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CAPTCHAs Shut Out Blind Users

Filed under: Accessibility

If anyone still has doubts about the problems that visual CAPTCHAs can create, I suggest that they check out a video produced by the American Federation for the Blind (AFB).

Entitled “CAPTCHAs on Social Networking Sites Shut Out Blind Users“, the video presents a very compelling case against purely visual challenges. However, as the video has been published via YouTube, you will need access to the Flash Player plugin in order to watch it.

Published: October 4th 2007