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From: Nancy Johnson
Date: Dec 2, 2015 6:49AM

On our products, so far, I have been able to use the older version of
reCaptcha which far from perfect, does seem to have some minimal
accessibility.

However, if these older versions should ever pose a security risk or
have other back-end issues, then I will have to upgrade to the current
version.

At one point I did add the accessibility issue to Google's bug list.

Nancy

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 7:47 AM, _mallory < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> The true problem with CAPTCHA is that it thinks it's trying to tell
> a human from a computer.
>
> However, not only does it do this badly, but it's not even what we
> as webmasters even want. We don't care if a user is human. It's not
> even our right to ask. We care if a user is legitimate. Sometimes a
> script is a totally legitimate user (like a Google crawler). Often
> a human spammer is not.
>
> I so hate CAPTCHA, mostly because I feel it's mis-appropriated to solve
> the wrong problem.
>
>
> _mallory
>
> On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 12:41:20PM -0800, Lucy Greco wrote:
>> all of these other options you are talking about have been tried. the
>> problem is blind people are not the only people with disability on the
>> web. if its a math problem a person that has a math learning disability
>> will be blocked. and a word game like the logic problem will make it hard
>> if the person is not a English speaker or has a cognitive disability this
>> is a long time problem but a lot of people are working on it and maybe one
>> day we will find a good answer. lucy
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:43 AM, rjaquiss < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Ella:
>> >
>> > I have seen CAPTCHAs that use math questions or simple logic questions
>> > such as, "What is larger, a dog or a horse?"
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Robert
>> >
>> >
>> > >> > >> > >> > >> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lucia Greco
>> Web Accessibility Evangelist
>> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
>> University of California, Berkeley
>> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
>> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
>> Follow me on twitter @accessaces
>> >> >> >> > > > >