# What do you think of the current CAPTCHA image style?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-current-captcha-image-style/136809>\
**Category:** Captchator\
**Created:** [May 6, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-current-captcha-image-style/136809 "2008-05-06T16:02:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-current-captcha-image-style/136809/1 "2008-05-06T16:02:52Z")

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Hi,

what do you think of the current CAPTCHA image style (example attached)?  
Is it too difficult to read, should it be more OCR-proof, do you have  
any other suggestions?

Thanks  
Andreas

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**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-current-captcha-image-style/136809/2 "2008-09-11T11:45:18Z")

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Hi,

> what do you think of the current CAPTCHA image style (example attached)?  
> Is it too difficult to read, should it be more OCR-proof, do you have  
> any other suggestions?

Yes, the current captcha is difficult to read most of the times. Perhaps  
a lighter background colour would help.

Perhaps multiple styles could be supported and these could be requested  
for using the url itself. Eg urls -  
[http://captchator.com/captcha/image/normal/123](http://captchator.com/captcha/image/normal/123),  
[http://captchator.com/captcha/image/easy/123](http://captchator.com/captcha/image/easy/123),  
[http://captchator.com/captcha/image/difficult/123](http://captchator.com/captcha/image/difficult/123), etc

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**Author:** ![andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 8:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-current-captcha-image-style/136809/3 "2008-10-04T08:45:47Z")

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Aman K. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> > what do you think of the current CAPTCHA image style (example attached)?  
> > Is it too difficult to read, should it be more OCR-proof, do you have  
> > any other suggestions?
> 
> Yes, the current captcha is difficult to read most of the times. Perhaps  
> a lighter background colour would help.
> 
> Perhaps multiple styles could be supported and these could be requested  
> for using the url itself. Eg urls -  
> [http://captchator.com/captcha/image/normal/123](http://captchator.com/captcha/image/normal/123),  
> [http://captchator.com/captcha/image/easy/123](http://captchator.com/captcha/image/easy/123),  
> [http://captchator.com/captcha/image/difficult/123](http://captchator.com/captcha/image/difficult/123), etc

I am agree with you!

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