Thanks again for your reply.

I found this link:
http://search.cpan.org/src/UNRTST/Authen-Captcha-1.023/examples/README

which says to define the 'number of characters.' I did this (see code in my previous reply) but because the code was not complete, it didn't work.

Beyond what I have already, I'm at a standstill. I guess I've not had to do something like what this perl module involves. I've customized a number of scripts where the skeletal structure was available for a particular perl module or the module was simpler for me to figure out.

If someone has a working example that adds image verification either from 'Authen::Captcha' OR 'GD::SecurityImage' OR another that is not readily 'OCRable', please let me know.

Thank you.