You could use CSS to place DIV elements over the text and the input area of the captcha?
Check out the complete source here: http://gist.github.com/632560
If you modify your code (I am using the code from page 1) to the following:
<div id="DivCaptcha">
<!-- <span class="Instructions" id="Instructions">Fill the captcha.</span> -->
<span class="Instructions" id="Instructions">Fill the captcha.</span>
<form onsubmit="return submit();" action="">
<div id="captcha-container">
<script type='text/javascript'> var RecaptchaOptions = { theme : 'white' }; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://api.recaptcha.net/challenge?k=6LfF970SAAAAAFR6KJNsdJX6Itf43k_HWbxRcU4a "></script>
<noscript>
<iframe src="http://api.recaptcha.net/noscript?k=6LfF970SAAAAAFR6KJNsdJX6Itf43k_HWbxRcU4a " height="300" width="500" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/>
<textarea name="recaptcha_challenge_field" rows="3" cols="40"></textarea>
<input type="hidden" name="recaptcha_response_field" value="manual_challenge"/>
</noscript>
<div id="cover-captcha">
</div>
<div id="cover-input">
</div>
</div>
<input type="submit" id="submit" value="Submit!">
</div>
And then you add the following CSS to your page:
#captcha-container {
position:relative;
}
#cover-captcha {
position:absolute;
top:10px;
left:10px;
width:295px;
height:55px;
z-index:9999;
background-color:#fff;
}
#cover-input {
position:absolute;
top:96px;
left:26px;
width:150px;
height:20px;
z-index:9999;
background-color:#fff;
}
It will cover the elements you want covered. You can then use jQuery to show/hide these elements when you want like so:
<input type="button" id="show-hide" value="Show/Hide Captcha fields"/>
<script>
$("#show-hide").click(function(e){
$("#cover-captcha, #cover-input").toggle();
});
</script>
EDIT: In response to your comment.. Try this:
$("#recaptcha_response_field").hide();
$("#recaptcha_image").hide();