[Athen] Accessible CAPCTCHA

[Jon Gunderson]

Here is a W3C note on the topic:

Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA: Alternatives to Visual Turing Tests on the Web
http://www.w3.org/TR/turingtest/

Jon
---- Original message ----

>Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:00:02 -0500

>From: Larry Kiser <larry.kiser at sfcc.edu>  

>Subject: [Athen] Accessible CAPCTCHA  

>To: "athen at athenpro.org" <athen at athenpro.org>

>

>   Dear Colleagues:

>

>    

>

>   I am submitting the following question at the

>   request of my coordinator.  How can you get the

>   functionality of a captcha and still be 508

>   compliant?  Our institution is considering the use

>   of captchas (heaven only know why) on some web

>   pages.  I look forward to your responses.

>

>    

>

>   Larry Kiser

>

>   Santa Fe Community College

>

>   Disabilities Resource Center

>

>    

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Jon Gunderson, Ph.D.
Director of IT Accessibility Services
Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
and 
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Disability Resources and Education Services (DRES)

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