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CAPTCHA puzzle examples

A typical visual CAPTCHA puzzle requires interaction to show that the user can comprehend and interact with one or more images.

The following screenshot shows an example of a picture grid puzzle. This puzzle requires you to select all of the pictures in the grid that include a specific type of object.

A screen contains the title "Let's confirm you are human" and the text "Choose all the chairs". Below the text is a 3x3 grid of images, some of which contain chairs and others that contain non-chair objects, like beds and windows. At the bottom of the screen are options to load a different puzzle, toggle the information box into and out of view, toggle to an audio puzzle, and change the language. Also at the bottom is the button "Confirm".

The following screenshot shows an example puzzle that requires you to identify the endpoint of a car's path in a drawing.

A screen contains the title "Solve the puzzle" and the text "Place a dot at the end of the car's path". Below the text is a maze-like image in black and white with a car and the car's path outlined in green. At the bottom of the screen are the same options that the grid puzzle had, and the button "Submit".

An audio puzzle provides background noise overlaid with spoken instructions about text that the user should type into a text box.

The following screenshot shows the display for the audio puzzle choice.

A screen contains the title "Solve the puzzle" and the text "Click play to listen to instructions". Below the text is an image that shows a Play button. Below the image is the text "Keyboard audio toggle: alt + space". Below is a title "Enter your response" with a text entry box below it. An open information box has the text "Solve by listening to the recording and typing your answer into the text box." At the bottom of the screen are options to load a different puzzle, toggle the information box into and out of view, and toggle to a visual puzzle. Also at the bottom is the button "Submit".