Sharon, it is safe to run JAWS while you defragment your hard drive. Hope that helps. On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:38:03 -0400, "Sharon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Can Jaws stay on while using defrag? I unloaded JAWS, but when defrag > stopped, I couldn't get JAWS back, and had to manually restart the > computer. > Where might my defrag log be in Windows XP, and what might it be called? > Or > is there one? > Thanks for any ideas. Sharon > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cathie J > Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 1:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Readability of ScannedDocuments - Was: > pdfhelpneeded > > > Thanks for all the responses; I continue to have so much to learn! I do > have > openbook 7, but underused. I have asked those sending me documents to > please > send them as a word attachment. > Thanks > Cathie > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Annette Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 6:45 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] *****SPAM***** Readability of > ScannedDocuments - Was: pdf helpneeded > > > If you don't have kurzweil or openbook, you can make use of the scan > tools > provided by Microsoft. On the Microsoft Tools submenu (I am talking > about > the Start menu and not in a Microsoft application), you will find 2 > scanning options, document Imaging and document scanning. The document > imaging options will scan your document into a MS-Word doc as an image > which > is just fine if you are sending something to a person who does not use a > screen reader. If you want to create an accessible scanned document, you > will need to use the Document scanning option. It does a pretty good > job, > but not as good as Kurzweil or openbook. > > Another option for scanning software that is not all that expensive is > text > Cloner Pro put out by Premier Software. It can be found at > > readingmade easy.com > > You must use your own screen reader with Text Cloner Pro if I remember > correctly. > > HTH, > Annette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik > Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 4:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: *****SPAM***** [Blind-Computing] Readability of Scanned > Documents - > Was: pdf helpneeded > > Cathie Jacobse asks: > Does this apply to scanned documents as well? For example, I scan a > letter > into my computer, then email it as an attachment to you. How easy is it > to > be read? > > > Well Cathie, > > The answer to your question depends on how you (or anybody) scanned the > document. Personally, I have Kurzweil 1000 and would use that to scan a > document to save and attach as a text file -- this is quite accessible. > I > also have an HP multi-function printer/scanner/copier with dedicated > software that will allow me to "take a picture" of a document or attempt > to > scan as text. I have no idea how accessible a document scanned as text > via > this HP software will be since I prefer to use Kurzweil for this. But I > suppose it's possible that the HP scanning software would produce > reasonably > accessible text files. > > Of course, I'm answering this as somebody who is totally blind and > depends > on screen reading software to get anything meaningful from computer data. > If you're scanning documents and sending them to persons that at least > have > reasonably functional sight there's probably no issue. And, if you were > to > send a "photocopy" image to somebody who has Kurzweil he/she could always > run the attachment through the KESI Virtual Printer themselves to get a > text > rendering of the letter. I don't know if Open Book has a similar > feature; a > capability to have the Open Book Optical Character Recognition software > serve as a "printer" to convert images into text. > ---------------- > Bill Gallik > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > God made man before woman so as to give him time to think of an answer > for > her first question. > > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now To post to this group, > send > email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, > send > an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following > address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following > address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following > address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Christopher Hallsworth E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype name chrishallsworth7266
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