Also, for those that have an IPhone, the Look Tell money identifier will do American and many other currencies
Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 12:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages? The currency identification feature in Open Book only works for American and Canadian currency, and is not very accurate. It is a poor substitute for the IBill. Gerald ----- Original Message ----- From: "JM Casey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages? > Hey Gerald. > > Thanks for the response. I know about Open Book as my messaged stated, but > a minstream OCR package is specifically what interests me at the moment. > Also, the currency feature wouldn't be of much use to me as I'm on a > desktop here. Curious to know if it works for a wide variety of nations' > currencies though all the same... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 10:22 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages? > > >> >> None of the mainstream OCR programs like ABBYY Fine Reader or Reading >> Made EZ are as comprehensive or feature-laden as Open Book. For >> instance, Open Book has a currency identification feature and a photo >> copying feature, neither of which are available in mainstream OCR >> programs. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kathy Pingstock" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 10:09 AM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages? >> >> >>> Becky, >>> >>> Does this program do everything that openbook does? >>> >>> Kathy >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Becky B. >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 9:56 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages? >>> >>> Hello. >>> Before you decide on a scanning program, check out >> >>> http://www.readingmadeez.com/products/TextClonerPro.html >>> I've been using it for several years. It does the job quite nicely for >>> me >>> and at a fraction of the cost of other programs. Cost is $99.95 and you >>> can >>> >>> download a trial version to check out. >>> >>> Becky >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "JM Casey" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 7:54 AM >>> Subject: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages? >>> >>> >>>> Hello everyone. >>>> >>>> Finally got a scanner for the first time in years. Just wondering if >>>> anyone uses standard commercial OCR software (iE, not kurzweil or >>>> OpenBook) and which ones you feel most comfortable with? I may shell >>>> out >>>> for Open Book, but I'm not the only one using this computer, and it'd >>>> be >>>> nice if I could just acquire a standard OCR package. I remember someone >>>> telling me years ago that something they were using worked well with >>>> JAWS >>>> and possibly other screenreaders as well...may have been FineReader, >>>> but I >>> >>>> can't honestly remember. So, any experiences to share? >>>> >>>> JM >>>> >>>> >>>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
