HI there. I've heard of this and am interested but you have to upload the image how do you do this and how do you find it in the first place? thanks. Lovette
On 2012-09-15, at 9:04 PM, Esther 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 > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
