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Re^2: Image Verification Program
by peppiv (Curate) on Aug 23, 2004 at 18:07 UTC
    Hmmm. Excellent points to consider. Thanks. Sorry I couldn't find this link earlier.

    But how do you get around the typical username/password authentication to log into one of your accounts somewhere? Wouldn't they need to be ADA compliant also? Or does a good text-to-speech reader read the text and prompt the individual to type their info?

    peppiv

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      I have been seing services adopting the practice of offering sound files as a verification vehicle for those who can't see the image.

      I don't know of a CPAN module that implements this so far, though, so you'd have to roll your own on this one.

      Makeshifts last the longest.

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        I have been seing services adopting the practice of offering sound files as a verification vehicle for those who can't see the image

        Which is, of course, equally problematical for people with hearing disabilities - often the very same people who have visual disabilities :-)

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      If you want to make sure you'll be ADA compliant, there's some information on creating an audio Turing test here. I responded to that thread at the bottom, but I'm not familiar with that message board and I might try creating a new thread that gets pushed to the top of the list where someone might actually see it.

      UPDATE: See the replies I got here.

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Re^2: Image Verification Program
by pelagic (Priest) on Aug 24, 2004 at 10:14 UTC
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