Why doesn't Google use reCAPTCHA?

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Alain-Christian from Queens, NY asks: "Why doesn't Google use reCAPTCHA for word verification? As it says on their website, 'Answers to reCAPTCHA challenges are used to digitize textual documents.' Imagine how many more documents could be digitized if Google adopted reCAPTCHA."



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