How to reduce recaptcha complexity?

Question

I use RecaptchaControl , and users complain that the image is not so clear (the black part in the cap is too complicated to read). Is there any property to make the image less difficult (less noisy)?

<recaptcha:RecaptchaControl ID="recaptcha" runat="server" PublicKey="XXX" PrivateKey="YYY" OverrideSecureMode="true" /> 

Answer 1

This may not be what you are looking for, but there are many custom captcha controls. ie

CaptchaNET_2.aspx

With a little knowledge of the Graphics classes in C #, it’s not difficult to tweak the code to make captcha simpler (or more complex). We use one for the mobile phone website, and management is important, otherwise it cannot be read on low resolution phones.

Answer 2

Simply put, no.

As others have said, you can customize the user interface.

Answer 3

I am the author of an article on recaptcha API tutorial @ web-development-blog.com and I must say that it is often very difficult to read text created with recaptcha. When using the API, I sometimes get better results when using a different language to solve problems.

In one of my projects, I received a lot of complaints and switched to another script: http://code.google.com/p/cool-php-captcha/

Tasks are harder to solve, and the script is very easy to use.

Answer 4

In some reCaptchas (I assume this is somehow configurable), you only need to get one correct word (I'm not sure how close the second word should be).

I tested in reCaptcha on my own website and it worked (two words wrong = failure, one word on the right + one incorrect = success); tested in stackoverflow reCaptcha and it is not ... I had to get both words correctly. That is why I think it is customizable.

I found this post along with the one below (where I read that only one word should be right) precisely because it is too difficult for me to go through reCaptcha either; Too often you have to update more than 5 times to get an readable pair. Another message: Are reCAPTCHA CAPTCHA more complex or just me .

Answer 5

Now Google lets you change the difficulty setting.