Is there a users list for that product? Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 19, 2017, at 6:50 AM, David Ferrin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Open Book works fine under windows 10. I am sitting in front of such a system > so take my word for it. > > -----Original Message----- From: mary otten > Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2017 9:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Using JAWS OCR > > Very much appreciated, Rebecca. I’m glad this is possible. I had actually > looked at the FS site about their Openbook program, although I’ve been a > K1000 user for a very, very very long time. <smile> But it looks like OB > doesn’t run under win-10 based on what I saw, which would be a show stopper > for sure for me. > > Mary > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Rebecca Lineberger > Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2017 5:45 PM > To: jaws user's list > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Using JAWS OCR > > There have been several questions about OCR and saving the scanned results. > This is what I did. This is a bit detailed, so delete as you please. > Smile. > > I'm using Windows 10 1709 Creator update, Jaws 2018 and Word 2010. > > I have several image files saved so was able to test using these formats" > PDF and JPG. > > Rather than first opening the PDF file, waiting for the > > "alert, empty document," > > message, and then scanning with the layered keystrokes, insert-spacebar, o, > then d, > > with the PDF file selected in a folder in Documents, I used the context menu > key, also known as the application key, and arrowed down to > > Recognize with JAWS. > > I pressed enter and after a second or two, JAWS said > > Started. > > The scanned information was there to read. I was able to select and copy it > with the usual Windows commands, either shift-down arrow to select, or > control a, to select all, and control c to copy. > > I then pasted the results into Word, and there it was, to be saved as usual. > I did not try to save in Notepad, assuming that if all worked in Word, > notepad would be no different. > > As to the second format, a print letter with an embedded picture, scanned > in Kurzweil and saved as a JPG image, it worked a bit different. > > All went the same until I pasted the copied information into Word. Again, I > used the context menu key on the file name to arrow to > > Recognize with JAWS. > > I was told that the image was right-side up, and there was the text waiting > to be read. But when I copied and pasted it into Word, Word was not happy, > smile, and kept giving me information about > > non-uniform tables, row and column information. Rather than playing with my > table settings in the JAWS quick settings menu, I figured notepad might be a > better option in this case. > > When I pasted the same copied results into notepad, the file read as it had > when scanned by JAWS. > > At this point, just because I prefer saving in Word, I reselected the > information in notepad, copied it, and pasted it into Word. Word was no > longer cross, muttering about tables, so all was well. > > For those who have made it to the end, HTH. Smile. > > Rebecca > > > > > > > > A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it isn't open. > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
