Nick, I can't remember where I saw it, but one service I signed up to had the option to click a link and *hear* the keyword as well, I assume they were using some sort of text-to-speech to do that, or you could also apparently call them and get one read to you or something like that.
Personally, I don't like them. As a user, any additional 'transaction' required for me to complete a task is just another hurdle for me to cross to get where I'm going. I'm sure there are better ways to prevent automated systems, but this one seems to work so people have stopped working on new ones for now... What annoys me is that with the proliferation of this sort of thing, people will get used to it, accept it, then not really notice that they have to do it all the time, and then no one will realise that we've just condemned visually impaired users (and anyone else who can't load images for whatever reason!) back to the dark-ages of not being able to access anything. Just my 0.02c Beau // -----Original Message----- // From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Lo // Sent: Friday, 16 April 2004 9:18 AM // To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // Subject: [WSG] Form submission: CAPTCHA test and accessibility // // // I was wondering if any of you had opinions/thoughts on the use of // CAPTCHA tests (or whatever proper name is given to the // little numbered // images used to verify a form submitting user is human and not a // spamming machine). // // They are obviously a reaction to the ever increasing amounts of spam // being imposed on, e.g. comments systems, however I wondered how much // their uptake could end up excluding certain users, e.g. // vision impaired. // // Nick // // ***************************************************** // The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ // See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm // for some hints on posting to the list & getting help // ***************************************************** // // ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
