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Visual Verification: Zone BBS Begins Using Accessible Text Based Challenge / Response Test to Support Secure Registration

May 10, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

We are happy to report that Zone BBS, a popular text based bulletin board system in the blind community, has switched from an audio / visual CAPTCHA scheme to THaCAA – Telling Humans and Computers Apart Automatically to ensure the security of its account registration process. Whereas the previous scheme excludes users who happen to… Finish Reading Visual Verification: Zone BBS Begins Using Accessible Text Based Challenge / Response Test to Support Secure Registration

Categories: CAPTCHA, Visual Verification
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Coming up on Main Menu for the week of May 14 – GoldWave Enhancements, Handy Address Book and Our Panel of Experts

May 10, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Hello Everyone,    Coming up on this week’s Main Menu, our first hour is prerecorded and our second hour is live!  During the first hour, Rick Harmon tells us all about what is new in GoldWave 5.22 and the available updated JAWS scripts for that sound editing software.  Darrell Shandrow demonstrates the accessible Handy Address… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu for the week of May 14 – GoldWave Enhancements, Handy Address Book and Our Panel of Experts

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Visual Verification: Audio CAPTCHA Broken, How Will Web Site Operators Respond?

May 6, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

In the article Google’s Audio CAPTCHA Cracked, PC Magazine is reporting impending security challenges for a technology on which we depend in order to reasonably accomodate our need for equal access and participation on the Internet. While companies obviously work to improve the security and usability of visual CAPTCHA, what action will they take toward… Finish Reading Visual Verification: Audio CAPTCHA Broken, How Will Web Site Operators Respond?

Categories: accessibility, advocacy, CAPTCHA, Visual Verification
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Reminder of Friends of Bookshare Town Meeting Tonight

May 6, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Responding to a number of inquiries, we are pleased to announce that next Tuesday, May 6, we will hold a "Town Meeting" to discuss some programming ideas for our Tuesday evening sessions. We encourage all of you to seriously consider participating in the discussion. We are especially interested in finding quality presenters of topics useful… Finish Reading Reminder of Friends of Bookshare Town Meeting Tonight

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Bookshare Volunteer Coordinator Position: Putting the Rumor Mill to Rest

May 4, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

In January of this year, I learned of an opening at Benetech to fill a position as volunteer coordinator for the Bookshare project. Of course, since Bookshare is an initiative I strongly support and have featured several times in these pages over the past three and a half years, I immediately applied for consideration. Six… Finish Reading Bookshare Volunteer Coordinator Position: Putting the Rumor Mill to Rest

Categories: Benetech, Bookshare, opinion
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Rite Aid’s Web Site and Point of Sale Improvements Praised

May 1, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

For immediate release.  Please distribute as appropriate.   The press release below is the result of two agreements signed by Rite Aid and the American Council of the Blind (ACB), the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and the California Council of the Blind (CCB) using Structured Negotiations.  The release and both agreements are available on… Finish Reading Rite Aid’s Web Site and Point of Sale Improvements Praised

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Coming up on Main Menu for the week of May 7 – J-Say Pro 6.1, J-Tunes 3.2 and Say-Magic from T&T Consultancy

May 1, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Hello Everyone,   Coming up on this week’s Main Menu, we have a two hour recorded presentation from T&T Consultancy.  They will be giving Main Menu an exclusive first preview of the many new features within the upcoming release of J-Say Pro version 6.1.  While in many cases J-Say provides the ability to control a… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu for the week of May 7 – J-Say Pro 6.1, J-Tunes 3.2 and Say-Magic from T&T Consultancy

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