Photo Captcha
a less annoying captcha
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What is PhotoCaptcha
PhotoCaptcha is image an based alternative captcha - a result of my annoyment caused by regular captchas.
Regular ones are either useless (good OCR can read them), or a pain in the a** since you often have to reload them several times to get text that you can actually decypher, and even then it's not uncommon to click submit button just to see 'sorry, try again' message and be forced to fill entire form again.
The reason for having captcha on your website is to prevent bots from posting. Not to frustrate people (and that almost always happens).
PhotoCaptcha was created with all those things in mind.
It's based on fact that for the average person it's way easier to recognize object on picture, than almost unreadable letters.

plus:

  • computers don't do image recognition too well, so it's harder to crack
  • It let's you know when correct code is entered or reload's itself if code is incorrect, so there's no frustration with filling up entire form over and over again
  • It's clicking-only captcha alternative, because people like clicking better than typing ;)
  • PhotoCaptcha is super easy to implement. Just on line of code in your form and simple API for your processing script.
  • At the moment PhotoCaptcha is translated to English, Polish and Italian.

    System is still under development.
    If you'd like to help with translations, graphics or u have any suggestions, feel free to contact me ;)