Solona Releases Automation Tool.

By Bernard Maldonado

On behalf of everyone involved with Solona including the Steering Committee, Operators, and other contributors, I am truly honored and excited to announce that the first automation tool is available for users to streamline the process for solving captchas.
 
In collaboration with a programmer in South Korea, a tool was created that allows Solona.net users to dramatically reduce the time required to solve a captcha.  The new tool, which is called Pick Solona, and runs on Microsoft Windows, allows a user to accomplish all the tasks of creating the screen image and saving it as a specific file with one simple hot key combination.
 
With the availability of this application, users can throw away the original instructions which included alt and print screen, MS Paint, copy, paste, save as 256 color BMP.  All that can be accomplished with a simple hot key now.
 
Another benefit of this tool is that it greatly reduces the file size of the screen print.  That means that the transmission is faster over the Net.  In addition, users can expect to shave off a solid 1 minute from total turnaround time, meaning that sites like My Space might be able to be solved by Solona.
 
This is a truly exciting update for Solona.  It is a major step and will greatly benefit both users and operators.  When Solona launched, it was learning to crawl and stumble around.  Now, Solona is up and walking with confidence. 
 
One interesting note is that even though this is a major step, works are already under way for the next step of automation.  The next release is already being developed and will be even more automated and more streamlined for users.  This is truly an exciting project.
 
To the hundreds of people who trust Solona to solve captchas, and left encouraging notes and feedback of gratitude, I want you to know that you truly were the motivating factor to make this development come true.  It is an honor to give you this tool free of charge.  We look forward to hearing your thoughts on this break through utility.  To the people who considered Solona a bit clunky and perhaps tricky to understand and use, I certainly understand your position.  However, I hope that you will give a second glance to a service that has good roots and remains steadfast and focused on providing the community with the ability to solve captchas with as much independence and anonymity as possible until such time that an accessible solution is available on websites.
 
After reading all of this, you’re probably wondering……OK, so where is this tool?  How can I get it?  How do I use it?  How do I install it?  How does it work?  Is it accessible with my screen reader?  The tool and a How To Guide are freely available on your “My Account” Page on Solona.  All you have to do is login to your account, and navigate to “My Account”.  You will see a link at the top to donwload the zip archive file. 
 
Download that file to your local hard drive and extract it to a new folder with any name that you like.  Everything you need is in that file.  Before running any executable file, please take a moment to read the file called ReadMe.rtf.

NOTE:  There are no other authorized download mirrors for this file.  The file is freely available under your User Account on solona.net.  Solona does not endorse any other locations for downloading this tool.
 
As always, you are welcome to contact Solona with questions or comments.  Before sending a question about this tool, please make sure that you read the How to document to determine if your question is answered.

Thank you!

Bernard Maldonado

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Solona Steering Committee:  Brandon Bracey, Steve Sawczyn, Cara Quinn, Gene Asner

Tagged as: Automation Tool, Captcha Solution Service, Solona, Update