[Ma-linux] Re: [Novalug] captcha images for people with disabilities

[Janina Sajka]

Mike Shade writes:
> ......   What I meant was that recaptcha includes a flash
> audio player so that the user of the site can *hear* the captcha to type it
> in.


And often doesn't work, especially on Linux systems used by pwds.

Janina

> 
> This is common for captcha accessibility, I think.
> 
> -- Mike
> 
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Jay Hart <jhart at kevla.org> wrote:
> 
> > > Check out recaptcha.  It also has audio capability built in for those
> > who
> > > are affected by any sort of blindness.
> > >
> > > Plus, the captchas are all black and white, if I recall correctly.
> > >
> >
> > Ah, no they are not. The two I tried yesterday were colorized.
> >
> > I'll check out recaptcha, see if that is one of my options.
> >
> > Jay
> >
> > > -- Mike
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Ken Kauffman <kkauffman at headfog.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> I thought most of the mechanisms had an audio component.  Meaning, they
> > >> could "say" the letters you need to type in.
> > >>
> > >> Ken
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Jay Hart <jhart at kevla.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > I updated my squirrelmail installation yesterday, and I added a new
> > >> > plugin
> > >> > called captchas.  Its used to provide a captcha image doing login for
> > >> > additional security.  The plugin has support for many different
> > "vendor"
> > >> > types. When I mean vendor, I mean different formats/profiles, such as
> > >> > freecaptcha or opencaptcha.
> > >> >
> > >> > Great idea I thought, but I forgot one little piece of the equation:
> >  my
> > >> > wife
> > >> > is color blind, so when she saw the first image, she was freaked out.
> > >> >
> > >> > My question:  Does anyone know of a captcha based "vendor" that
> > provides
> > >> > services to people with disabilities.  I want to implement this, but
> > if
> > >> > my
> > >> > wife can't use them, because they are color dependent, then I can't.
> > >> >
> > >> > TIA,
> > >> >
> > >> > Jay
> > >> >
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