Hi, I've used the audio captcha for Google Groups, and agree this isn't ideal, but it's doable. I know this won't work for everyone, but the original poster has an iPhone, I think. What about using the free VizWiz app, taking a picture of the screen with the iPhone camera, and sending a question, "What is the text in this captcha?" Alternatively, as suggested earlier, you can take a screen capture with Command-Shift-3 and send this as an attachment via email to a sighted friend. The files show up on your Desktop.
HTH. Cheers, Esther On Feb 15, 2012, at 7:41 AM, Adie wrote: > Hi all > > It's not just people with hearing impairments who have trouble with > these audio captchas. They are, generally speaking, of appalling > quality. The ones which contain a sentence, as opposed to unrelated > words and numbers, are a little easier, but really, how can any site > think they are fit for purpose? > > I usually try to record what the thing says, but it often is > completely indecipherable. Sometimes I swear I have it right and it > still rejects it. > > The site which most annoys me is the UK govt e-petitions site, which > has these for all signatories. My MP even complained to the Cabinet > Office and we just got the brush off. Have any of these people ever > tried one of these themselves? I think not. > > It is particularly offensive when they then tell you it's to test if > you are human. Presumably they thk we are not. > > Anyway, even I sometimes get fed up of complaining about them to site > owners, but I suppose we just have to keep doing it until they stop > using them. There are other more accessible solutions to the humanity > thing. > > Grump > > Adrienne > On Feb 14, 8:28 pm, Mark BurningHawk Baxter <markbaxte...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Google, FB, Twitter, all have audio captchas. for people with hearing loss, >> these prove abysmally challenging, but even I have managed to solve them. >> They're not at all easy, and I dread the thought of trying to re-sign-up for >> Craigslist because of this. >> >> • Mark BurningHawk Baxter >> • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >> • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com >> • My home page: >> •http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
