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From: Tania
Date: Apr 18, 2011 5:09AM

no, afraid not.
thanks
tania

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Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] CAPTCHA tools


> did you get answers to this as I have been out of town and got behind on
> emails for the past month?
> chuck
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> 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 The latest that I heard is that the Solona program is no longer active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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>