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Chuckiechan · July 3rd, 2009, 12:27 PM

What is reCAPTCHA?

Many old documents are being scanned into the public domain, and due to hand set type, stains, mold, blood

, and other "issues", the scanners can't come out the accurate text conversions.

So when you enter "captcha" you see a second word ("re captcha"). What you actually could be doing is correcting a scan of a 1000 year old document!

The theory is that if you can do the "captcha" accurately, you will do the "re-captcha" accurately, also. When the collection of results leans far enough to one word, it is considered to be correct and in inserted into the document.

Very clever...

July 3rd, 2009, 12:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chuckiechan Pump you sucker! Pump! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Sacto, Colliefornia Posts: 8,649	Captcha at Work: Re - Captcha Interpreting Scanned Documents What is reCAPTCHA? Many old documents are being scanned into the public domain, and due to hand set type, stains, mold, blood , and other "issues", the scanners can't come out the accurate text conversions. So when you enter "captcha" you see a second word ("re captcha"). What you actually could be doing is correcting a scan of a 1000 year old document! The theory is that if you can do the "captcha" accurately, you will do the "re-captcha" accurately, also. When the collection of results leans far enough to one word, it is considered to be correct and in inserted into the document. Very clever... __________________ Obama has taken America from purported bully to notorious chump in less than a year.