[Nfb-web] Accessible Captcha

Wed Nov 9 16:36:38 UTC 2011

Hello Everet and everyone,

I go by visitor complaints not page views.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E.J. Zufelt" <lists at zufelt.ca>
To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Accessible Captcha

Hi Peter,

Can you please tell us how many page views / month you are handling? If you 
do not have the exact numbers available, can you please state if it greater 
than, or less than, 1 million?

Thanks,
Everett Zufelt
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On 2011-11-09, at 9:35 AM, Peter Donahue wrote:

> Hello Mike and everyone,
>
>    We don't subject anyone to CAPTCHAS of any kind and don't have a spam
> issue. The back-end solution we're using on Web sites on our VPS is very
> effective and should be explored as an alternative to CAPTCHAS.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Hansen" <mhansen4 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 6:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Accessible Captcha
>
>
> I mentioned that I am using a drupal module to put a captcha on the
> Nebraska site. The module name is "Captcha" and "Captcha Pack". With
> these installed you are able to do several different types of
> accessible captchas. The one I have chosen to use is a fill n the
> blank. It gives you a word with one or two missing letters that you
> have to supply. The word is given to you in straight text so your
> screen reader can read it without any problem.  The only issue I have
> run into so far is that it is a little different of an approach to
> captchas therefore users are a bit confused at first having never seen
> a captcha like that. It has done the trick for me and stopped all the
> spam I was getting.
>
> Mike
> ---
> Mike Hansen
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Bryan Schulz <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net> 
> wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> so are you using the honey pot deal?
>>
>> Bryan Schulz
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell Shandrow"
>> <darrell.shandrow at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 10:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Accessible Captcha
>>
>>
>>> Hello Bryan,
>>>
>>> As is already being discussed, there are some backend forms of 
>>> protection
>>> that do not require CAPTCHA or anything else that interacts with the
>>> user.
>>>
>>> When that's not possible, techniques like manual comment moderation 
>>> could
>>> be used.
>>>
>>> Ultimately, since we're NFB, we should never do anything that leaves out
>>> anyone who is blind or deaf-blind.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/8/2011 9:31 PM, Bryan Schulz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> hi,
>>>>
>>>> so what's your solution?
>>>>
>>>> Bryan Schulz
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell Shandrow"
>>>> <darrell.shandrow at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 9:37 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Accessible Captcha
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Gary, Michael and all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am totally against the use of any CAPTCHA that's not purely
>>>>> text-based on any blindness-specific website, including NFB sites.
>>>>> Even audio CAPTCHAs exclude deaf-blind people, so they're totally
>>>>> unworkable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Darrell
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/8/2011 7:52 PM, Gary H. Ray wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The one the vender currently has an audio option, but with JAWS
>>>>>> talking in
>>>>>> the background, it gets tough to make it go.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary Ray
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>> On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Michael Baldwin
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 8:26 PM
>>>>>> To: 'NFB Webmaster's List'
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Accessible Captcha
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Personally I think captchas are over used, but, that isn't' the
>>>>>> discussion.
>>>>>> Look at recaptcha from Google. it has an option for an audio captcha.
>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>> On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Gary H. Ray
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 17:50
>>>>>> To: 'NFB Webmaster's List'
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Accessible Captcha
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What I am looking for is something to suggest to a vender. I bitched
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> a hard captcha and they said it was "industry standard," but they
>>>>>> also said
>>>>>> they were willing to look at any I suggest so I need one to suggest.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is for a web-based database system for my Friends of the NC
>>>>>> Library for
>>>>>> the Blind.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanx!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary Ray, NC
>>>>>> 828 505 0299
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>> On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Michael Hansen
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 5:59 PM
>>>>>> To: NFB Webmaster's List
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Accessible Captcha
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have an accessible captcha installed for the Nebraska website and
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> NFB-Webmasters website but they are both Drupal Modules. I am
>>>>>> guessing that
>>>>>> you want something that will work with Wordpress.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Mike Hansen
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Gary H. Ray<ghraynfbofnc at charter.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I believe I saw a post pointing to a place where an accessible
>>>>>>> captcha
>>>>>>
>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> be found. Can someone point me to it again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanx!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gary Ray, NC
>>>>>>> 828 505 0299
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