Gerald, Okay, I've attached Rumola to IE and it can now respond when there is a captcha on the page -- thanks for that. The process to pay and get an email and password was completely foreign. After I authorized a Paypal transaction, I received no email welcome with a user name and password, so not sure at all what happened. However as said, it does appear to be working right now.
A question: How do I interrogate Rumola to keep track of the number of credits remaining? Dave Carlson Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 03:23 AM Subject: Re: Does anyone know whether the problem with webvisum not working with the latest version of firefox has been fixed? The problem with this "new" captcha solving service is that it is not cheap. They charge $3.50 per month for unlimited use versus Rumola's cost of only 99 cents for 50 captcha credits which are good for a whole year. So Captcha Be Gone costs $42 a year while Rumola only costs 99 cents a year. Plus, Captcha Be Gone only works with Firefox and Chrome, not with IE, while Rumola works with all three browsers. For now, the winner is still Rumola, hands down. Gerald -----Original Message----- From: Cristóbal Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 6:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Does anyone know whether the problem with webvisum not working with the latest version of firefox has been fixed? What's been making the rounds the past few days is a new captcha service called Captcha Be Gone. http://captchabegone.com/ It's being developed by the same guy who puts out Chicken Nugget and QReader and so on. Looks like it'll initially support Firefox and Chrome with a monthly cost of $3.50. I don't run into too many captchas, but if it ends up working as advertized, then at least it would be another option. Folks will have to decide if the cost is worth it for them. -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Levy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 2:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Does anyone know whether the problem with webvisum not working with the latest version of firefox has been fixed? Eric Damery, FS Vice-President of Software Development has already asserted on the JAWS Users mailing list that adding an image captcha-solving feature to JAWS presents insurmountable technical challenges at this time. Gerald -----Original Message----- From: cecropia64 Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 4:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Does anyone know whether the problem with webvisum not working with the latest version of firefox has been fixed? I've written Freedom Scientific about this issue and asked them if they would consider adding something to Jaws that would solve captchas. As usual all they said was that the information was forwarded to their technical team. Will this have any affect? You never know. But I'm also quite sure that I am not the only one who wrote to them and asked the same thing. It would be nice if they would. It would solve a lot of headaches! On 1/17/2016 3:33 PM, Mario wrote: > Gerald, I think it's inevitable that web visum is going to be lost, since > it is recommended not to continue to use an outdated version of firefox. > it is possible that Mozilla's ADO (forgot what ADO stands for) team who > can sign extensions that are abandond but essentially beneficial for a > particular reason, that being, that since the developers of web visum have > abandoned the extension, and wv does serve a purpose of enabling blind > users to solve CAPTCHAs, and there is no other plugin that can do what wv > did, they should sign it so we can still solve CAPTCHAs that some websites > still employ. > > > On 1/17/2016 1:31 PM, Gerald Levy wrote: >> >> It is Mozilla that is concerned about unsigned add-ons. Apparently, >> unsigned add-ons have been used to introduce malware into Firefox, and >> so Mozilla now requires that all developers of third-party add-ons sign >> them to comply with the former's security standards and verify that they >> are free of malware. . The developers of Webvisum abandoned it years >> ago, and so there is no way to contact them and implore them to sign it >> to bring it up to snuff. And starting with Firefox 44 or 45, Webvisum >> and all other unsined add-ons will no longer work because the config >> entry to enable them will be permanently removed. So once you have >> Firefox 43 working with Webvisum, it would be a good idea to uncheck the >> box on the advanced tab of the tools menu that allows Firefox to update >> itself automatically. Otherwise,you will be automatically updated to >> Firefox 44 and 45 and lose Webvisum forever. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Bill White >> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 12:40 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Does anyone know whether the problem with webvisum not >> working with the latest version of firefox has been fixed? >> >> Hi, Mario. I have never understood this issue concerning unsigned AdOns. >> If >> a person makes the change to allow all unsigned AdOns to run, and they >> are >> afraid of running another unsigned AdOn, all they need to do is uninstall >> the AdOn or plugin which they don't want to run. That is what the AdOns >> manager is for. >> Bill White [email protected] >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mario" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 8:20 AM >> Subject: Re: Does anyone know whether the problem with webvisum not >> working >> with the latest version of firefox has been fixed? >> >> >> in addition, there is a change that can be made in firefox's >> configuration settings that can allow unsigned extensions to run, but >> that allows, any, unsigned extension/plugin to run, thus defeating >> mozillas attempt to improve firefox's security. >> it's been suggested to use an earlier portable version of firefox (42) >> and adding web visum, and use that version when you need to solve >> captchas. >> >> >> On 1/17/2016 11:09 AM, Mario wrote: >>> David, since I've upgraded firefox to 43.0.4, web visum is working okay >>> for me. but some other blind users are experiencing that they can't get >>> wv to install for them. the problem is more of a security issue in that >>> wv is not digitally signed. however in my case, before upgrading firefox >>> to the latest version, web visum was set to automatically start and log >>> me in when ff was started. maybe that's why my web visum is still >>> working okay. >>> >>> >>> On 1/16/2016 8:28 PM, David Ingram wrote: >>>> Hi list members, I’d like to know whether the problem of webvisum not >>>> working with the latest version of firefox has been fixed yet? I’d >>>> like >>>> to let firefox know of this problem but I’m not sure how I would do >>>> that >>>> or if they would be able to respond to this request in a timely manner. >>>> Thank you for any information that you might have concerning this >>>> question. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature >> database 12882 (20160117) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 12882 (20160117) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to [email protected] Archives located at: http://www.groups.io/g/jfw/threads Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, posts received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. 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