I can sometimes be stuck for a looooong time trying to get the recaptcha right and having it refreshed a few times because I got it wrong. I usually click every square that has any part of the ‘thing’ I’ve been asked to identify in it. Sometimes also the images are so murky it’s hard to tell what I’m looking at, so I’m just guessing.

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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Thomas San Filippo
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace reCAPTCHA

The one that asks you to identify traffic lights always throws me. Do
the poles count as part of a traffic light or just the bulbs? If it's
just the bulbs, should I exclude a panel that only has part of the
traffic light housing and no bulbs?


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On 4/23/19 1:04 PM, Kate Deibel wrote:
> Two things to consider about reCAPTCHA.
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> One, its accessibility has often been a mixed bag, which is common for most Google widgets. Despite being widely used, Google tends to deprioritize fixing accessibility complaints on them. Also, Google appears to only focus on screen reader access, which means that other assistive tools, even keyboard navigation, may cause issues. In general, captchas are viewed as one of the biggest barriers to accessibility out there. And no, the sound alternatives are not a panaceas and typically add even more difficulty in getting past the captcha.
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> Two, it can create cultural barriers if the image verification task appears. I've seen some tasks that ask me to identify storefronts, but I failed because I clicked an image of a stand at a farmers market. Others have asked for trucks but where do you draw the line? I consider a delivery van a truck? These might seem minor cultural impasses, but it gets worse when it comes to language. Supposedly, reCAPTCHA will use the default language of the browser unless you override it in the link during setup. However, not all users get to change a browser's default language due to security restrictions on the machine. This penalizes users who are not fluent in the default language of the browser.
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> Katherine Deibel | PhD
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> From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> On Behalf Of TAILOR, BHAVIN
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 3:59 PM
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> Subject: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace reCAPTCHA
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> Hi everyone,
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> Apologies for the repost if you got this elsewhere. Have any of you successfully integrated reCAPTCHA or another spam reducer into ArchivesSpace? We've had issues with spam emails coming through the resource request form and reCAPTCHA makes sense since we have it elsewhere but we haven't quite gotten the serverside validation side of things figured out in ArchivesSpace. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I know some institutions have just disabled the request feature but where's the fun in that?
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> Thanks,
> Bhavin
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