[gui-talk] will Webvisum be rendered useless?

[Steve Jacobson]

Hi,

If the screen reader developers could solve CAPTCHAs, so could spammers.  To solve a CAPTCHA would require some kind of Optical character 
recognition, but CAPTCHAs are displayed to make this more difficult.  OCR is more a process familiar to Kurzweil than screen reader technology.  This just 
isn't a simple problem.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:46:58 -0400, Gerald Levy wrote:


>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.


>Gerald



>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List" 
><gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 11:50 AM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] will Webvisum be rendered useless?


>> Not enough money; not enough personnel. I also heard a rumor that the 
>> person operating it has been ill.
>>
>> If you ask me, *any* service dependent upon human interaction is bound to 
>> be less-than-reliable at best.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Jun 27, 2011, at 6:20, Tai Blas <Tai.Blas at blind.state.ia.us> wrote:
>>
>>> What is going on with Solona? Every time I try to use it, I am unable to.
>>> Tai
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________ _
>>> Tai Blas
>>> Transition Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
>>> Iowa Department for the Blind
>>> 524 Fourth Street
>>> Des Moines, Iowa 50309
>>> Office: (515) 281-1253
>>> Toll-free: (800) 362-2587
>>> Mobile: (515) 250-2160
>>> Email: tai.blas at blind.state.ia.us
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> See what your state government is accomplishing at 
>>> http://www.idbonline.org
>>>
>>>
>>> One Iowa, One Unlimited Future
>>>
>>>
>>> -----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
>>> To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] will Webvisum be rendered useless?
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Gerald
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> gui-talk mailing list
>>>> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>>> gui-talk:
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/bwaylimited%40verizon.net
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> gui-talk mailing list
>>> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
>>> gui-talk:
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/tai.blas%40blind.state.ia.us
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> gui-talk mailing list
>>> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
>>> gui-talk:
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/k7uij%40panix.com
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> gui-talk mailing list
>> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
>> gui-talk:
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/bwaylimited%40verizon.net 


>_______________________________________________
>gui-talk mailing list
>gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for gui-talk:
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/steve.jacobson%40visi.com