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From: catherine
Date: Tue, Mar 08 2011 6:15PM
Subject: CAPTCHA tools
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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
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Catherine Roy
http://www.catherine-roy.net
From: Ro
Date: Tue, Mar 08 2011 7:24PM
Subject: Re: CAPTCHA tools
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I tried using Solona once and it was rather cumbersome to get the screen shot. However I use a Mac, so the instructions didn't quite work. Their customer support was great though; they helped to figure out the commands for Mac. I haven't used it since because it's faster for me to try an audio captcha a few times. Luckily I haven't run across an unsolvable captcha that absolutely had to be solved, or else I'd use them again.
I haven't used the other once because Firefox doesn't work with Voiceover, but I know a lot of Jaws users who swear by it. Hope they chime in for you.
~Randi and Guide Dog Jayden
Its an adventure, said Fred.
On Mar 8, 2011, at 5:14 PM, catherine wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
From: catherine
Date: Tue, Mar 08 2011 7:45PM
Subject: Re: CAPTCHA tools
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Thank you Randi, this is very useful feedback!
Catherine
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http://www.catherine-roy.net
On Tue, March 8, 2011 9:17 pm, Ro wrote:
> I tried using Solona once and it was rather cumbersome to get the screen
> shot. However I use a Mac, so the instructions didn't quite work. Their
> customer support was great though; they helped to figure out the commands
> for Mac. I haven't used it since because it's faster for me to try an
> audio captcha a few times. Luckily I haven't run across an unsolvable
> captcha that absolutely had to be solved, or else I'd use them again.
>
> I haven't used the other once because Firefox doesn't work with Voiceover,
> but I know a lot of Jaws users who swear by it. Hope they chime in for
> you.
>
>
> ~Randi and Guide Dog Jayden
>
> Its an adventure, said Fred.
>
> On Mar 8, 2011, at 5:14 PM, catherine wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
From: Carin Headrick
Date: Tue, Mar 08 2011 10:12PM
Subject: Re: CAPTCHA tools
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Yeah poor Solona. I think its days are numbered. The fellow who was
manning it appears to be ill.
I looove WebVisum. Unlike Solona, unless it's broken, it will solve your
Captcha and it makes very few errors. I highly recommend WebVisum, but
it does require Firefox.
Carin
On 08/03/2011 9:17 PM, Ro wrote:
> I tried using Solona once and it was rather cumbersome to get the screen shot. However I use a Mac, so the instructions didn't quite work. Their customer support was great though; they helped to figure out the commands for Mac. I haven't used it since because it's faster for me to try an audio captcha a few times. Luckily I haven't run across an unsolvable captcha that absolutely had to be solved, or else I'd use them again.
>
> I haven't used the other once because Firefox doesn't work with Voiceover, but I know a lot of Jaws users who swear by it. Hope they chime in for you.
>
>
> ~Randi and Guide Dog Jayden
>
> Its an adventure, said Fred.
>
> On Mar 8, 2011, at 5:14 PM, catherine wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
From: Pratik Patel
Date: Wed, Mar 09 2011 4:45AM
Subject: Re: CAPTCHA tools
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-----Original Message-----
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/).
PP: Both Solona and Webvisum are excellent solutions. When Solona has
worked, it has done a fantastic job, relying on a human volunteer to provide
solutions to CAPTCHA. Its greatest advantage is that it could work
system-wide without relying on a particular browser and for both Windows and
OS X. Its greatest disadvantage is that it relies on a single human
volunteer to operate it. Despite efforts, it never attracted many
volunteers. For the past six months, the administrator and chief volunteer
has been ill. Because of it, Solona has been off line. Wevvisum works quite
well in firefox. I have always been able to solve CAPTCHAS when using the
extension. It relies on the terk model. Its down side is obvious. Firefox is
only accessible under Windows and Linux. For those users who rely on JAWS,
Firefox is not as well supported as IE under Windows.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Pratik
From: ckrugman@sbcglobal.net
Date: Sun, Mar 20 2011 2:00AM
Subject: Re: CAPTCHA tools
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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
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From: "catherine" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: < = EMAIL ADDRESS 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
From: Tania
Date: Sun, Mar 20 2011 9:54PM
Subject: Re: CAPTCHA tools
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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
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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 ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> To: < = EMAIL ADDRESS 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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