Hello Everyone, Coming up on an exciting two hour live program, we hear from a panel of technology industry experts all about CAPTCHA (visual verification) and other forms of visual authentication, accessibility challenges to existing visual verification systems, the balance between human rights and security, existing solutions for providing reasonable accomodations to visual authentication… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu for the week of May 28 – Current and Emerging Accessibility Solutions to Visual Verification
Blind Access Journal Posts
Seeking Usability Test Participants for Voting Systems in Washington DC / Baltimore Area
Dear Friends and Colleagues: The Paciello Group (TPG) is recruiting individuals with disabilities who live in the greater Washington, DC area, to participate in a usability study for voting systems. In this initial round of testing, we are looking for individuals with the following disabilities: – Blind or legally blind who requires braille or audio–… Finish Reading Seeking Usability Test Participants for Voting Systems in Washington DC / Baltimore Area
Appeals court rules paper money unfair to blind – May. 20, 2008
Federal appeals court says Treasury Department is violating the law by keeping dollars the same size and feel. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Treasury Department is violating the law by failing to design and issue currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and visually impaired people. The… Finish Reading Appeals court rules paper money unfair to blind – May. 20, 2008
Coming up on Main Menu for the week of May 21 – Replay A/V, Active To-Do List, The Onion Router and Pronto
Hello Everyone, Coming up on an action packed one hour Main Menu: * We hear from AccessWatch with a brief review of Applian’s Replay A/V recording software.* Chris Grabowski demonstrates and reviews Active To-Do List from Beiley Software.* Cory Martin demonstrates and explains the use of The Onion Router (TOR) for anonymous web… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu for the week of May 21 – Replay A/V, Active To-Do List, The Onion Router and Pronto
ScripTalk Station: An Audible Prescription Reading Device To Be Demonstrated On Tek Talk May 12, 2008
ScripTalk Station: An Audible Prescription Reading Device To Be Demonstrated On Tek Talk May 12, 2008 The Accessible News Wire May 6, 2008, Indianapolis, Indiana USA Are you blind or visually impaired? Do you take prescription medications? Doyou know someone else who does? Are you concerned about remembering your prescription instructions and information? Are you… Finish Reading ScripTalk Station: An Audible Prescription Reading Device To Be Demonstrated On Tek Talk May 12, 2008
Visual Verification: Seeking Advocates and Experts for May 27 ACB Radio Main Menu Program Covering CAPTCHA
We are planning an episode of ACB Radio’s Main Menu technology talk show covering the accessibility concerns surrounding CAPTCHA and similar visually based authentication or challenge / response systems utilized to ensure the security of Internet resources. We are seeking three or four guests who consider themselves to be experts in one or more of… Finish Reading Visual Verification: Seeking Advocates and Experts for May 27 ACB Radio Main Menu Program Covering CAPTCHA
Visual Verification: Zone BBS Begins Using Accessible Text Based Challenge / Response Test to Support Secure Registration
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
Coming up on Main Menu for the week of May 14 – GoldWave Enhancements, Handy Address Book and Our Panel of Experts
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
DVS Home Video® Sales Effort Comes to a Close
It seems the bad news on the accessibility front just keeps coming this week. DVS Home Video® Sales Effort Comes to a Close Deep Discounts Offered for One Week on Remaining Inventory Boston, MA. May 6. DVS Home Video, a project begun by Boston public broadcaster WGBH in the early 90's to make movies on… Finish Reading DVS Home Video® Sales Effort Comes to a Close
Visual Verification: Audio CAPTCHA Broken, How Will Web Site Operators Respond?
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?