[nfbwatlk] Character Recognition for Security Reasons?

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
I've found lots of them too, and they sure are annoying.  When I get to an 
audio link, I record the sound and play it back 1 character at a time so I 
can get it right.  That seems to help.  Hope that helps you!
Thanks
Lauren
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)" <Bennett.Prows at HHS.GOV>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:45 AM
Subject: [nfbwatlk] Character Recognition for Security Reasons?


> Ok, here's another rant from me.  More and more now, I have gone to web
> sites, and tried to sign up for things, send comments or feedback, even
> tried to contribute to a Congressman's campaign.  The problem is, I get
> through the information required fields, only to be confronted by an
> instruction to fill in the visual characters below.  Of course, I can't
> see them, so, ..., some sites have a "audio" feature.  I click on the
> link, and am instructed to type in the characters I hear.  I listen, and
> can't remember all the characters I've heard.  So, I write them down in
> Braille, and try to type them in.  Often the site won't let me, because
> I assume you are supposed to type them somewhere as they are spoken.
> Then, I try to write each character  in real time as I hear them, and
> can't do it, as JAWS tells me I've skipped over the "edit box".  (not in
> so many words.)
>
>
>
> So, how do we fill in the characters at the audio link?  Anybody know.
> I'm getting sick and tired of spending my valuable time, (don't laugh
> now) filling out applications, billing information boxes, comment boxes,
> etc, to be stopped by the security features I don't know how to use, or
> can't, which is it?
>
>
>
> I know this has been a topic for years, and capsha (spelling please) has
> been a particularly prickly subject, but I'm now really fed up and
> confused.
>
> Ok, enough for now.  And, if I don't have a character fill in box here,
> I'll now try to send this to the list.  (grin.)
>
>
>
> /s/
>
>
>
> Bennett Prows
>
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