I have a streamlined CanoScanner that I have been using with OmniPage 12 on my Dell Laptop. I'm currently in the midst of attaining a Mac, though I have yet to decide weather it will be an iMac 24" or a Mac Book (I will let you all know of course).
Anyway, I could not have made it through undergrad were it not for the system of a laptop, the slim Canoscan, and OCR software. If Omnipage is accessible via VO, I would certainly recommend this solution to anyone. Of course, the same result can be accomplished through use of Acrobat. It's also worth noting that the buttons on the scanner can be reconfigured via the toolbox. Along with other options therein, you can actually create a pretty good archiving system, where you can scan a ton of pages from various sources, and worry about the OCR process later. Abdul -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Weir Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:45 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind Subject: Re: The $80 personal reader I suggest a similar system to Apple two years ago before tiger came out but it never materialized. Hopefully your idea will get better notice. I use omnipage pro or readiris. They can be set up to automatically go to a scanner and scan the text, OCR the text then place the text into the apple clipboard or into an application. In my case I have a simple apple script that places the clipboard into text edit and I use Voice Over to read. Using the professional OCR's allows you to place anything in any orientation and it rights it and reads it and does single or multiple columns. Vickie Weir Cheryl Homiak wrote: > This sounds really exciting!!! Would a blind person be able presently > to manage the installation alone? >
