Sounds like a great idea for a script. Therein lies the power of
scripting -- if you don't want it, you simply remove the script, or vice
versa.
Generally, though, I think OCR like this is close enough to a screen
reading function that including it in a screen reader is not really
overextending its functionality; it's giving a blind person another tool
with which to read the screen.
Restaurants around here like to just throw up their menu as an image. I
was able to use the Jaws OCR function to kinda sorta read it. Not great,
but better than nothing. Their implementation needs work, to be sure,
but I think it's a feature that would be useful in a number of situations.
On 9/27/2011 12:43 PM, John Gunn wrote:
You forgot one thing, what about also including the OS? Smile
John Gunn
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Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 1:31 PM
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Subject: Window-Eyes and OCR
OK, I am going to wade in here with an opinion from a minion; namely me.
Is OCR technology a cool thing? Yes it is. Is OCR a text to speech program
function? I would argue that it is not.
If Window-Eyes stays away from OCR technology being built-in I think this would
be a good thing. I am not a proponent of software bloat. The smaller my screen
reading application can be the happier I am. If I was to take the side of OCR
should be an important part of any text to speech application, I am sure that
if I take the time to think about it, I can come up with compelling reasons to
also include a text editor, a web browser, a reminder, a telephone dialling
utility, a vacuum cleaner, and so on.
Vic
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