From: mark sparshatt <msparshatt@...>
Date: 2004-10-26T03:01:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Garden Spam

trans. (T. Onoma) wrote:
> On Monday 25 October 2004 01:33 pm, Markus wrote:
> |      An add-on to my privious thought: random phonetic speling mistakes
> | in the puzles would not hindder a humen nearly as much as they woud a
> | bott--even if the human was useing a text-too-speach tool.
> |
> |      -- Markus
> 
> Oo oo! I may have just the thing! [Tom reaches into his big bag of tricks and 
> pulls out...]
> 
> class String
>   # Scramble the inner characters of words leaving the text still readable 
>   # (research at Cambridge University, code by KurtDresner)
>   #
>   # -eg.
>   #
>   #   Srblamce the iennr cchrteaars of wodrs lvenaig the txet stlil rbeaadle
>   #   (rreceash at Cbamigdre Uverintisy, cdoe by KrneruestDr?)
>   #
>   def dresner
>     self.gsub(/\B\w+\B/){$&.split(//).sort_by{rand}} 
>   end
>   # In place #dresner method.
>   def dresner!
>     self.replace(dresner)
>   end
> end
> 
> How's that for creative?
> 
It's very creative but anyone using a screen reader would be stumped and 
since accessability was the whole reason for using a text captcha I'm 
not sure this idea would work.

--
Mark Sparshatt