I think Faxzero.com and Myfax.com/free are both free for sending faxes as long as you don't send more than two faxes per day. So as long as you are an occasional faxer,these services would seem to be good options. Neither of these services requires registration, and I don't think they have trial periods. You just visit their web sites, enter the required information, attach the file containing the document you want to send, and it is sent to the specified fax number as a fax.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Marang" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Free Internet Fax Service


I do not use any of these services anymore. I now use the fax feature of my betwork printer. I used one of these services several years ago. I had not seen any that are free recently.

Typically, these free on-line fax services have a limit of outgoing faxes before they charge any fees. There big sell is to provide an incoming fax service where people send you a fax by calling their fax number associated with your account. They automatically email you with an image of the fax attached or a link to their website to view the fax image. This is an attractive way to handle incoming faxes if necessary. The trick here is to find a service to perform OCR on the image to provide readable text or perform OCR on your computer.

I just submitted a new free OCR package for Vinux this morning, which now handles all image types, including PDF and Postscript.

Don Marang
Vinux Software Development Coordinator (vinux.org.uk)

There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter.
Dean Kamen


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From: "Alan Dicey" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:50 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Blind-Computing]  Free Internet Fax Service

Dear Gerald,
This sounds like a great service.

Will you please keep us all up to date on how you made out using this service?

Thanks!

With Best Regards,
Alan
Miami, Florida
Alan Dicey, President
United States Braille Chess Association - USBCA
"Yes, Blind and Visually Impaired People, Can, and Do, Play Chess!"
United States Braille Chess Association Home Page: http://AmericanBlindChess.org




----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: "blind-computing" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:51 AM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Free Internet Fax Service



Hi gang. Has anyone used one of the free Internet fax services like Myfax.com/free to send faxes over the Internet? I recently received a form that had to be filled out and signed and was thinking of scanning it with Open Book, saving it as a .tif file, and sending it to the recipient using the free Myfax.com service. will this work, or is this one of those too good to be true deals? This seems like a good option for occasional faxing. It seems to have a very simple interface and would sure beat buying and installing a fax modem especially since I need to send faxes only once in a great while. Thanks for any feedback.

Gerald

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