Techniques for WCAG 2.0

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G144: Ensuring that the Web Page contains another CAPTCHA serving the same purpose using a different modality

Applicability

Applies to all technologies.

This technique relates to:

Description

The purpose of this technique is to reduce occasions in which a user with a disability cannot complete a CAPTCHA task. Because there are alternate CAPTCHA tasks that use different modalities, a user is more likely to be able to complete one of the tasks successfully.

Examples

Tests

Procedure

For each CAPTCHA in a Web page

  1. Check that the Web page contains another CAPTCHA for the same purpose but using a different modality.

Expected Results

If this is a sufficient technique for a success criterion, failing this test procedure does not necessarily mean that the success criterion has not been satisfied in some other way, only that this technique has not been successfully implemented and can not be used to claim conformance.