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Solona Volunteer FAQs

Common questions

    1. Is it easy to volunteer with Solona?
    2. What is involved in solving a Captcha?
    3. What equipment do I need?
    4. Do I have to talk to anyone?
    5. Can anybody solve Captchas?
    6. Why do people need help solving Captchas if sites have an audio link?
    7. Alright, I want to help by solving Captchas. How do I get started?
  1. Is it easy to volunteer with Solona?
    Absolutely! Solona makes it very easy.You can solve Captchas whenever it is convenient for you. It’s a matter of logging into a website and waiting for a Captcha notification.Solving Captchas can easily be incorporated to normal computer use. You decide when you poll for Captchas. There is no schedule to maintain.It takes about 15 seconds to solve a Captcha.

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  2. What is involved in solving a Captcha?
    You will receive a notification that there is a new Captcha available to solve. The objective is to identify the Captcha on the image submitted and enter the code into a response field. It’s quite easy to solve a Captcha, and does not take more than 20 seconds.Everything is done from the browser.

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  3. What equipment do I need?
    All you need is a computer (Windows/Mac/Linux), a browser, and of course, an Internet connection.There is no special program or computer configuration required to solve Captchas.

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  4. Do I have to talk to anyone?
    No. Not at all. There is no two-way communication between you, the solver, and the user (the person submitting the Captcha).You see the Captcha, but do not know the identity of the user. The user does not know who is solving the Captcha. You either return the text-equivalent of the Captcha, or a an error message (from a list) so that the user can take corrective action depending on the issue.

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  5. Can anybody solve Captchas?
    Anyone over the age of 18 with good vision can solve Captchas for Solona.

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  6. Why do people need help solving Captchas if sites have an audio link?
    The problem is that audio Captchas are (usually) very difficult to understand. Some audio tools work well, but most are not useable. Many sites do not provide audio challenges.

    7. Here are a few examples of Captchas:

    Twitter Captcha

    Twitter Captcha

    Yahoo Captcha

    Yahoo Captcha

    Google Captcha

    Google Captcha

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  7. Alright, I want to help by solving Captchas. How do I get started?
    Great! It’s very easy to get started solving Captchas with Solona. Fill out the brief Solona Volunteer Form and we’ll get in touch with right away. There’s a short training session to go over sample Captchas. That can be done over the telephone, or Skype. After that, you decide when you want to solve Captchas. It’s as easy as that!

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