CAPTCHA NOT READABLE

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   Kudlitposted 15 years ago

   I understand that spammers are attacking hubpages. And I know that CAPTCHAS can help separate humans from bots. However, the images of the words are not very readable even for humans. I had to try more than ten times to finally get logged in.
   
   I hope they can make the images more readable for humans.
   
   NOTE: I'm using Firefox. I can read the CAPTCHAS on other sites.

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   relacheposted 15 years ago

   Have you tried the audio feature that goes with Captchas for visually-impaired users?  I find it really useful when certain words are hard to read.  You can also hit the button for a new Captcha word, which often brings up a more intelligible one.

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      Kudlitposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      That's what I did. I asked for a new pair of words. I had to do that several times (more than ten times) to finally get a pair of words that I can read.

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         dohn121posted 15 years agoin reply to this

         I had this problem with captcha before.  You must put your name in the YOUR NAME box.  If it's blank, the message will not get sent!

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         Mishaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Can you always read one of those words?

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            Kudlitposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            Yes.

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               Mishaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

               If it looks anything like that http://recaptcha.net/learnmore.html you are likely to be able to get away with one correct word and guessing the other one as good as you can. Chances are server doesn't know a correct answer itself

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   Mishaposted 15 years ago

   Umm, I don't remember any captcha on HP. Am I being blind?

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      dohn121posted 15 years agoin reply to this

      The only one I know of is when you try sending an in-house email message from another hubber's profile page.  That way, neither hubber knows the other's email address.
      
      I had this problem with captcha before.  You must put your name in the YOUR NAME box.  If it's blank, the message will not get sent!

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   Kudlitposted 15 years ago

   Try signing out and signing in again Misha.

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      Mishaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Just did. No captcha for me. Am I THAT special?

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         Kudlitposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Hmmm. Maybe you are!
         
         It is also possible that Hubpages is getting a lot of spam from my region.

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   Kudlitposted 15 years ago

   Anyway, I'm not logging out. I don't want go through trying to type in those CAPTCHAs again.

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      jiberishposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      What is a captcha?

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         shamelabboushposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Captcha is the letter or number yo uare asked to enter before loggin in to verify your identity as a norma person and distinguish you from spammers or other machines...

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            jiberishposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks, but I've never been asked. Maybe I'm a spammer, no, I checked...I'm not. 

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      shamelabboushposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      This captcha appears randomly. It appeared to me yesterday, but now, there was nothing....

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   cosetteposted 15 years ago

   the only time i get those is when i send a message to someone.
   
   sometimes you have to squint a little to read them, heh

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      shamelabboushposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Sometimes, I squint A LOT to read and refresh them many times...

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