My name is Bernard Maldonado. I am the founder of Solona - www.solona.net - the human powered Captcha Solution Service.
This is my first message to this mailing list. I apologize for not becoming a member of this list earlier, and I beg for understanding from the Administrators for this message that I am sending with the intention of clearing the air of any confusion. A message was sent to this list earlier about a new script designed to incorporate Solona Captcha solving into Window-Eyes. The message was submitted by Jamal Mazrui. I did not read the message and I am not quoting from the message. I was provided a summary by a third party. With all due respect for Jamal, as well as everyone who attempted to use that resource - That script is not a valid way to use Solona. Jamal did not communicate with me about his project. I had no prior knowledge of his activities regarding this script. The project did not get reviewed by me or any other API developer associated with Solona. The Solona API interface requires collaboration among the developers. There are several reasons for this; all are based on the importance of creating a high-quality interface for users to successfully solve captchas, and to protect the integrity and reputation of Solona as well as the API interface developer. In light of this, I have taken measures to disable Jamal's script from working in it's current form. I'd rather not go into details about how or why it was disabled. Suffice to say that there are several concerns and problems that were independently identified and confirmed. I'd also like to say that I did not make this decision without previously consulting with people from the developer community familiar with Python and Window-Eyes scripts. Please do not interpret this message, or my actions, as a way to inhibit progress or to damage anyone's reputation. You can ask anyone; Solona is my passion and I am 110% committed to responsible progress and protecting Solona's reputation and high-quality service to it's users. I believe that Solona has made great strides during the last year in making independent Captcha solving as easy and efficient and as accurate as possible. I believe that the current API developers would back up this claim. However, this script does not satisfy the requirements for being considered a valid API interface tool with Solona.net. At this time, users can access Solona these ways: 1. Solona website (www.solona.net) 2. Qwitter Client - for windows users (www.qwitter-client.net) 3. Send2Solona - for mac users (www.cattail.nu/mac/solona) There will be even more ways to access Solona in the near future. I look forward to letting you know about these once they are released. Please don't hesitate to contact me directly if you have any comments or questions, or concerns. I'm happy to openly address any questions about this matter within this list. You can also follow Solona on Twitter - www.twitter.com/solona Thank you, Bernard Maldonado Solona Accessibility 214-908-2316
