Comments on: Google Petition Concerning CAPTCHA http://www.accessibilityblog.com/2006/01/17/google-petition-concerning-captcha/ Raising the awareness of Web Site Accessibility and Marketing. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:54:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Bruno Girin http://www.accessibilityblog.com/2006/01/17/google-petition-concerning-captcha/#comment-397 Bruno Girin Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:46:48 +0000 http://www.accessibilityblog.com/2006/01/17/google-petition-concerning-captcha/#comment-397 @tedd: one problem: a bot would read the HTML and hence read the keyword and defeat the CAPTCHA, rendering it useless. The bot doesn't care whether the keyword is off the screen or not. @tedd: one problem: a bot would read the HTML and hence read the keyword and defeat the CAPTCHA, rendering it useless. The bot doesn’t care whether the keyword is off the screen or not.

]]> By: Tedd Sperling http://www.accessibilityblog.com/2006/01/17/google-petition-concerning-captcha/#comment-389 Tedd Sperling Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:37:26 +0000 http://www.accessibilityblog.com/2006/01/17/google-petition-concerning-captcha/#comment-389 Hi: To follow-up on my prior post, please review: http://xn--ovg.com/captcha For what it's worth, that's an example of a CAPTCHA with an off-screen key word. Any comments? tedd Hi:

To follow-up on my prior post, please review:

http://xn--ovg.com/captcha

For what it’s worth, that’s an example of a CAPTCHA with an off-screen key word.

Any comments?

tedd

]]> By: Tedd Sperling http://www.accessibilityblog.com/2006/01/17/google-petition-concerning-captcha/#comment-388 Tedd Sperling Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:53:43 +0000 http://www.accessibilityblog.com/2006/01/17/google-petition-concerning-captcha/#comment-388 Hi: Being sighted, I understand the need for CAPTCHA, but I believe there is a way to solve the problem for blind users. Simply take the CAPTCHA key and not only show it in a graphic, but report the key off-left out of the web page using the following css rule: .off-left { position: absolute; left: -999px; width: 990px; } I have an example at: http://www.webbytedd.com/examples/offleft/ That way the blind can hear they key, but CAPTCHA is still performing its task. Wouldn't this work? Please comment. tedd tedd@sperling.com Hi:

Being sighted, I understand the need for CAPTCHA, but I believe there is a way to solve the problem for blind users. Simply take the CAPTCHA key and not only show it in a graphic, but report the key off-left out of the web page using the following CSS rule:

.off-left
{
position: absolute;
left: -999px;
width: 990px;
}

I have an example at:

http://www.webbytedd.com/examples/offleft/

That way the blind can hear they key, but CAPTCHA is still performing its task.

Wouldn’t this work? Please comment.

tedd
tedd@sperling.com

]]> By: bob http://www.accessibilityblog.com/2006/01/17/google-petition-concerning-captcha/#comment-374 bob Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:06:48 +0000 http://www.accessibilityblog.com/2006/01/17/google-petition-concerning-captcha/#comment-374 Signing the petition must be a charm. I signed it yesterday, and today Google gave me my signon name and password. So, maybe, that's another reason to sign the petition. Signing the petition must be a charm. I signed it yesterday, and today Google gave me my signon name and password. So, maybe, that’s another reason to sign the petition.

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