WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive

Captchas and Other Gotchas: Make Sure Your Secure Website is Accessible

Beginner

October 9, 2024 at 22:00 UTC

Session Video

Space for positioning sign language player

Security measures and accessibility don’t always play nice. Captchas, timed logins, alert pop-ups, gated content, and modals are often used for security but not all assistive technology can get their users past the barriers.

We’ll look at practical and straightforward ways to implement open source, secure, and accessible solutions that will keep people from abandoning your digital assets.

Speaker

AmyJune Hineline: a woman with glasses pointing to a logo on her tshirt
Certification Community Architect, The Linux Foundation