like a ninja from heaven ([info]deriksmith) wrote,
@ 2007-12-12 05:49:00
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Entry tags:accessability, blind, captcha, screen readers

Reading about CAPTCHA's this morning I ran smack into an unsettling question-- what do blind users do about them?

The answer is audio CAPTCHA's (implemented some places,) but I was shaken to realize I'd never even thought about this. I mean, suppsoedly I'm the good web developer- the one who doesn't sue ALT tags for mosueovers, actually defines screenreader nav-skip links, etc... but thw question enver even occoured ot me.

That's a little depressing. And irritating-- the things are everywhere! And the text-heavy internet is supposed to be one of the great equalizers for the blind. Suddenly this issue, which I had not encountered an hour ago, gets my goat.

Grr! *shakes fist* Accessibility!

...I have nothing deeper to say on thsi subject, sorry to disappoint you.


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[info]jarodrussell
2007-12-12 03:23 pm UTC (link)
When I was setting up a mail form for the school's web site, I used a one-time key system for visually impaired people. It's a little more cumbersome than the CAPTCHA, and while it's technically scriptable, my main defense is that it'd be kind of pointless to spam through it since it only reaches school employees.

That's my only suggestion.

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