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Re:CAPTCHAs decrease conversion rates by p09p09p09 on Friday March 25, 2011 @11:34AM (#2368899)
Pro tip: You can usually get away with entering invalid similar characters on recaptcha when the word is really blurry. Substitute 'ri' for 'n', for example.

I like to do this as a game, to see what I can get away with, adds some fun to the drudgery of typing in a captcha.

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Re:CAPTCHAs decrease conversion rates by 5l on Friday March 25, 2011 @11:44AM (#2368947)
The really blurry word is the word they're trying to OCR; generally it doesn't matter what you type as it'll accept it provided the other word is entered correctly.

Of course your 'game' is hurting reCaptcha's goal of digitizing books.

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