[Nfbmo] Reading Captcha Codes

Dacia Cole dacia.luck at gmail.com
Tue Oct 14 13:22:13 UTC 2014


Dennis,

Yes there is an option if you use Mozilla Firefox.  It's called Web
Visum.  You can download it at www.webvisum.com  It does not work with
internet explorer or google chrome.

Dacia

On 10/14/14, Gary Wunder via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello, Dennis. Recent versions of JAWS for Windows allow for a person to do
> OCR, but the captcha is not meant to be solved by OCR. It is convoluted,
> complicated, and constructed in such a way that a person really has to be
> able to see it and use the power of the brain to discern what it is. There
> was a site that one could use with Firefox to transmit an image and have
> someone visually decrypt it. I thought I heard that it went away. I'm
> afraid
> all of this leads to my recommendation that you wait until you next have a
> human screen reader.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Miller
> via
> Nfbmo
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 11:16 PM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> Subject: [Nfbmo] Reading Captcha Codes
>
> I seem to recall a discussion on this list several months back regarding
> reading Captcha codes using JAWS.  I believe it was stated there was a
> program or Web site or something that would allow a JAWS user to read a
> Captcha code.  However, I can't seem to find anything on that.  Am I
> engaging in wishful thinking or is there a way to do this and if so what is
> it?  The Captcha code in question has no audio challenge so that is not an
> option.  Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dennis
>
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