What is the best at OCR feature both written and typed texts? Kurzweil 1000,
Openbook 9 or ABBYY Finereader 9.0, ReadIris 12 Pro, Text Cloner Pro.
I've just checked ABBYY Website, there is now Finereader 11.
Nam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Misty Dawn Bradley" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages?
Hi,
Yes it works well, and I know of a few universities that use it also in
their Student Disabilities Office to scan textbooks for the students that
are visually impaired.
Thanks,
Misty Dawn Bradley
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(336) 314-3373 (Cell)
----- Original Message -----
From: "JM Casey" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages?
hello Misty.
Thanks, FineReader is indeed the one I was thinking of, and I believe I
will give that one a try. Sounds like many people have had plenty of
success with it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Misty Dawn Bradley" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages?
Hi,
I just use standard OCR software. The two programs that I use that both
work well with JAWS are Abby Fine Reader 9.0 as well as ReadIris 12 Pro.
My Epson scanner already came with the CD to install Abby Fine Reader,
and I found that it works well, and you can scan to Microsoft Word,
Microsoft Excel, PDF, or to your email. ReadIris 12 is also good for
scanning documents, and it allows you to take image files in your
computer and turn them into editable text, which is good to have to gain
access to text that may be in an image file that we cannot read. Also,
ReadIris 12 Pro can recognize hand-printed text, so if someone writes
you a note, it will be recognized, although the note has to be written
very neatly in print letters, and you have to draw a frame around the
text. I've never tried this feature myself, because most documents I
have are typed, but it is built into the software.
My Epson scanner came with the CD to install Abby Fine Reader, and my
all-in-one printer came with a limited version of ReadIris with the
option to upgrade at a discounted price (I think it was $79 if I
remember correctly.) If you check the CD and documentation that came
with your scanner, you may find that there is an OCR program already on
the CD, although it depends on the scanner that you get.
Anyway, I have found both softwares to work well. I use them on a daily
basis to scan mail, documents, and textbooks without any problems.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Misty Dawn Bradley
[email protected]
----- 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
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