RE: Captcha alternatives

Hi Judy,
I would suggest having a look at the following: Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA (w3.org)<https://www.w3.org/TR/turingtest/>.
Chris O'Brien
Director of Accessibility
Legal and Litigation



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Good morning,
I know this subject has come up before in this group but could not find the related emails on Captcha.
I realize that captchas are not very accessible but what are some alternative ways that captchas can work for everyone?
Alternative text can be added to the images or a voice narration were some of the alternatives I have read.
If captchas are wanted because they mitigate spam attacks, what alternatives are there?
Looking forward to your comments.

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