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Hilarious new audio captchas
Oct. 19th, 2021 09:51 amI just wasted about twenty minutes of my life attempting to fill out one of the new-style audio captchas.
In case you have not experienced these lately, this is the accessible version of visual captchas which are supposed to be accessible for visually impaired people. Now, remember, many of us, like me, also have hearing impairments.
This is the procedure.
First, you get to confirm that you are not a robot, and then you have to hit the play button, skip to the edit field, send a prayer that the audio snippet will be something actually audible, listen to the audio captcha and decipher it, and type in your answer, then skip to the "verify" button and hit enter.
To make it extra fun, the developers have now added a time limit. It's something relatively brief, like a minute.
And if you don't get it all done in under the time limit, you have to begin all over, including checking the "I am not a robot" checkbox again.
And, of course, I got an audio snippet that was about three seconds long and not even audible to someone who didn't have a hearing impairment.
The best part?
I was trying to register for a webinar on accessible apps presented by the American Printing House for the Blind.
I don't even have words.
In case you have not experienced these lately, this is the accessible version of visual captchas which are supposed to be accessible for visually impaired people. Now, remember, many of us, like me, also have hearing impairments.
This is the procedure.
First, you get to confirm that you are not a robot, and then you have to hit the play button, skip to the edit field, send a prayer that the audio snippet will be something actually audible, listen to the audio captcha and decipher it, and type in your answer, then skip to the "verify" button and hit enter.
To make it extra fun, the developers have now added a time limit. It's something relatively brief, like a minute.
And if you don't get it all done in under the time limit, you have to begin all over, including checking the "I am not a robot" checkbox again.
And, of course, I got an audio snippet that was about three seconds long and not even audible to someone who didn't have a hearing impairment.
The best part?
I was trying to register for a webinar on accessible apps presented by the American Printing House for the Blind.
I don't even have words.
