Comment by dessant
7 years ago
When you do encounter CAPTCHAs, try out Buster [0]. It passes the CAPTCHA by solving the audio challenge using speech recognition APIs.
Google does block people from accessing the audio challenge [1] in some cases, so make sure to check if you can access the audio challenge even before installing the extension by clicking on the headphone icon within the challenge widget.
Enable user input simulation from the extension's options and install the client app to reduce the chance of a temporary block while using the extension.
If you're on Chrome, there is a pending update (0.5.2) that switches to the Wit Speech API (demo) service by default, verify that you're using the correct service by visiting the extension's options to avoid any errors.
Please open an issue if you have experience with image recognition and you'd like to contribute towards a mode that would solve the visual challege, or assist users by suggesting image tiles to select.
Isn't this ruining the feature for people who are forced to use the accessibility feature?
They'll improve the captcha just like they did with the basic obscured text to now making the user do image recognition for them and people who really need the accessibility won't have it that easy any more.
I don't feel like that's a nice thing to do.
Google blocks people with disabilities from accessing the audio challenge, please see the second link in my original post for details. This project, while in the early stages, aims to bring attention to the human cost of the reCAPTCHA service, and helps those who can no longer cope with that cost.
Thanks for clearing that up, I missed the second link while browsing on mobile.