By the time the next version of Window-eyes comes out, what are we going to have, just the innerface with 100000000 apps to download? I pray and hope not! Besides, there's libal to be one that says something like, "If you want this screen reader to even work, download this app." Sorry couldn't resist.
-----Original Message----- From: Stephen Clower [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:08 AM To: David Cc: shannon; Don H; gwmicro Subject: Re: WE and OCR Greetings, Just to reiterate a point made yesterday, our scripting interface is powerful enough to allow anyone with the requisite knowledge and time to develop such an app today-- without having to wait for us to either write one or integrate such functionality into Window-Eyes directly. Regards, Steve On 9/28/2011 11:59 AM, David wrote: > Way I see it, if GW - or anyone else - would make onscreen OCR > available, it would sure make a leap forward. But not just forward, > rather even into the modern-day world. > > True, there is a load of features that might be of high importance, > for a screen reader to deal with. And likely we could have made a > list, that would range the priority of a number of them, higher than Onscreen > OCR. > I am not going to argue about that. But still, more and more cases > will arise, where the onscreen OCR will come in handy. And, as such, I > do hold it to be worth to consider having the screen reader handle > those cases as well. Maybe we are not even aware of all the cases > where it would prove helpful. Today, we are unable to handle this and > that task properly; and hence deem it inaccessible. Why? Because we > don't see the screen. Our screen reader goes quiet. And we, judge that > ther there is nothing on the screen but graphics. In reality, maybe > the document or any other text, might have been fully accessible, if > there was such a thing as Onscreen OCR. With the risk of having a ton > of people arguing me, I do dare to claim, if the thing is not good for > any reason - then why is it that other screen reader manufacturers > have ever bothered to put resources into the matter. > > And, as for the legality of performing such OCR, I am not sure about > every country's local laws. Yet, I would think there could be strong > reasons, why any blind person would have his full rights to OCR any > written document. OK, a printed document could have a copyright > statement, that it is not to be reproduced in electronic format. As > such, you could claim, it was illegal for me to OCR that printed paper. > Yet most countries would accept me doing so, realizing that it is the > only way for me to get my hands on the information. When comes to > onscreen OCR though, any such statement will already have fallen to > the ground - due to the fact, they are already electronic - the documents. > The term ONSCREEN OCR, indicates that the document has to be on your > screen first-hand, and you then run an OCR on it. In other words, if > an author makes his document available in a format that shows up on > your screen, that document is already in an electronic format. Hence > you are not reproducing anything at all, and therefore should not be > violating any law. Look upon your OCR as your reading glasses. Are you > going to tell your grandmother, that she is not allowed to put on her > reading glasses? Would she violate any law by using glasses when > reading her newspaper, correspondance, restaurant menus, or > ingredience list on the groceries? Well, you are doing exactly the > same thing, only in a far more hazzled way - with your computer. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "shannon" > <[email protected]> > To: "Don H" <[email protected]>; "gwmicro" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 5:15 PM > Subject: Re: WE and OCR > > >> I would agree with you. >> I have been looking for a OCR program too and I have had little success. >> I downloaded the fine reader demo and I could not make much of it and >> now my trial is out of time. It is buy it or unload it, and it put >> files all over my system. >> I know open book is designed for the blind user but it is so >> expensive. I wish there was a way to make one of the less expensive >> ones work well. >> Shannon >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don H" <[email protected]> >> To: "gwmicro" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:00 AM >> Subject: WE and OCR >> >> >>> I have always thought it would be a great idea to pick one of the >>> available OCR programs like finereader or what ever create a App to >>> make it more user friendly with WE and maybe just maybe take some >>> sales away from FS and Open Book which is so expensive. >>> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>> sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your >>> message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your >>> message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >>> >>> GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. 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