Hmm. Death by Captcha seems to be for programmers. How does the end user get this to work?
Orin orin8...@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks Skype: orin1112 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. 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