[nabs-l] Capta

[autTeal Bloodwortho]

but rather they are increasing the usage of them on frequently used social 
networking sites, even those that are generally blind friendly.

        -Teal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Capta


> Good morning everyone,
>
>    And if you're blind and deaf you really have a problem with these
> things. Much has been done to create audio alternatives but nothing is 
> being
> done to make these CAPTCHAs make their information available tactually. 
> I've
> said it before and will say it again. If we can build an interface to 
> allow
> a blind person to drive a car independently we should be able to create a
> way for screen readers to read CAPTCHA information and reproduce it both
> audibly and tactually so those with severe hearing impairments can have 
> full
> access to Web sites where these things are used. In light of our work with
> Virginia Tech the excuse that the technology to accomplish this isn't 
> there
> doesn't wash with me. The same is also true of the blind driver interface
> but we're moving full speed ahead on that one. We should be doing the same
> with improving the usability of CAPTCHAS.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Capta
>
>
> It is really annoying. The idea is that a computer cannot hack it because
> the print is not recognizable by OCR and the speech is to unintelligible 
> to
> be recognized. It seems to work fine for sighted people; I think that the
> most tries that a sighted person ever had to do on it was 3, but I 
> couldn't
> understand the speech if I listened to it 1000000 times. There is 
> discussion
> about alternative methods of security, such as writing out a question that
> only has one answer but that a computer would not be able to understand. 
> For
> example:
> what is 1+1
> and
> what is one plus one
> mean the same thing to a human and would result in
> 2
> or two
> but a computer probably has less of a chance of understanding the writing
> than it would understanding the math.
>
> Nicole
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rob" <rmlambert1987 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>; "National Association 
> of
> Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 8:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Capta
>
>
>> Captcha is a visual utility implemented for security - to tell the
>> difference between a human & a computer. It is not accessible by screen
>> readers, hence the assistance website.
>>
>> Sent from my iPod
>>
>> On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:09 PM, "Ashley  Bramlett"
>> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> What is CAPTA?  Maybe the advocacy program for your state.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole B. Torcolini"
>>> <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
>>> To: "NABS-L" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 7:11 PM
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Capta
>>>
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know the information for the capta assistance website?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Nicole
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