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Facebook patent for 'social CAPTCHA' fails on accessibility

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Facebook Inc. has filed a patent application for a ‘social CAPTCHA’ system that has a high probability of being inaccessible to people who are blind or vision impaired.

A CAPTCHA is a challenge-response test that was originally created to ensure that the response given was from a human rather than from a computer. A common type of CAPTCHA requires that the user type letters or digits from a distorted image that appears on the screen. There are accessible alternatives to CAPTCHAs for people who are blind or vision impaired, such as audible CAPTCHA or a new CAPTCHA solution that asks you to slide an icon across the screen with either the mouse or keyboard

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Accessible web browser now available for Android devices

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IDEAL Group Apps4Android Inc. has released the IDEAL Web Reader, an accessible, gesture-based browser for Android devices.

Prior to the release of the IDEAL Web Reader, Android owners who were blind or vision impaired weren’t able to browse the web on their Android device because the standard web browser was inaccessible.

Features of the IDEAL Web Reader include:


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UK Audio Description Trainer interviewed for Berlin conference

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One of the UK's most experienced audio description trainers, Louise Fryer, is presenting at the Languages and Media conference in Berlin next month.Her presentation will be on Live Audio Description.She has given a preview interview with the conference organisers.

One of the UK's most experienced audio description trainers, Louise Fryer, is presenting at the Languages and Media conference in Berlin next month.Her presentation will be on Live Audio Description.She has given a preview interview with the conference organisers.

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HTML5 media player accessibility: the potential and the reality

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In last month's W3C update I outlined some of the benefits of HTML5 that the W3C believes will have a significant impact on how people will use the web. As multitouch, tablet and portable multimedia devices become more popular the promise of drag-and-drop functionality and standardised video could have a great impact on our productivity and entertainment needs.

In terms of accessibility, there are two key areas that HTML5 has the potential to deliver: the ability for people with disabilities to use its new features, and effective communication between assistive technology and the web browser. This month we’ll look at the first one, and discuss the evolution of browser-AT interaction, WAI-ARIA, in forthcoming reports.

Accessible media players

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