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From: Tania
Date: Mar 20, 2011 9:54PM

hi Chuck,
i had registered with webvisum but their tutorial did not work. still
haven't figured out how to use it. would appreciate if you can give some
pointers especially keyboard controls. i am using jaws 11.
you can contact me offlist at
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thanks
tania

----- Original Message -----
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To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] CAPTCHA tools


> The latest that I heard is that the Solona program is no longer active due
> to the illness of its creator. It used volunteer operators to solve
> captcha
> when users submitted them. The drawback to it was that there was not
> always
> a volunteer operator to solve captchas when they were submitted. Webvisum
> is an automated program in which a computer receives the submitted captcha
> request and sends it back to the originator. I attempted to use Solona and
> found the process very confusing, although I was told that it was easier
> if
> people were using Qwitter. As I am not I did not try it. I have been very
> satisfied with Webvisum and use it quite frequently. The only drawback is
> that it can only be used with Firefox as it is a Firefox add on. Firefox
> is
> not my preferred browser as there are still some bugs with JAWS that need
> to
> be addressed in their interaction. hope this helps although a bit late.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "catherine" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 5:14 PM
> Subject: [WebAIM] CAPTCHA tools
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is anyone familiar with Solona (http://www.solona.net/about), which
>> provides a service for solving CAPTCHAs? If so, I would appreciate
>> comments on this and how it compares to other solutions, such as Webvisum
>> (http://www.webvisum.com/).
>>
>> I am not looking for sales pitches. I am interested in genuine user
>> feedback. Expert opinions are also welcomed.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>> Catherine
>>
>>
>> --
>> Catherine Roy
>> http://www.catherine-roy.net
>>
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