Dear all Access Indians, Captchas are available in both graphic and audio form but can be difficult to interpret to print-disabled. In the United States, the National Federation for the Blind says its members are unable to sign E-petition calling for the printed material to be more accessible to visually-impaired because of "Captcha" security. A Captcha is a graphic or sound of a random word or a number that users must key in to prove they are human. The petition, on the White House website, has received just 8,200 signatures. But the White House says its site complies with US accessible standards. Chris Danielsen of the US-based Federation for the Blind told the Politico website that he realized there was problem after publicizing the petition. "We had asked people to sign the E-petition and we're getting these E-mails saying people can't, the Constitution allows all of us to petition our government for a redressal of grievance, it says nothing about needing to be able to see in ord er to do so," he said. Damon Rose, the editor of BBC's Ouch blog for the people with disabilities, said: Captcha graphics are nightmare for the visually-impaired who use their screen-readers to interpret the computer rather than their eyes, but screen-readers can't manage them. Ironically, if I see an audio capture, I tend not to bother with it because it's usually such a poor experience, some of them sound like aliens talking and they put weird background noises over them, Rose added. It's bit of a joke in the blind community. As a result, many visually-impaired people could not contribute to debate and discussions on message-boards and blogs. Generally speaking, it's the most hated pieces of user interaction for the blind community. Have anyone of you encountered such a Captcha problem throughout the journey of access? Warm regards. David Richards. E-mail: drvvrj...@gmail.com.
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