https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5309
--- Comment #52 from Minh Nguyễn <m...@1ec5.org> --- So far, the general sentiment from the Vietnamese Wikipedia community has been that the added difficulty of distinguishing diacritics vastly outweighs any readability improvements from using actual Vietnamese words instead of English words or random letters. Moreover, there is skepticism that the wiki even has a problem with CAPTCHA-solving bots. These are gut feelings rather than hard data, of course, but I can imagine a couple changes that would mitigate the community's concerns: 1a. Minimize or eliminate distortions in Vietnamese. High-quality OCR solutions like Google's already have enough difficulty with clear, undistorted Vietnamese text. 1b. Alternatively, strip diacritics *before* display and accept diacritic-less input. There would likely be no change in difficulty for bots, but Vietnamese users would still be able to employ their knowledge of Vietnamese spelling patterns. 2. Provide an option to solve a standard English CAPTCHA. (Not sure what the default should be.) Many websites that require CAPTCHAs offer some alternative for accessibility; Vietnamese CAPTCHAs with diacritics would be insurmountable to those with declining eyesight. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
