While the solution is patented and currently under development, the
folks over at Towson University have come up with a novel approach using
sound cues instead of garbled speech as the captcha. I'm trying to get
access to a demo but there is a lot of NDA wrapped around it so I
probably can't share much else at this point. If it works well 'for
real' I expect you'll see this spread all over the internet for audio
captchas. Here is their press release which is also a bit skimpy on details:
http://www.towson.edu/outreach/press.asp?e=126&t=n
CB
On 11/30/11 12:01 PM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote:
the problem with facebook extends to many thousands of sites across
the world who do not properly code or object label their sites. each
part of a site contains graphical links, etc which in cases are not
labeled or if ar then left as numbers, making life EXTREMELY difficult
for us all.
it's not a case of an app in most cases to make a website accessible,
it's a question of the developers listening to website accessibility
requirements and documentation which is widely available and in many
cases, developers comply with these rules and development requirements.
that's the sad fact of it. I've lost count of sites I've had to work
with where I've had to have sighted help even to get a bloomin phone
number.
the other ridiculous issue is CAPTCHA. don't get me started on this
nightmare, then adding inaudible translations which are poorly
recorded and distorted. an absolute joke.
sorry. it's one of those days for Free Macs For The Blind where things
aren't looking too good.
lew
On 30 Nov 2011, at 16:19, Paul Erkens wrote:
Dear listers,
What is the best way for a voiceover mac or an iphone user to work
with facebook? I have a small app on my phone but its accessibility
is not what you would wish for, to say it carefully. I just don't get
the hang of it with all those unlabeled things that say image image
button button button. The normal facebook site is big. I don't find
my around there easily. There's also a mobile version, but is there
an alternative? For example, another facebook app, not from the
facebook team, an app that is accessible to voiceover? If we have to
use either the regular or the mobile facebook site, do you have any
information on what to ignore?
Paul.
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