[Foundation-l] [Wikitech-l] Visual impairment

[emijrp]

Interesting thread in Jimbo's talk page[1] from June 2008.

[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_37#Wikipedia_and_Captcha

2010/5/16 Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com>

> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 3:04 AM, Christopher Grant
> <chrisgrantmail at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:09 AM, K. Peachey <p858snake at yahoo.com.au>
> wrote:
> >> I believe reCaptcha has it implemented as part of their service (we
> >> do/did have a extension to implement theres) but then we would have to
> >> reply on third party servers.
> >
> > Yes, reCaptcha does. However iirc it has been rejected in the past
> because
> > of both the reliance on 3rd party servers and not all the code is open.
> > - Chris
> >
>
> Yes, and I think that makes it pretty much a non-starter for
> both reasons. Nothing's really changed there.
>
> -Chad
>
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