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They don't recognise us as HUMAN: Disability groups want CAPTCHAs killed

Posted by Ridcully on · 6 comments
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The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), Blind Citizens Australia, Media Access Australia, Able Australia and the Australian Deafblind Council have banded together to campaign for the demise of the CAPTCHA. CAPTCHA squiggles are often frustrating for able-bodied folks, never mind those with less-than-stellar hearing or sight.

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Comments (6)

gary_newell ·
as a colourblind person I can very rarely read the first two words that appear. I constantly have to hit the refresh icon to get the next set of words. It usually takes 7 or 8 attempts to find one that I can actually read
Bob_Robertson ·
I rather like the " 3 + 5 = ? " style.
notbob ·
> I rather like the " 3 + 5 = ? " style.

I wonder why they don't go a bit further and do simple times tables? 6 * 8 = ? Prolly afraid they'd lose half the internet. ;)
Bob_Robertson ·
One I found just after reading this, " |_| - 3 = six " with the input being the little box.

Very effective.
gary_newell ·
What about a simple dot to dot. where the user just has to join the dots (maybe four or five randomly placed dots)
gus3 ·
What about text-mode browsers, like Lynx?

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