It said April fool's at the end of the message.
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From: "naomi soule" <[email protected]>
To: "Adaptive technology information and support." <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [ATI] Freedom Scientific Releases New and
ImprovedOCRRecognitionSoftware for JAWS and OpenBook
NOT FUNNY!!!! I'm sitting in a presentation, Denny at Power Up,
and I all ready sent this to a counselor!!!
Naomi
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From: "John and Donna Weidlich" <[email protected]
To: <[email protected]>,"Adaptive technology information and
support." <[email protected]
Date sent: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 15:41:52 -0500
Subject: Re: [ATI] Freedom Scientific Releases New and Improved
OCRRecognitionSoftware for JAWS and OpenBook
APRIL FOOL?
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From: Denny Huff
To: Adaptive technology information and support.
Cc: Missouri Chat
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 2:55 PM
Subject: [ATI] Freedom Scientific Releases New and Improved OCR
RecognitionSoftware for JAWS and OpenBook
For Immediate Release:
Freedom Scientific Releases New and Improved OCR Recognition
Software for JAWS and OpenBook
Today, Freedom Scientific, one of the world's leading screen
reading and blindness product makers, has just recently developed
and released a new breakthrough
in its line of products of assistive technology for blind and
visually impaired computer users.
Have you ever wanted to take OpenBook® with you at all times
anywhere you can possibly go with it? Or even better, have you
always wanted to be able to
pick up a handwritten note on a piece of paper and be able to
read it instantly just like anybody else? Or maybe you are one of
those frustrated students
that are inundated with printed or handwritten material that
you can't read in or out of a classroom setting and you have to
wait even hours or days for
somebody to read to you. Maybe you are at a conference, you
are given a business card or a simple handout that is important,
and you need to fill out or
read along?
Well, wish and wonder no more! Freedom Scientific now has the
solution!
Due to popular demand, and numerous emails and feedback
requests from our users, Freedom Scientific has decided to step
forward.
We have released a new, updated, and improved OCR recognition
engine for both, our Openbook® and JAWS® products. This bran
new release includes many new
features, which include, but not limited to:
* The ability to recognize smaller type font and better
recognition of columns in sophisticated tables, which can easily
be confusing to read.
* The ability to recognize print on smaller pieces of print
paper, such as note slips or contact cards on the spot, with
better print focus and not the
scanner bed or camera.
* Finally, the ability to recognize handwriting with about
85-90% accuracy!
Yes, that's right! Our new OCR engine has built-in support for
handwriting recognition. That means that you can either scan or
place a handwritten note
from a co-worker, a spouse, or from a door, into your camera or
scanner of your choice, and Openbook® will automatically
recognize it and be able to read
it with speech and / or Braille output from your preferred
synthesizer or Braille display! Not only this. You can open a
pdf, .jpg, or .png image that
someone sent you with handwriting over the email on your
computer, perform the OCR recognition command (JAWS 13 and later
only), and bingo! You will hear
the handwriting being spoken out to you or sent to your Braille
display. Please note that these new features offered by this
improved version of the OCR
engine for JAWS® or OpenBook® software are only compatible
with Openbook versions later than 8.0 and JAWS version 130 or
later. Please note users of JAWS
earlier than 13.0, we will release a version of the new OCR
engine that we released with JAWS 13.0 later this month, with the
same features as the ones
offered now, so you aren't left out on these new features! This
update to the OCR engine can work with both 32- and 64-bit
operating systems.
Want some even more awesome news from our OpenBook®
development team? We have released OpenBook Mobile®, a scanning
and reading solution app for your iOS
device! This means that you can use our popular scanning and
reading solution right from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch,
using VoiceOver and the camera
of your device! Yes, that's right, OpenBook® is going mobile,
and you will be able to take it anywhere you go that you find
printed material that you cannot
read. You will be able to go on a trip, be given an airport
boarding pass, and you will no longer need sighted assistance to
see whether your plane was
gone before you knew it, or to see your flight information.
You will be able to go to a church service and be able to access
printed booklets of hymns
or group prayers easily and independently without requesting
sighted help. Even more fantastic, you will be able to walk into
a classroom door that appears
to have no one waiting with you, bump into a little sticky note
with your finger below or above the Braille marking of the
classroom number, and not have
to wait so many hours and precious study time trying to find
out if the instructor canceled the class or whatever other
scheduling conflict that might
have occurred with that instructor. If you have an iPhone,
iPod Touch or iPad, you will get it out, snap a photo of that
little sticky note, and you will
be able to find out what's wrong quickly, independently and
immediately with the built-in handwriting recognition of the OCR
engine for OpenBook Mobile®!
It's so easy!
Currently, OpenBook Mobile® for iOS platforms is available at
the Apple iTunes store and it costs $2.99. This app is designed
to fit any budget. So, what
are you waiting for? Purchase your OpenBook Mobile® app for
your iPhone / iPod / iPad now, and let your future shine today!
The power of technology and
handwriting is in your hands, like never before!
If you have any questions regarding these two new initiatives,
don't hesitate to give us a call at 1-800-444-4443 or e-mail us
at
[email protected].
We would like to hear from you and your feedback!
Sincerely,
The Freedom Scientific Team **************
P.S. April Fools! ? ? :)))
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ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.)
A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the
Blind
http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology
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ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.)
A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind
http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology
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ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.)
A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind
http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology
