George, As I said, I'm using JAWS version 2018. I loaded version 18, and I don't have Recognize with JAWS Displayed in the context menu for the PDF file. I'm assuming that this way of using OCR is not available with older versions of JAWS. I checked, and the layered keystrokes insert-spacebar, o then d work once you've opened the file with Adobe and gotten the Alert, empty document message.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Martinez Sr Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 10:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Using JAWS OCR Rebecca, I followed your suggestion in my JAWS 18, Windows 10 system and used a PDF file. When I press enter JAWS gives me this strange dialog box message: "Convenient OCR is not available unless JAWS 19 or later is running" Seems that method does not work for all... Would be nice if it did. George The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. George a Martinez CPA, PC 12231 N 50th Avenue Glendale, Arizona 85304-2215 Voice 602.368.8854 FAX 206-666-2589 Email [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rebecca Lineberger Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2017 5:05 PM To: jaws user's list <[email protected]> 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/
