Hi, Bernard, It works on Linux too.
Thanks, Alex, On 7-May-09, at 9:25 PM, Solona wrote: > > Hello everyone. My name is Bernard Maldonado. I just joined the > group. Mac Visionaries seems like an awesome resource for people who > want to embrace the power and capabilities of what Apple has to > offer. After all, it is truly a superior product over any of the PC > clone competitors. > > I would like to thank Cara for giving me permission to post this note. > > Please allow me to introduce an online service that may be of interest > to Mac Visionaries. Solona, found at http://www.Solona.net , is a > Human Assisted CAPTCHA Solution Service for blind and visually > impaired people. The service is fully compatible with Apple users as > well as Windows users. Solona is especially helpful when signing up > for a website that employs a CAPTCHA on the registration page. Here > are some of the main principles promoted at Solona: > > 1. full disclosure about the service (who, how, what, etc) > 2. security and privacy for each user is paramount and documented > 3. platform independent (works on Windows, Mac) > 4. fast, efficient, and reliable service to users with minimal > interaction > 5. free service with no levels of membership > 6. provide research and information about websites and how CAPTCHAS > are implemented in the form of blog articles. > > I welcome any questions, comments, or concerns that you may have. > Feel free to contact me and I'm happy to talk! Any suggestions about > how to make the service better are greatly appreciated. > > The Twitter name is Solona . Twitter is used for announcements and > news about Solona. > > There's much more information on the website, so I won't take more > time in this post. The Mac instructions are posted on the "How it > works" page. > > In closing, I would like to share one interesting, yet possibly ironic > thought that is frequently on my mind about this service: I hope that > Solona fails, but for the right reasons. At some point in the future, > Solona should be made obsolete by the implementation of fully > accessible anti spam tools on registration pages. That will be a > major milestone for the Internet, and I look forward to that day. In > the meantime, I will continue to invest time and resources into Solona > so that it is a reliable and valuable resource in the blind community, > and I will advocate for accessible anti spam registration tools. > > Bernard. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
