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Slashdot image recognition – WTF?

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I can’t remember my slashdot login so I wanted them to email me my password. You know those images you have to look at then type in the letters that are in the image (and the letters are all squiggly or colors/patterns go through them)? They are called captchas. Take a look at these from slashdot:
WTF?
Is that dkiiymi?

WTF?
WTF is that first letter?

I am a HUMAN and I have a hard time telling what letters those are!

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E-books on the Juicebox – HOWTO

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I picked up a couple Juiceboxes and MP3/picture kits a few months ago when they were on clearance at WalMart. A few days ago I noticed they were on clearance now at Target (you can get both the unit and the MP3/picture kit for a total of $24 plus tax) and I posted to the linux-hacker forums that Target had them on clearance now. Today, there is a slashdot post about them. Hopefully now someone will figure out how to make it play our own videos.

Poking around online, I found this post talking about using it as an e-book reader. I hadn’t thought of that! So, since I had some lying around, I tried it. In about 10 minutes I was reading text on my Juicebox. Here’s how I did it:

  • Download and install JPEGBook
  • Set the size in JPEGBook to be 240×160
  • Run JPEGBook on a text file
  • Use the Juicebox software to import the new book jpgs to your Juicebox.
  • Read and enjoy!

    • Here is the JPG that I put on the Juicebox:

    The text jpg that got put on the Juicebox

    Here is a picture of the Juicebox displaying the text image (click to enlarge – it’s readable!). It looks much better in person – the screenshot looks a bit blue and washed out:

    Text image on a Juicebox

    UPDATE: Here is a Flickr photo showing the button functions (point at the buttons):
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianpipa/17335231/

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