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CAPTCHAs on Social Networking Sites Shut Out Blind Users

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AFB is urging MySpace, Friendster and Facebook to offer an audio alternative to their CAPTCHAs.

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(Posted by , Saturday 11 Jul 2009 | 10 Comments)
  1. trendon
    July 13, 2009 at 2:15 am | Permalink

    Blind or not blind, CAPTCHA is absolutely fucking ridiculous.

  2. vic0911
    July 16, 2009 at 5:08 am | Permalink

    damn ur voice creeps my out :( not kidding

  3. Pleasedonthitmemore
    July 16, 2009 at 12:09 pm | Permalink

    Captchas are very easy now4 screen readers to read. Just look at all the spam. I’ll admit that in the early years it did prevent spam a lot. But now it’s 2009. Well this vid is from06. Anyways they got to Make a new way to verify users 4 2010 and they can just charge for the blind to make accounts. Problem solved

  4. RobCottingham
    July 18, 2009 at 12:22 pm | Permalink

    Griffon502, blind people use screen readers with text-to-speech features to access the web. It works well… provided web designers have kept them in mind.

  5. griffon502
    July 20, 2009 at 6:17 pm | Permalink

    thats ridiculous, how can blinde ppl use the internent? they can’t even see.

  6. RobCottingham
    July 22, 2009 at 10:08 pm | Permalink

    Of course, Randy. Ever heard of audio distortion? (For that matter, ever heard of conversations that don’t include sarcasm? You may find they run a little more smoothly.) Audio CAPTCHAs are generally distorted for the same reason that visual CAPTCHAs are: to make automated recognition a lot harder.

  7. skierplaterandy
    July 24, 2009 at 5:04 am | Permalink

    well its easier for a computer script to decode an audio message then a visual captcha.

    ever heard of voice recognition?

  8. RobCottingham
    July 27, 2009 at 5:33 am | Permalink

    Randy, the idea is that the visually impaired shouldn’t HAVE to get someone to do these things for them. Many live alone, and independence and dignity often walk hand in hand.

    Providing an alternative to CAPTCHA isn’t difficult for web developers; it just takes a little time and effort… and an open mind.

  9. stolencheezburger
    July 29, 2009 at 12:58 am | Permalink

    the audio captchas are creepy O_O

  10. orencoates
    July 29, 2009 at 12:12 pm | Permalink

    Nice work. keep it up. mean time come for social media marketing for esteembpo**com

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