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From: ckrugman
Date: Apr 17, 2011 11:30PM

did you get answers to this as I have been out of town and got behind on
emails for the past month?
chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tania" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] CAPTCHA tools


> 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
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>
> thanks
> tania
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> 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 The latest that I heard is that the Solona program is no longer active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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>