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From: _mallory
Date: Dec 2, 2015 5:45AM

I don't always have enough fingers and toes to do that math.

My dys-mathia (or whatever) shouldn't mean I'm not human enough
to use a web page.

_mallory

On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 09:06:57AM -0800, Ella Yu wrote:
> Yeah, but I think if the captcha could be like a math question or
> word or something that is displayed on the page instead of as an
> image, maybe it'll solve the problem.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jordan Wilson < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Date sent: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 16:59:28 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Captcha images
>
> Ella,
>
> Making CAPTCHAS more accessible is very difficult as there will
> almost
> always be someone who cannot complete it. There are some ?’better'
> implementations of CAPTCHA available but none that are perfect.Check
> out
> the second link for some details. Unless a site has a serious
> bot/attack
> threat, its usually best to use a non-CAPTCHA alternative.
>
> W3 abstract on the inaccessibility of CAPTCHA and some alternatives:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/turingtest/
>
> List of CAPTCHA options and CAPTCHA alternative options:
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Captcha_Alternatives_and_thoughts
>
>
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>
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> On 12/1/15, 10:42 AM, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of Ella Yu"
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> on behalf of <EMAIL REMOVED>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I am concerned about a major accessibility issue to do with
> security captchas. I am fraid this is true with not only braille
> notetakers, but I am afraid this also applies to screen readers.
> Do you think it is possible to make captchas more accessible?
> Thanks in advance,
> Ella
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