I also used Omni Page for many years, but gave up when OP Ultimate was
released; I found if to be an ultimate failure.
I now use Abbyy and while it's a bit clunky in places, I get very good
OCR results, particularly with tables, much better than OP as it turns out.
Glen
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On 05-Jan-2017 9:37 am, Gene Warner wrote:
Agreed, Abby Fine Reader is the OCR engine Open Book uses and I get
consistently very good results from it.
I started off using OmniPage at the recommendations from the
rehabilitation center I went to. More often than not I was very
dissatisfied with the results I got from it. So I eventually abandoned
it in favor of Open Book.
Anyone want a free OmniPage 18? LOL! ;-)
Cheers!
On 1/4/2017 5:27 PM, Marks, James wrote:
I use ABBYY Fine Reader version 10 Professional Edition. The version
I'm using is 7 years old, so I'm sure there are more recent versions
available. It works pretty well with Jaws 18 and Windows 7-10,
although it takes some getting used to. These days, I mostly use my
KNFB Reader app on my Moto Z Force smart phone or the OCR function of
the HIMS Blaze ET for reading print. I also use the OCR function
built in to Jaws for reading most PDF and other image files. However,
Fine Reader still comes in handy in converting PDF to a Word file with
the layout preserved well in the new accessible document. It's also
great for scanning larger amounts of material through a scanner
equipped with a document feeder. Fine Reader is a very powerful
tool. It does far more than I can make it do due to limitations of
the assistive technology and the features that compare images and
machine readable text. It's really designed for sighted users, but it
works very well for me as a blind user, too.
Jim Marks
jimma...@mt.gov
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To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Tradeoffs with Abby FineReader from Kurzweil 1000
Hello list,
I have Kurzweil 1000 and am considering switching to Abby FineReader
for my desktop OCR needs. I've never really got use to the K1000
commands or interface and a lot of the extras that K1000 offers simply
aren't of interest to me. Included calculator, calendar, database look
up, etc.
Like everyone else on these lists I imagine, my main interest is OCR
accuracy which from my understanding shouldn't be a problem since
K1000 and OpenBook use the FineReader OCR engine anyway.
As a Jaws user, I am also interested to know of any possible issues or
drawbacks/compromises one might encounter when using Abby FineReader
as opposed to K1000.
Between my iPhone with a ScanStand and the Jaws OCR feature I find
myself using or needing a standalone desktop solution less and less,
but for those times I do need one or wish to use for more involved
scans, I'd like to be able to use something where I don't have to
remember a completely different set of other commands and settings
like in K1000.
I am using JFW 18 on both Windows 10 and 7 computers.
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