[gui-talk] New Captcha-Solving Service for Blind Computer Users

Gerald Levy bwaylimited at verizon.net
Thu Sep 13 16:36:29 UTC 2012 

Here are the instructions directly from the ZCaptcha site for taking a 
screen shot for both Mac and Windows:

Taking a Screenshot on the Mac
list of 8 items
1. Navigate through the form with the captcha image until you reach the 
field to enter the code. The image will be in the vicinity of this field.
2. Optionally go into full-screen mode by pressing control-option-F. This 
will make the captcha image more visible, but you should be fine without it 
as
well.
3. Press command-shift-3. You will hear a sound as though a picture were 
just taken. The screenshot is saved to your desktop, with the date and time. 
For
instance: Screen Shot 2012-09-10 at 7.31.18 PM.png
4. Go to this page to upload your screenshot.
5. Press the "Choose File" button and navigate to the screenshot that you 
just took. Press enter once you have found it to select that file.
6. Press "Upload Screenshot" to upload your file.
7. Now wait several minutes until you receive an e-mail, or check back at 
your
ZCaptcha Panel
to check on the progress of your captcha. Have patience, as sometimes it 
takes several minutes to be processed.
8. Once you have received the code, copy it with command-c, and paste it 
into the captcha field in your form with command-v once VoiceOver is focused 
on
the field.
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Taking a Screenshot on Windows
list of 10 items
1. Navigate through the form with the captcha image until you reach the 
field to enter the code. The image will be in the vicinity of this field.
2. Optionally follow these tips for a more accurate screenshot:
list of 2 items nesting level 1
. Maximize the window by pressing alt-space, followed by x.
. Route the JAWS cursor to the PC cursor. On the desktop layout, press 
insert-num pad minus. On the laptop layout, press capslock-left bracket.
list end nesting level 1
3. Press the "Print Screen" key on your keyboard. You may instead press 
alt-Print Screen to only capture the active window. The screenshot will now 
be copied
on your clipboard.
4. Open a graphics program such as MS Paint, and press ctrl-V to paste the 
image.
5. Press ctrl-S to save this file. Enter in a name of your choosing and save 
it somewhere where you can easily find it again.
6. Go to this page to upload your screenshot.
7. Press the "Choose File" button and navigate to the screenshot that you 
just took.
8. Press "Upload Screenshot" to upload your file.
9. Now wait several minutes until you receive an e-mail, or check back at 
your
ZCaptcha Panel
to check on the progress of your captcha. Have patience, as sometimes it 
takes several minutes to be processed.
10. Once you have received the code, copy it with command-c, and paste it 
into the captcha field in your form with command-v once VoiceOver is focused 
on
the field.
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Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "hawkeye" <hawkeye at cox.net>
To: "'Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List'" 
<gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] New Captcha-Solving Service for Blind Computer Users


> That is my question.  How do you take a screen shot?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Gerald Levy
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 8:54 AM
> To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] New Captcha-Solving Service for Blind Computer 
> Users
>
>
> Actually, the site provides detailed instructions on how to create an 
> image
> file of the captcha that can be submitted for decoding.  Basically, you
> focus on the web page that contains the captcha you want to solve, 
> navigate
> to the captcha, take a screen shot using the Print Screen key to save it 
> on
> the clipboard, paste the image into MS Paint or other such program and 
> save
> this image as a file where it can be easily retrieved.  You then log onto
> ZCaptcha, locate the file you have just created and upload it to ZCaptcha
> where a network of human operators is presumably standing by to solve it 
> and
> return the result to you in a few minutes.  Each time you submit a 
> captcha,
> 21 cents is deducted from your ZCaptcha account .  Before you submit your
> first captcha, you must register with ZCaptcha and add at least $5 to your
> account using Paypal.  Sounds like a paid version of Solona.
>
> Gerald
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hawkeye" <hawkeye at cox.net>
> To: "'Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List'"
> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] New Captcha-Solving Service for Blind Computer 
> Users
>
>
>> The site does not explain how the screen shot is to be done.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Gerald Levy
>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 7:43 AM
>> To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] New Captcha-Solving Service for Blind Computer
>> Users
>>
>>
>> I understand your position on image captchas.  But they are so widely 
>> used
>> and so firmly entrenched in the psyches of web developers that they will
>> probably never be completely replaced by a more blind-friendly
>> alternative.
>> At least ZCaptcha offers an reasonable alternative to Webvisum with
>> Firefox
>> that can be used with any browser.  Hopefully, they will be more
>> successfull
>> than Solona.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
>> To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List"
>> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:13 AM
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] New Captcha-Solving Service for Blind Computer
>> Users
>>
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>>    Thanks but no thanks.
>>>
>>> Peter Donahue
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
>>> To: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 7:07 AM
>>> Subject: [gui-talk] New Captcha-Solving Service for Blind Computer Users
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A new captcha solving service designed expressly for blind computer 
>>> users
>>> has just been launched.  Called ZCaptcha, it sounds similar to the
>>> defunct
>>> Solona captcha-solving service whereby captchas are decoded by sighted
>>> human
>>> operators submitted to them by blind users.  There is a nominal fee of 
>>> 21
>>> cents per captcha, and the service apparently works with all browsers.
>>> For
>>> more information:
>>>
>>> http://www.azavia.com/zcaptcha
>>>
>>> Gerald
>>>
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