Some more observations...
On my Windows machine, I acted like I was trying to sign up for a new
account, and it gave me the old-style audio captcha. I went to post, but
don't actually have anything real to post, so didn't go through with it, so
don't know what I'd have gotten.
As for the old audio captcha, assuming it's gone, I'd be surprised if
they go back to it. As I pointed out earlier, the phonetic words they used
are very well known world-wide. I'm sure these very words were specifically
designed so that any one of them can be distinguished from any other word in
that set, E.G. during a radio transmission in less than optimal signal
conditions. Probably pretty easy for a voice recognition system to crack
that.
Jayson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tiffany D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:48 PM
Subject: Please Join Me In Making Craigslist Accessible Again
*Please pass this onto any groups or individuals you think could help.
This is serious.
*
Hello to all,
As most of you know by now, many sites use capcha for making posts
etc. Craigslist was always one of the best in this regard. Their
audio was clear and clean, even employing words for letters (a, as in
alpha) to make understanding the codes easier. However, I just logged
in today and when I tried to make a post, I noticed that it didn't
work at all on my Macbook. When I tried posting with my Windows XP
computer, I discovered that their formatting has changed. Not only is
their an extra step to post, but the audio capcha is now similar to
AOL, with many voices speaking at once and it's very difficult to hear
the actual letters in the capcha. I propose creating a petition, to
be signed by all blind and visually-impaired people, as well as other
concerned parties, asking Craigslist to return the capcha to it's
former state and to once again make it Mac and VoiceOver accessible.
While I was posting an add for my personal use, my job also relies
heavily on Craigslist to generate ads and I'm clearly not the only
blind individual using it for this purpose. Please join me in this
effort. The changes are extremely recent and we may be able to stop
this before it becomes permanent.
Thank you,
Tiffany Dunn
