

On 7/14/14, Birkir R. Gunnarsson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> It depends.
> If the button is implemnted as an anchor tag it is probably mising the
> href attribute (also, fo role="button" and ideally support fr space
> bar key in addition to enter, though that is straying into best
> practice territory).
> .
> If it is a span it is probably missing tabindex="0" (plus
> role="button" and support or both enter and spacebar key presses or
> key codes 13 and 32 respectively).
> Not sure if you can do a front end Javascript hack to put these
> elements in place.
>
>
> On 7/10/14, Nancy Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Whoops. I didn't know and had been frustrating me for a long time.
>> The back-end web-developer added arbitrary focus elements. Still
>> need to know about accessing the refresh button without a mouse...
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Nancy Johnson
>> < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> wrote:
>>> I am using the 'clean' theme..
>>> I noticed:
>>> 1. on page load, the focus goes to the captcha input instead of the
>>> top of the page. Is there a work around?
>>> 2. there is no visual focus ( I was able to override the style to
>>> put one back in) 3. I could not access the reset image, nor did NVDA
>>> announce the audio, without a mouse.
>>> Is there a keyboard command for this?
>>>
>>> Client wanted captcha even with all the issues around it.
>>>
>>> Nancy
>> >> >> list messages to <EMAIL REMOVED>
>>
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