[nabs-l] Solving CAPTCHAS

[Janelle Orlowski]

On 7/26/2011 5:51 PM, Humberto Avila wrote:
> I get that message too, and, all I can do, is just wait until the captcha
> service is available--as you know, the  captcha service works remotely with
> other humans, not computers, and the humans or human that do this solves
> that captcha for you--yet, they don't even go into the website to do
> it--they just look at a .PNG file you upload.
> I'm not sure how many people volunteer to do this, but when the message
> "captcha solution is unavailable," that means that, in my opinion, no one is
> currently available to volunteer with captchas.
>
> Hope it makes sense.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Brice Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 3:41 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Solving CAPTCHAS
>
> Thanks for your thoughts, Humberto. Unfortunately, I'm not sure sure
> it's all that reliable. When I've logged into Solona all afternoon,
> all I get is:
>
> "Captcha solution service unavailable."
>
> Brice
>
> On 7/26/11, Humberto Avila<avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I use Solona, and it is quite usable. I find it quite convenient when
> there
>> is no audio captcha or the audio captcha  is not working for me. I
> recommend
>> you try it. It works with all websites though there are rules which you
> can
>> read as well as sign up at this web site: www.solona.net
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
>> Of Brice Smith
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:39 PM
>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Solving CAPTCHAS
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> How do you all fill in CAPTCHAS on websites? I'm required to use
>> several different websites that require CAPTCHAS for work. In this
>> situation, asking for sighted assistance is impractical. I've heard of
>> services such as Solona, but are they quick and usable?
>>
>> Brice
>>
>> --
>> Brice Smith
>> North Carolina State University, Communication - Public Relations
>> Brice.Smith319 at gmail.com
>>
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I use webvisum to solve my cap tcha but you have to have fir fox.