Hi David. I agree with this. I used to use Cicero but found it not very good. At least with document imaging you can get a better scan when you've sent it to Word.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:48 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Re Fast Scanner > Dear Chris > > Microsoft Document Imaging does initially like all software scan as an > image. However you simply go to the Tools menu within Document Imaging and > select "send text to Word". This is the case in Office 2003 and I suspect > this is true in other versions. > > You wil get a message asking you to confirm you want to send all pages. > Simply press enter and Word will open with your scanned text. For some > reason this is always a htm document but as I say I simply use save as in > file menu to create a RTF version. You can use Jaws to read either the HTM > or RTF version just fine. > > So yes you can scan and OCR right now without buying software. What's > more > to the point is that the OCR is actually better than any of the software I > have bought in my experience. I have not used Open Book but have used > Kurzweil Omnipage and Text Bridge. > > The key I have found to using Document Imaging is to ensure that you > select > the scanner driver that came with your scanner, in my case Canon, rather > than the inbuilt generic driver that comes with Microsoft Document > Imaging. > The Microsoft driver can OCR just as well but features such as duplex > scanning are best managed within the drivers provided by your scanner. > > Let me know if you need help with this and I will look up what I did to > ensure this. > > Hope that helps. > > Regards > > David > > Previous Message > > 15 Sep 2007 18:20:28 -0500 > From: "Chris Feist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Re Fast Scanner > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > 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] > > __________ NOD32 2532 (20070916) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > 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]
