Comment on Urgent Anti-Spam Measures

1. Prismatic Bell (PrismaticBell) Sun 04 Jan 2015 11:29PM UTC

   

   Captcha 2 is an option, though. Instead of asking you to input words or numbers, it'll do things like ask questions in this vein:

   "What is Joe's name?"

   "In the list 2, 3, 7, 9, what is the only even number?"

    

   A bot can't figure out how to answer the question because the bot can't actually read the words in the sentence, and they're more accessible for folks with sight/hearing loss. The answer is always provided within the question itself, so all you have to do is pull it out, and Captcha 2 questions are very short, so should pose little difficulty for those with dyslexia.

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2. 1. Trialia Mon 05 Jan 2015 12:11AM UTC

      

      The "even number" type ARE more problematic for people with dyscalculia, though. I'm not stupid, but my brain doesn't do numbers well, even simple ones.

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   2. Sara (Guest) Mon 05 Jan 2015 02:39AM UTC

      That kind of captcha can only be solved by people fluent in English though, so honest non-English speakers would be affected.

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