Hmm. Death by Captcha seems to be for programmers. How does the end user get 
this to work?

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On Sep 16, 2012, at 12:17 AM, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is automatic and works with firefox which is getting better as every 
> nightly build progresses.
> 
> http://www.deathbycaptcha.com/s
> 
> Best to have more then 1 tool in your tool belt.
> 
> Tc all.
> On Sep 15, 2012, at 9:04 PM, Esther <mori...@mac-access.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> Brandon Olivares, a blind developer, has announced a new service for solving 
>> captchas
>> http://www.azavia.com/zcaptcha
>> 
>> This is a paid service (I think $0.34 per solved captcha), but should work 
>> on any web platform.  It requires creating an account, then taking a screen 
>> capture, and uploading the image to:
>> http://www.azavia.com/zcaptcha/upload.html
>> 
>> It's meant to help solve the problem of dealing with captchas on the Mac.  
>> At present, Solano is no longer working (it was a largely one-person 
>> operation that faltered when the person in charge developed health 
>> problems), and WebVisum only works for Firefox, which is not really used by 
>> most visually impaired Mac users.
>> 
>> This is just getting started, and they're working on improving the speed and 
>> accuracy of the captcha recognition as people start using this service.  The 
>> developer was looking for a general solution that would work for himself and 
>> other visually impaired Mac users, and they're using a for-pay model in 
>> hopes of being able to keep this going on a long-term basis.
>> 
>> As a slight aside from the immediate topic, those of you who are interested 
>> in the Metakine mini-bundle that is a MacUpdate promo are reminded that 
>> there is one day left on this offer -- 10 apps, including DVDRemaster Pro 
>> and Mac DVD Ripper Pro for $39.99, which is less than the cost of purchasing 
>> DVDRemaster Pro (or DVDRemaster 8, as this version is now called in the Mac 
>> App Store) by itself.  Your first purchase from the mupromo site requires a 
>> one-time negotiation of a captcha to create your account, after which you 
>> can log in to check the record of your previous purchases and serial 
>> numbers, and links to the download software.  I haven't tried out ZCaptcha 
>> myself, but it might be used for this.
>> 
>> Here's the link to the Metakine mini-bundle promotion:
>> http://www.mupromo.com/deal/13254/12336/macupdate-bundle
>> 
>> Remember that you can check out all the metakine products with fully working 
>> trial downloads from their web site:
>> http://www.metakine.com/products/
>> 
>> Also, if you have previously purchased any of the products in the bundle, or 
>> if there are some that you know you won't use (e.g., a number of photography 
>> apps in the bundle), you can gift these licenses to another user at the time 
>> of purchase by specifying their name and email on the web form (otherwise it 
>> is assumed that all licenses will be yours).
>> 
>> This reduced price bundle is not available through the Mac App Store 
>> although some of the products can be separately purchased (at full price) 
>> from the Mac App Store.
>> 
>> 
>> HTH.  Cheers,
>> 
>> Esther
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