Visual Verification

Kevin Gearing has released an outstanding CAPTCHA (visual verification) solution for protecting .NET based web sites against abuse, while permitting access to blind and visually impaired users. FormShield is donationware that provides both an audio and visual CAPTCHA, including correct audio playback of CAPTCHA strings containing mixed case characters. We thank Kevin Gearing for including… Finish Reading Visual Verification: FormShield Protects .NET Based Web Sites While Avoiding the "No Blind People Allowed" Sign

We ask all of you to review and sign the Yahoo’s Accessibility Improvement petition asking the company to make an audio alternative to its CAPTCHA available so that the blind and visually impaired will be permitted timely access to the same services as those already granted the sighted. The use of a telephone callback scheme… Finish Reading Visual Verification: Petition Asks Yahoo to Tear Down "No Blind People Allowed" Sign

It sure would have been nice if the Carnegie Mellon University folks would've thought about accessibility when they invented CAPTCHA in the first place, or, at least, those who probably placed Federal and other funds into the work leading to the invention. I'm just glad that audio CAPTCHA is going to be a part of… Finish Reading Visual Verification: ReCAPTCHA System Improves Internet Security and Book Searchability

Please read this testimonial evidence from a blind person discussing the negative impact caused by the "no blind people allowed" sign on a popular social networking site. It is important for us all to realize that this discrimination is quickly moving beyond the registration process and into day-to-day use of some web based resources. We… Finish Reading Visual Verification: FACEBOOK VV LOCKING ME OUT FROM MY FRIENDS

I wrote the following note to Mike with CGISpy.com after learning that they are now using a visual only CAPTCHA (visual verification) that prevents blind people from signing up for their services. Dear Mike,   I am a blind user who is trying to create an account on CGISpy.com.  Unfortunately, your visual only CAPTCHA prevents… Finish Reading Visual Verification: CAPTCHA Prevents Blind People from Signing Up at CGISpy.com

There are a number of blind and visually impaired people who have written to me privately and to various e-mail discussion groups concerning the current accessibility challenges with the popular MySpace blogging and social networking web site. The most critical and immediate issue is a CAPTCHA (visual verification) appearing as part of the signup process.… Finish Reading MySpace Ignores and Locks Out the Blind, Puts Up "No Blind People Allowed" Sign