[gui-talk] will Webvisum be rendered useless?

[Mike Freeman]

The fly in the ointment is that if it's technically feasible for screen-reader developers to put CAPTCHA at -solving capability into their products, so can spammers. The solution to the problem is not a simple one-size-fits-all fix.

Mike

On Jun 27, 2011, at 9:46, "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net> wrote:

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> The real problem is that the major screen reader companies, FS and GW Micro, have so far shown absolutely no interest in adding captcha solving capabilities to JAWS and Window Eyes, respectively.  This should certainly be technically feasible.
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> Gerald
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
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>> Not enough money; not enough personnel. I also heard a rumor that the person operating it has been ill.
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>> If you ask me, *any* service dependent upon human interaction is bound to be less-than-reliable at best.
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>> Mike
>> 
>> On Jun 27, 2011, at 6:20, Tai Blas <Tai.Blas at blind.state.ia.us> wrote:
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>>> What is going on with Solona? Every time I try to use it, I am unable to.
>>> Tai
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 3:03 PM
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>>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] will Webvisum be rendered useless?
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>>> 
>>> This could become a serious problem.  At some point, the software developers at Webvisum will simply give up trying to keep up with each new release of Firefox.  And because Solona is already on life support, there soon may be no captcha solving solutions left.  I suggest hanging onto Firefox 4 or earlier as long as you can.  Besides, the screen readers won't be able to keep up with each new Firefox release, either.
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>>> Gerald
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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Ken lawrence" <kenlawrence124 at aol.com>
>>> To: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 5:21 PM
>>> Subject: [gui-talk] will Webvisum be rendered useless?
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>>> 
>>>> Hi Ken here.  I read in Kim Komando's email that firefox has started a new
>>>> schedule they will be new versions of the browser every too months.  I
>>>> just got the update automaticly today and they are recommending you
>>>> install it since no more updates will be made for version 4.  So in two
>>>> months for example version 6 or maybe 5 point something or other.
>>>> Webvisum has been disabled since it isn't updated.  the firefox browser
>>>> says it will enable it if it has an update.  But can webvisum possible
>>>> keep up with a two months schedule?  is our capcha solver useless thanks
>>>> to this new timetable by firefox?
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