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Founded in 1866, Towson University is among the nation’s best regional public universities, offering more than 100 bachelors’, masters and doctoral degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences, and applied professional fields. With close to 23,000 students, Towson University is among the largest public universities in Maryland. Towson combines research-based learning with practical application and its many interdisciplinary partnerships with public and private organizations throughout Maryland provide opportunities for research, internships and jobs. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Towson University one of the nation’s best and most efficiently run universities. An NCAA Division I school in athletics, Towson University is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association as well as the Colonial Academic Alliance.

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Towson University granted patent for SoundsRight audio CAPTCHA system

Wed, Mar 26, 2014 04:17 CET

Innovation offers the blind more equal access to internetTowson, MD —This month, Towson University received a U.S. patent for its SoundsRight audio CAPTCHA system. A CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing tests to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is a web-based security feature that limits the number of bots submitting web-based forms or requests for web-based services. CAPTCHAs most often appear as words and/or numbers that web users must type correctly in a response box to access certain areas of a website. CAPTCHAs are ubiquitous and impossible for visually impaired users to operate.

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