Re: Google Can Now Tell You're Not a Robot With Just One Click

Hi, Steve:

We've just begun our testing, but we have found that in an authenticated
state (i.e. logged into Google apps, cached indicators of identity, etc.),
both VoiceOver/Safari and NVDA/Firefox worked well. Additionally, Dragon
NaturallySpeaking (14) worked well. We're doing testing on mobile, JAWS,
and several unauthenticated scenarios this week, and we're setting up some
user testing to get real-world feedback.

I think that there are two things that are getting confusing in the public
forums (Twitter, WebAIM, etc.): people seem to maintain that to like this
solution one must like and approve of CAPTCHA, and people express
frustration and anger at the inaccessible state of the fallback.  Here's
our position on both.

   1. *CAPTCHA is still a faulty concept. *When we talk about early signs
   of accessibility improvements, we aren't saying that this CAPTCHA solution
   provides good for security or that it cannot be hacked. Frankly, that's not
   our concern. We still believe that CAPTCHA is not ideal, since it does put
   a technical problem upon the user to solve, and it's a mousetrap that's
   bound to fail if the cheese is enticing enough.

   2. *Intentional improvement, even if not 100%, is still worth praising.*
   When we look at scenarios that seem to require the CAPTCHA fallback, it's
   not an improvement, but it's also not any different than it was before
   Google's no-CAPTCHA was released. I humbly maintain that while inaccessible
   solutions should not be tolerated, Google seems to be incurring wrath from
   even attempting to include *any* accessibility improvements in their
   most recent implementation. Maybe that's why they didn't even mention it in
   their blog posts - what a missed opportunity to educate others about
   inclusive design. I would rather encourage them to keep working at this on
   the unauthenticated state until a better idea comes along.


Again, I'd really appreciate anyone's feedback if they've tested this. When
our next round of testing is complete, we'll publish those results on our
site (www.simplyaccessible.com).


All the best,
Elle


If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the people to gather wood,
divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast
and endless sea.
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On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Steve Lee <steve@opendirective.com> wrote:

> Elle
>
> Thanks, that is positive. Any thing that gets us closer to forcing bots to
> prove they are human rather than us proving we are not bots is good.
>
> What's not clear from that post is if the non mouse interactions ever
> worked or if they always required the captcha fallback. I assume the latter.
>
> What of mobile use which only has touch events? Again I assume fallback
> only.
>
> Steve
>
> Autocomplete may have messed with my text
> On 6 Dec 2014 02:04, "Elle" <nethermind@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All:
>>
>> We're doing a lot more testing (technical and with real users), but our
>> first round has been promising:
>> http://simplyaccessible.com/article/googles-no-captcha/
>>
>> We'd also like to test this implementation with those who have struggled
>> with other CAPTCHA challenges from a cognitive perspective. If anyone has
>> suggestions on this, please share!
>>
>> Much appreciated,
>> Elle
>>  On Dec 4, 2014 7:14 AM, "Rochford, John" <john.rochford@umassmed.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi All,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Google Can Now Tell You're Not a Robot With Just One Click
>>>
>>> http://www.wired.com/2014/12/google-one-click-recaptcha/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This seems promising.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John Rochford
>>> UMass Medical School/E.K. Shriver Center
>>> Director, INDEX Program
>>> Instructor, Family Medicine & Community Health
>>> http://www.DisabilityInfo.org <http://www.disabilityinfo.org/>
>>> Twitter: @ClearHelper
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>