Hi Richard and list! You all talk about ocr for converting immage to text. Is there a way to do this without spending a heck of a lot of money on special software?
Richard, van Driel, not Ring. How do you like that, same first name. If we were both in a waiting room and were called, we'd both stand up! (lol) > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Richard Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:10:34 -0800 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] hmmm! >Hi Rhonda, >As others have said, they are pictures of text. Depending on the >hymnal, they may also include pictures of the music. >Have you checked on the web for an electronic version of the hymnal? >Or, called the publisher to see if they could be talked into >providing it in an electronic form, like word, or rich text? >Otherwise, they will need to do OCR on the files and then probably >you or they will have a lot of error correction to do. >I hope you get it sorted out. I too use the Braille Note for hymns, >but I have an inside connection for getting the bulletins with the >lyrics sent to me as a word document that I can open in the PK. My >wife is one of the Pastors at our Church. >Richard >on Friday 11/18/2005 01:35 PM Rhonda Clark said >>How do I know they're text? It is my hymnal I use in church. >>It's being scanned in, so that I can use it. >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Richard Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >>>Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:28:31 -0600 >>>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] hmmm! >>>If you can't open them, how do you know they are text? >>>JPG files are, images. If someone has scanned them, perhaps they >>>haven't performed the necessary Optical Character Recognition >>that would >>>extract the text. >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>Rhonda >>>Clark >>>Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 3:20 PM >>>To: BrailleNote List >>>Subject: [Braillenote] hmmm! >>>Hi all: >>>Okay, Isaac: I asked about the dot jgp format, and you said it >>>was pictures. There are no pictures on these pages. It is text >>>that is being scanned in. >>>___ >>>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >>>___ >>>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
