[nfbcs] Captcha

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Mike and everyone,

    The best solution is to get the visitor completely out of the loop. If 
the ColdFusion community can do it why can't the rest of the Web Development 
community come up with similar solutions?

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Captcha


Delta Air's GogoInFlight wifi has you solve a simple math problem. This 
would work for the deaf-blind though not for the cognitively-impaired. Can't 
win 'em all!

Mike Freeman
sent via iPhone


On Feb 28, 2012, at 8:03, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:

> In this case, "they" is Microsoft.  They are willing to listen to
> suggestions, but no one knows how much work they're actually willing to
> do. On the other hand, if they do listen, it could be great for many more
> people than just my hospital.
>
> The only solution I've heard about that would work for deaf-blind people
> is some kind of story problem.  I remember someone discussing that
> here...John?
>
> Nancy,
> You mean they show a picture of a bird, and play a bird sound?  If you
> said cardinal instead of bird, would it still work? Interesting.
> Tracy
>
>> Hello Tracy and everyone,
>>
>> Yup. God help any deaf-blind person who wants to access their medical
>> records as they'll be locked out. They need to roll up their sleeves and
>> find a non-captcha solution so all patients can have access to this part
>> of
>> their Web site. There are captcha alternatives out there. They need to
>> find
>> the one that will work best with their Web site framework and development
>> language. If the site is using ColdFusion they should check out
>> CFFormProtect. This spam bot blocker takes the end user entirely out of
>> the
>> checking process. It does all of its work in the background and will
>> resolve
>> any accessibility issues disabled visitors may face when using this Web
>> site. I'm using it on several of my Web sites and thus far have not had
>> complaints about sites being spammed or individuals with particular
>> disabilities such as hearing impairments being shut out.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>> To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:38 AM
>> Subject: [nfbcs] Captcha
>>
>>
>> The hospital I work for is creating a system where patients can see their
>> medical records online, and I volunteered to advise them on 
>> accessibility,
>> so far as I can.  The system is using a captcha during registration.  It
>> has an audio version, but it's very hard to understand.  It took me 4
>> tries to solve it, although it might have been easier if I'd had
>> headphones on.
>> Is that usual for audio captchas?  Can anyone give a site where captchas
>> are particularly well-handled?
>> Thanks.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
>>
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