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>In this paper, we show that this system is able to accurately detect and read difficult numbers in Street View with 90% accuracy. > Turns out that this new al
by jere 13y ago
>In this paper, we show that this system is able to accurately detect and read difficult numbers in Street View with 90% accuracy.
> Turns out that this new algorithm can also be used to read CAPTCHA puzzles—we found that it can decipher the hardest distorted text puzzles from reCAPTCHA with over 99% accuracy.
Am I missing something or could we improve CAPTCHAs by mimicking street numbers?
- Kronopath 13y agoreCAPTCHA already does this, actually. It's part of the way Google trains their computer vision algorithms to recognize numbers. http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/29/google-now-using-recaptcha-to-decode-street-view-addresses/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/29/google-now-using-recaptcha-...
- eurleif 13y agoBut that's, as you said, to train their computer vision, not to make the CAPTCHA better as a CAPTCHA.
- eurleif 13y ago>Am I missing something or could we improve CAPTCHAs by mimicking street numbers? Do the street numbers also have a lowered solve rate for humans?
- modeless 13y agoGoogle already uses actual street number images from Street View in reCAPTCHA. http://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/ http://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/