Thanks, Rick. I’m not familiar with that tech talk list. Where is it hosted? I would look it up if I had a clue where to start. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 19, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Rick Justice <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mary, > I am not sure if there are any active lists, I subscribed to one some time > ago, > and never did see any traffic. > If you are on the tech talk list, you could post your question there. > > HTH, > Rick Justice > > "Tomorrow's another day, another way!" > "and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved!" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Otten" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Using JAWS OCR > > > 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/ > > > 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/
