[nabs-l] Solving CAPTCHAS

[Peter Donahue]

Good evening everyone,

If the site is built using the ColdFusion markup language tell them to take 
a look at CFForm Protect. It performs spam and bot checking without any 
interaction by the user and is freely available. I have it running on one 
Web site and no one is encountering any difficulties. Such an approach makes 
the site fully accessible to blind and deaf-blind visitors. Audio captchas 
are of no use if you're both blind and deaf. Perhaps there is a component 
similar to CFForm Protect for other Web development environments they could 
replace that captcha with to remove accessibility barriers and just plain 
irritation for sighted users to deal with.

    I always said don't bank on services like Webvism or Salona and I'm 
being proved right.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Solving CAPTCHAS


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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-- 
Brice Smith
North Carolina State University, Communication - Public Relations
Brice.Smith319 at gmail.com

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