Wow! Thanks very much David. John Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] OPEN BOOK VERSION 8 PROBLEM, RESPONSE TO RICK
> Microsoft Document Scanning is a little hard to find. If you have Office > then you will find it on the start menu Programs list buried under > Microsoft > Office and then under the Tools Menu. I normally copy the shortcut from > here to somewhere more convenient. > > The program needs a little setting up. You will need to check that your > scanner is selected under the scanner button and you should tab through > all > the options to check that they are set as you want them. The good news is > that the program is 100% completely accessible so you will not have any > problems tabbing to all the options. You have the option of using the > inbuilt Microsoft scanner driver interface or using the scanner interface > provided by your scanner > Personally I use the interface provided by my scanner as it has more > features . > > One tip, if you have a duplex scanner then let your scanner driver take > care > of double sided scanning and do not tick this option in Microsoft Document > Scanning. Ticking this option in MDS will mean that you will be prompted > to > turn pages over and scan pages twice. A duplex scanner will not need you > to > do this. > > Once you have options set up as you want them you simply select the scan > button. After scanning Microsoft Document Scanning will automatically load > the scan into the Microsoft Document Imaging program. > > Under the Tools menu of Microsoft Document Imaging you select the "Send > text > to Word" menu. You will then need to press enter to clear the dialogue box > asking you to confirm you want all pages sent. > > Microsoft Word will then open with your scanned text. A slight oddity is > that this is in a web htm format. I normally save at RTF or Text file. > Jaws > seems to read better in these file types. > > It's a little clunky but the payoff is the high quality OCR performance. > As > I say on my PC it easily outperforms programs like Kurzweil which whilst > having a superior interface simply do not provide the same level of OCR > recognition so I am happy to put up with the interface to get this result. > > Regards > > David Griffith > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Justice > Sent: Thursday, 13 March 2008 22:01 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] OPEN BOOK VERSION 8 PROBLEM, RESPONSE TO > RICK > > David, I'd like to know more about Document Scanning. Can you tell me > about > it, how to get to it and what I need? > > John Justice > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:53 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] OPEN BOOK VERSION 8 PROBLEM, RESPONSE TO > RICK > > >> Dear John >> >> Remember if you have office you can use Document Scanning until you sort >> out >> your Open Book problems. This is my program of choice anyway. I have >> Kurzweil and Omni page but never use them as I have found the Office >> Utility >> outperforms them both. >> >> Regards >> >> David Griffith >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Justice >> Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 22:24 >> To: Rick Justice; [email protected] >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] OPEN BOOK VERSION 8 PROBLEM, RESPONSE TO RICK >> >> Hello Rick and the list: >> I did exactly that yesterday, 03/10/2008. I called Technical Support and >> worked with Amanda for more than an hour. She helped me to locate the >> registry key and delete it so that I could re-load Open Book 8 again. >> Well, >> even with my experience as a computer user and her expertise, the program >> will still not open and generates a "send, don't send" message every >> time > >> I >> try it. >> The problem has already been escalated and I hope that a solution can be >> found. >> For the time being, I have no scanner at all unless I uninstall Version 8 >> and go back to my 7.2. That works fine by the way. >> Thanks for your suggestions everyone. This one is way beyond me. >> >> John Justice >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rick Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 5:46 PM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] OPEN BOOK VERSION 8 PROBLEM >> >> >>> Hi John, >>> As another member already mentioned, >>> FS, had a problem with some disks for OpenBook 8. >>> The best thing to do at this point, would be to contact FS, tomorrow, >>> and >>> get >>> more detailed instructions on how to proceed. >>> HTH, >>> Richard Q. Justice-website owner >>> www.blind-computing.com >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "John Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 12:44 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] OPEN BOOK VERSION 8 PROBLEM >>> >>> >>> David, now I can't install it at all. It keeps saying that there's >>> another >>> version already there but it's not. What am I doing wrong? >>> >>> John >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "David Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 10:00 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] OPEN BOOK VERSION 8 PROBLEM >>> >>> >>>> Eric is on no mail right now FYI. It sounds to me like another bad disk >>>> event kind of thing. I got mine the other day and it's working >>>> perfectly >>>> fine. >>>> David Ferrin >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "John Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "BLIND COMPUTING MAILING LIST" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 8:53 PM >>>> Subject: [Blind-Computing] OPEN BOOK VERSION 8 PROBLEM >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello group. I am having trouble with my brand new Open Book Version >>>>> 8.0. >>>>> I checked through the list before posting and I didn't see anyone else >>>>> who >>>>> mentioned it. But for some reason, every time I try to bring up the >>>>> program, it tries to send an error message. I have already >>>>> uninstalled >>>>> Open Book using the Control Panel, deleted the Open Book folder from >>>>> my >>>>> drive and I recently emptied the Recycle Bin just in case. I am still >>>>> getting an error. I have tried using the Repair option which is under >>>>> Tools in the Open Book program but that doesn't seem to help either. >>>>> Does anyone have any ideas? David and Rick. Can I post this to >>>>> Jaws-Users as well so that Eric might pick it up? >>>>> >>>>> If this is another bad disk problem, that's fine but I don't want to >>>>> drive >>>>> myself crazy trying to sort this out if it is just a bad disk. >>>>> >>>>> Does that make sense? I hope so. >>>>> If anyone else is using Open Book 8.0, let me know if you are having >>>>> trouble as well. >>>>> >>>>> SYSTEM COMPONENTS: >>>>> WINDOWS XP >>>>> JAWS 9.0 >>>>> PENTIUM 3.0 >>>>> >>>>> There's plenty of memory left on my drive so that isn't the problem. >>>>> Have >>>>> I missed anything? >>>>> Finally, the Repair wizard did mention some locked files at one time >>>>> and >>>>> I >>>>> clicked the option to reboot in each case instead of ignoring the >>>>> files >>>>> since I didn't know what they were for. There were several .dll files >>>>> that wouldn't open. >>>>> But that was back a couple of tries ago. >>>>> Thanks for your patience with this people. >>>>> >>>>> John Justice >>>>> >>>>> My job feeds my family, music feeds my soul. >>>>> >>>>> PERSONAL E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >>>>> http://www.jaws-users.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] >>>>> >>>> >>>> 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