Chris, There are 2 scanning features in the Microsoft Office 2003 submenu. One will let you scan in an image of your material, and the other will perform OCR. I have used it and it does a pretty good job. I've not done a comparison between it and other OCR Packages. I think David had explained where to find the Microsoft Office OCR feature, but in case he did not, here it is.
Open your Start Menu Open the Programs submenu. Open the Microsoft Office Submenu. Arrow to the Microsoft Office Tools choice and select it to open yet another submenu. Towards the bottom of that submenu, you will find an item for image scanning, and one for document scanning. Select the Document scanning choice. Let me know if you have any more questions. You might want to also check out the OCR package from Premier Software. Their URL is: readingmadeeasy.com Annette -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Feist Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 7:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Re Fast Scanner HI David. I'm not sure I understand. Does the document imaging of MS Office do OCR or is it just a picture? I have a scanner, and I have MS Office. So, could I scan right now with the software I have and it would save it in a way I could read it with JAWS? I thought I'd have to have a program like Open Book or something to do that, and especially to achieve the minimal amount of errors. Chris Feist - The one and only! -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of David Griffith Sorry I realised that my message might be misunderstood. - To avoid confusion Document Imaging is found under Office Tools on Start Menu then Programs then Microsoft Office. This is not a reference to the Tools menus within actual programs. Previous message. Hello Al I am using Office 2003 with XP Pro and Jaws 8. I think Document Image Scanning is available in other versions of Office under the Tools sub menu but I cannot swear to it. It takes a little setting up but as I say I have found it to be the fastest and most accurate software once this is done. I was very surprised. I have actually rescanned books I did originally with Kurzweil in order to get the better accuracy. Regards David Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.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/[email protected]/ 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.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
