[gui-talk] CAPTCHA is Frustrating; Solution Needed

[Mike Freeman]

That would defeat the purpose of a CAPTCHA. If the audio is clearer, it would be for a machine also.

Mike Freeman
sent from my iPhone

On Feb 2, 2013, at 13:05, "Rose Combs" <rosecombs at q.com> wrote:

> Maybe we should have a code to type in so that the audio becomes clearer,
> NFB and ACB or Topaz, you get the idea, don't ask where topaz came from just
> fell of my fingertips.  
> Hmm, now I have to look up topaz because I have no clue what it is supposed
> to represent other than one of the low-vision products.  
> 
> 
> 
> Rose Combs
> rosecombs at Q.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ray Foret
> Jr
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 3:41 PM
> To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] CAPTCHA is Frustrating; Solution Needed
> 
> Not to mention which, if you use a Mac, you are about as stuck as you can be
> unless you install and run windows on your Mac.  Now, Firefox is very
> minimally accessible with the Mac:  and, I have heard of cases where Mac
> users have been able to use Webvisum to solve captchas with the Mac version
> of Firefox:  however, they tend to report that it's very much a hit and miss
> proposition at the moment and not ready for prime time.
> 
> 
> Sent from my mac
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
> 
> On Feb 1, 2013, at 4:14 PM, "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Currently, the only way to solve image captchas without sighted help is to
> use Firefox with the Webvisum add-on, which works about 90% of the time.
> Once you install Webvisum, you simply press Alt-Control-numrow 6 on the web
> page that contains the captcha, and it is submitted to Webvisum which then
> uses some kind of proprietary method to solve it and return the result a few
> seconds later to your clipboard, ready to be pasted into the appropriate
> edit field.  Unfortunately, there is still no similar add-on for Internet
> Explorer, and none of the commercial screen reader companies have expressed
> interest in dealing with this issue because of legal and technical
> challenges.
>> 
>> Gerald
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jen" <spiderweb1 at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 4:28 PM
>> Subject: [gui-talk] CAPTCHA is Frustrating; Solution Needed
>> 
>> 
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> 
>>> My name is Jen, and I am a member of the National Federation of the
>>> Blind of Connecticut.
>>> 
>>> CAPTCHA is a huge problem for us and will probably get bigger because
>>> more sites are using it. Like, I can't get into my SBC Global Web mail
>>> because it requires CAPTCHA.
>>> 
>>> So what is being done about CAPTCHA? How to solve it so it is accessible
>>> and secure?
>>> 
>>> And not a lot of Web sites are doing anything about CAPTCHA...
>>> 
>>> and the audio CAPTCHA's suck, too...I've tried them and can never get
>>> them right...
>>> 
>>> 
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