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Please check it out and try it:
http://skimpygimpy.sourceforge.net/
Find examples, documentation, links to demos
and download links there.
Skimpy Gimpy is a tool for generating HTML
representations for strings which
people can read but which web
robots and other computer programs
will have difficulty understanding.
Skimpy is an example of a Captcha:
an acronym for "Completely Automated Public
Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
The Skimpy program and API
(applications programmer interface)
is implemented in a single
self contained Python script (module). The
input for Skimpy are words or phrases.
The output of the program and API are strings containing
HTML preformatted text. The preformatted
text contains "ASCII art" representing the input
phrase, which looks like somewhat sloppy handwriting
on a speckled page, when viewed in an HTML browser.
It is intended that it is easy for a human to
read the word or phrase when rendered
as HTML, but it is difficult for a program to
extract the word or phrase automatically.
The program uses a number of techniques
to make the output difficult for a computer to
interpret: curve interpolation, random rotation,
random skew, random scale adjustment,
"smearing", and addition of noise.
The Skimpy tool is far easier to install, use,
and embed than other similar technologies.
All you need is python installed and the
skimpyGimpy.py source file.
Enjoy and happy holidays! -- Aaron Watters
===
there ain't no sanity clause!
http://skimpygimpy.sourceforge.net/
Find examples, documentation, links to demos
and download links there.
Skimpy Gimpy is a tool for generating HTML
representations for strings which
people can read but which web
robots and other computer programs
will have difficulty understanding.
Skimpy is an example of a Captcha:
an acronym for "Completely Automated Public
Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
The Skimpy program and API
(applications programmer interface)
is implemented in a single
self contained Python script (module). The
input for Skimpy are words or phrases.
The output of the program and API are strings containing
HTML preformatted text. The preformatted
text contains "ASCII art" representing the input
phrase, which looks like somewhat sloppy handwriting
on a speckled page, when viewed in an HTML browser.
It is intended that it is easy for a human to
read the word or phrase when rendered
as HTML, but it is difficult for a program to
extract the word or phrase automatically.
The program uses a number of techniques
to make the output difficult for a computer to
interpret: curve interpolation, random rotation,
random skew, random scale adjustment,
"smearing", and addition of noise.
The Skimpy tool is far easier to install, use,
and embed than other similar technologies.
All you need is python installed and the
skimpyGimpy.py source file.
Enjoy and happy holidays! -- Aaron Watters
===
there ain't no sanity clause!