I wonder if this might help with something like adobe digital editions, at
least setting it up so you can download eebooks from overdrive. I had to get
somebody to remote in to my system and set up ADE in order for me to use it,
because, even with graphics turned on, all I heard was Adobe Digital
Editions and nothing else.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary King" <[email protected]>
To: "GW-Info" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: Window-Eyes and OCR
I can't think why anyone would say that on-screen OCR would not be a proper
function for a screen reading program. This type of OCR is reading the
screen; it's just reading text on the screen that hasn't been accessible
to
us before. It is reading text that is imbedded in a graphic, such as a
graphical label on a button or a title of a DVD episode. it doesn't take
the place of Open Book, Kurzweil 1000 or commercial OCR programs; it
simply
reads graphical text on the screen.
Gary King
[email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 1:30 PM
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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