What's more, the engine used in 16 is a version of OmniPage. It's either on the disk, or available as a separate download along with 16.
Ted -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt via Jfw Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 10:17 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: RE: Still having problems with scanned image PDF files Or better still, Nuance's OmniPage, which cost $80 the last time I bought it. As a commercial product, it doesn't have a limited market and so can spread out the cost among many more customers. It's accessible for all my online PDF needs. That said, JAWS 16 has clearly made advances in handling image-only PDF files. I'm waiting for the first fixes release, but the feature is explained in a recent FSCast at http://www.freedomscientific.com/About/FSCast/FullListing#Episode99 -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Taylor via Jfw Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:08 PM To: Tom Behler; The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Still having problems with scanned image PDF files May seem expensive, but have you considered Kurzweil? It is a very good program, and I use it a lot or have you considered open book? Two very good programs they might be expensive, but consider them because it will last a long time. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 14, 2014, at 8:19 PM, Tom Behler via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, all. > > > > A few weeks ago, I raised the issue of how best to use the OCR > capability in the most recent versions of Jaws to read scanned image PDF > files. > > > > In response to my quiry, a list member gave me the following instructions: > > > > Tom, using your current version of JAWS, your best bet is to perform > an OCR of your screen, when you have an unreadable PDF in focus. To > do this, you will need to press JAWS Key plus the space bar to activate the > layer menu. > > JAWS should make an audible sound indicating that you've done this > successfully. Then press the letter O. JAWS should announce OCR. > Then press S for screen. You can also press W for window, if the > screen option does not give you what you want." > > > > I received another scanned image file today, and tried both sets of > instructions, but had no luck in reading the text in the file. Jaws > did come up, but it spoke in the Jaws cursor voice, rather than the PC > cursor voice, and didn't appear to be reading anything meaningful from > the document in focus. > > > > Am I missing something here? > > > > I'd be happy to e-mail the file to anyone who might want to take a > look at it. > > > > P.S. I'm using Jaws 14 on a windows 7 machine here. Perhaps this > would be a good reason to upgrade to Jaws 16. > > > > Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/ > 20141114/d2d15d02/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
