Re: Scanners and OCR
Hi Annie, I am planning to try fine reader soon, i have a scanjet5590 and I know hp had drivers for at least snow leopard so I am hopeful it will work with finereader natively. I hope that it also works with its sheetfeeder because my scanner can natively scan 50 pages through its sheetfeeder and it automatically scans both sides of the page. I really hope that we will see the pro 10 version of finereader for the mac soon. Greetings, Anouk, On Sep 7, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi Paul. Well I scan two pages at a time on my old epson gt15000. I also use vuescan for the scanning, because it is rather difficult in fine reader express. I experience that fine reader express has its lacks in e.g. if you scan double pages, sometimes it works, but fine reader express will not recognize them as 2 pages, to me it is a problem, because I like that there are a new page when there are a new page in the text. And then I feel columns that's not always correct. The OCR is ok, but there are a little more words that can not be read than in the professional version, but again it is also another price. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 7, 2011 kl. 1:36 PM skrev Paul Erkens: Hi Annie, In what respect are you not satisfied with fine reader express? You scan many books, so where is express reader lacking functionality that you have in windows fine reader pro? Paul.a On Sep 7, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi Paul. In my opinion abbyy fine reader express can be used. But I have for many years been using fine reader professional in windows. Compared to that product the express edition is a little frustrating. But of course you can use the program, with ok results. It depends on what your are scanning. I am scanning really many books. I am not satisfied with the results i get with fine reader express. But of course the fine reader express is a good price. I hope in the future that we will really get a scanning program, that really works great. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 6, 2011 kl. 11:43 AM skrev Paul Erkens: Hi Annie, Are you saying that fine reader express is not a sufficient scanning and OCR solution? Interested to hear your thoughts on that, as I'm about to buy it. Any info or experience appreciated. Paul. On Sep 6, 2011, at 11:31 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi. I have tried contacting the developer of docuscan, because it would be great if they could add support for other languages, but they do not answer that question at all. My brother has also asked them. In my opinion docuscan is great but rather slow. vuescan can do some OCR recognition now, and fine reader express, but I will be the first to admit, that we really need a better scanning solution, hopefully that will be possible in the future. I have the impression that the developer of vuescan is working hard on that part. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 6, 2011 kl. 8:42 AM skrev Anne Robertson: Once again, I must point out that DocuScan only handles English. If you use any other language, this solution is not for you. Please remember that this list is international! Cheers, Anne On 6 Sep 2011, at 06:21, David Tanner wrote: Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn scaned text into a Daisy book. It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero Tech. - Original Message - From: Mark Colman mark.a.col...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: Scanners and OCR Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group,
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Hi Anne, Thanks a lot for this reminder. I too am an international user and would really appreciate it if people would point out wether or not a certain scanning/ocr solution is multilingual or just English. Thanks, Greetings, Anouk, On Sep 6, 2011, at 8:42 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Once again, I must point out that DocuScan only handles English. If you use any other language, this solution is not for you. Please remember that this list is international! Cheers, Anne On 6 Sep 2011, at 06:21, David Tanner wrote: Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn scaned text into a Daisy book. It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero Tech. - Original Message - From: Mark Colman mark.a.col...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: Scanners and OCR Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Scanners and OCR
Hi all, I'm wondering in this regard, which scanner has proven to be a good device with accessible and non intrucive drivers. If you listers own a scanner, and you can work well with things like abbey fine reader, with image capture and so on, without being disturbed by an inaccessible driver window popping up while you work in those programs, then please share the brand and type of scanner with me and others. I now have an old cannon lide 25 scanner, but its latest drivers and add-on software, the older ones I have never seen, are not really accessible. I would like to buy a usb powered one, but if another choice is better, of course I'm also open to that. Any advice is much appreciated. On Sep 7, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Anouk Radix wrote: Hi Anne, Thanks a lot for this reminder. I too am an international user and would really appreciate it if people would point out wether or not a certain scanning/ocr solution is multilingual or just English. Thanks, Greetings, Anouk, On Sep 6, 2011, at 8:42 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Once again, I must point out that DocuScan only handles English. If you use any other language, this solution is not for you. Please remember that this list is international! Cheers, Anne On 6 Sep 2011, at 06:21, David Tanner wrote: Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn scaned text into a Daisy book. It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero Tech. - Original Message - From: Mark Colman mark.a.col...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: Scanners and OCR Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Scanners and OCR
Hi Paul. In my opinion abbyy fine reader express can be used. But I have for many years been using fine reader professional in windows. Compared to that product the express edition is a little frustrating. But of course you can use the program, with ok results. It depends on what your are scanning. I am scanning really many books. I am not satisfied with the results i get with fine reader express. But of course the fine reader express is a good price. I hope in the future that we will really get a scanning program, that really works great. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 6, 2011 kl. 11:43 AM skrev Paul Erkens: Hi Annie, Are you saying that fine reader express is not a sufficient scanning and OCR solution? Interested to hear your thoughts on that, as I'm about to buy it. Any info or experience appreciated. Paul. On Sep 6, 2011, at 11:31 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi. I have tried contacting the developer of docuscan, because it would be great if they could add support for other languages, but they do not answer that question at all. My brother has also asked them. In my opinion docuscan is great but rather slow. vuescan can do some OCR recognition now, and fine reader express, but I will be the first to admit, that we really need a better scanning solution, hopefully that will be possible in the future. I have the impression that the developer of vuescan is working hard on that part. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 6, 2011 kl. 8:42 AM skrev Anne Robertson: Once again, I must point out that DocuScan only handles English. If you use any other language, this solution is not for you. Please remember that this list is international! Cheers, Anne On 6 Sep 2011, at 06:21, David Tanner wrote: Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn scaned text into a Daisy book. It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero Tech. - Original Message - From: Mark Colman mark.a.col...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: Scanners and OCR Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
Re: Scanners and OCR
Hello Paul, I have a Cannon Lide 110 USB-powered portable scanner which you should be able to find for around €70. I use it with VueScan to get the images, which are then handed to ABBYY FineReader Express. I scan books this way because I find it convenient to scan a whole book into one file, and then have FineReader perform the OCR. I use VueScan to create a TIFF file containing all the images of double pages, and I have all TIFF files set to open with ABBYY FineReader by default. The results I get depend very much on how well I flatten out the book for scanning. Cheers, Anne On 7 Sep 2011, at 12:18, Paul Erkens wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering in this regard, which scanner has proven to be a good device with accessible and non intrucive drivers. If you listers own a scanner, and you can work well with things like abbey fine reader, with image capture and so on, without being disturbed by an inaccessible driver window popping up while you work in those programs, then please share the brand and type of scanner with me and others. I now have an old cannon lide 25 scanner, but its latest drivers and add-on software, the older ones I have never seen, are not really accessible. I would like to buy a usb powered one, but if another choice is better, of course I'm also open to that. Any advice is much appreciated. On Sep 7, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Anouk Radix wrote: Hi Anne, Thanks a lot for this reminder. I too am an international user and would really appreciate it if people would point out wether or not a certain scanning/ocr solution is multilingual or just English. Thanks, Greetings, Anouk, On Sep 6, 2011, at 8:42 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Once again, I must point out that DocuScan only handles English. If you use any other language, this solution is not for you. Please remember that this list is international! Cheers, Anne On 6 Sep 2011, at 06:21, David Tanner wrote: Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn scaned text into a Daisy book. It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero Tech. - Original Message - From: Mark Colman mark.a.col...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: Scanners and OCR Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are
Re: Scanners and OCR
Hi Annie, In what respect are you not satisfied with fine reader express? You scan many books, so where is express reader lacking functionality that you have in windows fine reader pro? Paul.a On Sep 7, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi Paul. In my opinion abbyy fine reader express can be used. But I have for many years been using fine reader professional in windows. Compared to that product the express edition is a little frustrating. But of course you can use the program, with ok results. It depends on what your are scanning. I am scanning really many books. I am not satisfied with the results i get with fine reader express. But of course the fine reader express is a good price. I hope in the future that we will really get a scanning program, that really works great. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 6, 2011 kl. 11:43 AM skrev Paul Erkens: Hi Annie, Are you saying that fine reader express is not a sufficient scanning and OCR solution? Interested to hear your thoughts on that, as I'm about to buy it. Any info or experience appreciated. Paul. On Sep 6, 2011, at 11:31 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi. I have tried contacting the developer of docuscan, because it would be great if they could add support for other languages, but they do not answer that question at all. My brother has also asked them. In my opinion docuscan is great but rather slow. vuescan can do some OCR recognition now, and fine reader express, but I will be the first to admit, that we really need a better scanning solution, hopefully that will be possible in the future. I have the impression that the developer of vuescan is working hard on that part. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 6, 2011 kl. 8:42 AM skrev Anne Robertson: Once again, I must point out that DocuScan only handles English. If you use any other language, this solution is not for you. Please remember that this list is international! Cheers, Anne On 6 Sep 2011, at 06:21, David Tanner wrote: Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn scaned text into a Daisy book. It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero Tech. - Original Message - From: Mark Colman mark.a.col...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: Scanners and OCR Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at
Re: Scanners and OCR
Hi Paul. Well I scan two pages at a time on my old epson gt15000. I also use vuescan for the scanning, because it is rather difficult in fine reader express. I experience that fine reader express has its lacks in e.g. if you scan double pages, sometimes it works, but fine reader express will not recognize them as 2 pages, to me it is a problem, because I like that there are a new page when there are a new page in the text. And then I feel columns that's not always correct. The OCR is ok, but there are a little more words that can not be read than in the professional version, but again it is also another price. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 7, 2011 kl. 1:36 PM skrev Paul Erkens: Hi Annie, In what respect are you not satisfied with fine reader express? You scan many books, so where is express reader lacking functionality that you have in windows fine reader pro? Paul.a On Sep 7, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi Paul. In my opinion abbyy fine reader express can be used. But I have for many years been using fine reader professional in windows. Compared to that product the express edition is a little frustrating. But of course you can use the program, with ok results. It depends on what your are scanning. I am scanning really many books. I am not satisfied with the results i get with fine reader express. But of course the fine reader express is a good price. I hope in the future that we will really get a scanning program, that really works great. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 6, 2011 kl. 11:43 AM skrev Paul Erkens: Hi Annie, Are you saying that fine reader express is not a sufficient scanning and OCR solution? Interested to hear your thoughts on that, as I'm about to buy it. Any info or experience appreciated. Paul. On Sep 6, 2011, at 11:31 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi. I have tried contacting the developer of docuscan, because it would be great if they could add support for other languages, but they do not answer that question at all. My brother has also asked them. In my opinion docuscan is great but rather slow. vuescan can do some OCR recognition now, and fine reader express, but I will be the first to admit, that we really need a better scanning solution, hopefully that will be possible in the future. I have the impression that the developer of vuescan is working hard on that part. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 6, 2011 kl. 8:42 AM skrev Anne Robertson: Once again, I must point out that DocuScan only handles English. If you use any other language, this solution is not for you. Please remember that this list is international! Cheers, Anne On 6 Sep 2011, at 06:21, David Tanner wrote: Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn scaned text into a Daisy book. It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero Tech. - Original Message - From: Mark Colman mark.a.col...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: Scanners and OCR Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
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Once again, I must point out that DocuScan only handles English. If you use any other language, this solution is not for you. Please remember that this list is international! Cheers, Anne On 6 Sep 2011, at 06:21, David Tanner wrote: Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn scaned text into a Daisy book. It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero Tech. - Original Message - From: Mark Colman mark.a.col...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: Scanners and OCR Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Scanners and OCR
Hi. I have tried contacting the developer of docuscan, because it would be great if they could add support for other languages, but they do not answer that question at all. My brother has also asked them. In my opinion docuscan is great but rather slow. vuescan can do some OCR recognition now, and fine reader express, but I will be the first to admit, that we really need a better scanning solution, hopefully that will be possible in the future. I have the impression that the developer of vuescan is working hard on that part. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 6, 2011 kl. 8:42 AM skrev Anne Robertson: Once again, I must point out that DocuScan only handles English. If you use any other language, this solution is not for you. Please remember that this list is international! Cheers, Anne On 6 Sep 2011, at 06:21, David Tanner wrote: Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn scaned text into a Daisy book. It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero Tech. - Original Message - From: Mark Colman mark.a.col...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: Scanners and OCR Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
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Hi Annie, Are you saying that fine reader express is not a sufficient scanning and OCR solution? Interested to hear your thoughts on that, as I'm about to buy it. Any info or experience appreciated. Paul. On Sep 6, 2011, at 11:31 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi. I have tried contacting the developer of docuscan, because it would be great if they could add support for other languages, but they do not answer that question at all. My brother has also asked them. In my opinion docuscan is great but rather slow. vuescan can do some OCR recognition now, and fine reader express, but I will be the first to admit, that we really need a better scanning solution, hopefully that will be possible in the future. I have the impression that the developer of vuescan is working hard on that part. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 6, 2011 kl. 8:42 AM skrev Anne Robertson: Once again, I must point out that DocuScan only handles English. If you use any other language, this solution is not for you. Please remember that this list is international! Cheers, Anne On 6 Sep 2011, at 06:21, David Tanner wrote: Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn scaned text into a Daisy book. It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero Tech. - Original Message - From: Mark Colman mark.a.col...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: Scanners and OCR Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
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Dear Paul, I've been using Abbyy FineReaderExpress for a few years in multilingual environment, and it is a very good piece of OCR software. I don't use it to scan my multilingual documents as my scanner is 11 years' old and thus incompatible with FineReaderExpress. But I use it for recognition the images I take with Vuescan, and it does a good job indeed. The one great feature of FineReader is its ability to recgonise up to 3 languages in one document, and its ability to cope with orientation. The one problem I have with it when scanning text arranged in columns. Hope this helps. With best wishes Simon On 6 Sep 2011, at 10:43, Paul Erkens wrote: Hi Annie, Are you saying that fine reader express is not a sufficient scanning and OCR solution? Interested to hear your thoughts on that, as I'm about to buy it. Any info or experience appreciated. Paul. On Sep 6, 2011, at 11:31 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi. I have tried contacting the developer of docuscan, because it would be great if they could add support for other languages, but they do not answer that question at all. My brother has also asked them. In my opinion docuscan is great but rather slow. vuescan can do some OCR recognition now, and fine reader express, but I will be the first to admit, that we really need a better scanning solution, hopefully that will be possible in the future. I have the impression that the developer of vuescan is working hard on that part. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 6, 2011 kl. 8:42 AM skrev Anne Robertson: Once again, I must point out that DocuScan only handles English. If you use any other language, this solution is not for you. Please remember that this list is international! Cheers, Anne On 6 Sep 2011, at 06:21, David Tanner wrote: Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn scaned text into a Daisy book. It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero Tech. - Original Message - From: Mark Colman mark.a.col...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: Scanners and OCR Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe
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But, it shouldn't mean that those who use English cannot recommend good products just because they only support English. Remember, there are probably a lot more folks on this list that use English than all other languages combined. Thanks for your time and consideration! - Original Message - From: Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 1:42 AM Subject: Re: Scanners and OCR Once again, I must point out that DocuScan only handles English. If you use any other language, this solution is not for you. Please remember that this list is international! Cheers, Anne On 6 Sep 2011, at 06:21, David Tanner wrote: Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn scaned text into a Daisy book. It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero Tech. - Original Message - From: Mark Colman mark.a.col...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: Scanners and OCR Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
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Hi! Which fast scanners work on the MacBook Pro? Thanks, Johnny On Sep 5, 2011, at 8:12 AM, Joanne Chua wrote: hi there, depends on what sort of document and how often you using it? the ocation can mean ones a week or ones a month or ones in few months. i personally suggest you to use ABBY Reader, its accessible, affordable, and one of the few greatest scanning software i come across cormertially. however, if your ocation is ones in a few months, you might want to try with Mac Image Capture before you invest extra money on ABBY Reader. although by saying so, i know some scanners manifecture e.g. Epson does come with ABBY Reader as part of their software driver itself. good luck Joanne On 05/09/2011, james Walton jmwalto...@gmail.com wrote: yes mac has image capture just do a spotlight search for it -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Johnny Angel! beefca...@neo.rr.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
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yes mac has image capture just do a spotlight search for it -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Scanners and OCR
hi there, depends on what sort of document and how often you using it? the ocation can mean ones a week or ones a month or ones in few months. i personally suggest you to use ABBY Reader, its accessible, affordable, and one of the few greatest scanning software i come across cormertially. however, if your ocation is ones in a few months, you might want to try with Mac Image Capture before you invest extra money on ABBY Reader. although by saying so, i know some scanners manifecture e.g. Epson does come with ABBY Reader as part of their software driver itself. good luck Joanne On 05/09/2011, james Walton jmwalto...@gmail.com wrote: yes mac has image capture just do a spotlight search for it -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Scanners and OCR
Hi, for scan to email most scanner drivers are adequate. Simply try to avoid using an all in one printer scanner and you will have a button on the front that scans to a file and attaches it to an email. The situation regarding scan to OCR using your mac as a reading machine is a bit unfortunate. There is the eyepal which is very nice in it's way despite some pitfalls, but is overpriced even after they nocked the price down by about 800 bucks. Then there is docuscan for about $400 which is OK except that it requires a cloud and an internet connection to be getting on with. It would be a steel at 400 bucks if the software did the OCr right onboard. Then there are abby finereader and readiris. Some people love these solutions. I am not one of them. They are heavily dependent on accessible scanner software from the manufacturer which as you rightly observed is hit an miss. They require a daisy chain of 2 to 4 programs for the scan and read process depending on the combination you choose. And the results of my tests on abby fine reader with the cannon lide90 were OK generally speaking but much slower than kurzweil 1000 under windows and not nearly as accurate. Best, Erik Burggraaf This month in Ebony Promos: Two new gps systems for demo. Mac OS Lion When will it be supported? Ebony Consulting at accessibility Unconference Toronto. To read more and subscribe, Visit: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/mailman/listinfo/ebony-promos_erik-burggraaf.com Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-09-05, at 7:07 AM, Mark Colman wrote: Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
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Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn scaned text into a Daisy book. It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero Tech. - Original Message - From: Mark Colman mark.a.col...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: Scanners and OCR Hello all, Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? Cheers, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
RE: Scanners with OCR for the iPhone
Thanks for your input. I've read several reviews and heard from others on this list, who also have found that saytext doesn't work very well. Rafael Bejarano From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of joseph [joseph.bi...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 8:48 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Scanners with OCR for the iPhone hi i used saytext on iphone 3gs. it does not work. best On 6 Apr 2011, at 19:52, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: Hello all, I've been reading a bit about two scanner/OCR apps for the iPhone: saytext and prizmo. Neither sounds sufficiently well developed to meet the needs of totally blind individuals at this time, but perhaps I'm underestimating their utility. Has anyone on this list tried either product, and if so, how useful did you find it? Cordially, Rafael Bejarano -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Scanners with OCR for the iPhone
Hello Rafael, I'm totally blind and have used both SayText and Prizmo with some success. SayText seems to work best for reading envelopes, and Prizmo for reading a page of a book or a sheet of A4 or the equivalent. They both need good lighting, so I use Light Detector to gauge the level of light. With both apps, you place the iPhone with its camera in the centre of the document, then raise it. With SayText, the autofocus mechanism tells you when to keep still and wait for it to take the picture. With Prizmo, the phone vibrates, then you say Take Picture and it does just that. With Prizmo, you need to have a headset connected as it switches to the phone speaker rather than the normal speaker as soon as the picture has been taken. Both apps require a bit of practice before you can get decent results. Cheers, Anne On 6 Apr 2011, at 20:52, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: Hello all, I've been reading a bit about two scanner/OCR apps for the iPhone: saytext and prizmo. Neither sounds sufficiently well developed to meet the needs of totally blind individuals at this time, but perhaps I'm underestimating their utility. Has anyone on this list tried either product, and if so, how useful did you find it? Cordially, Rafael Bejarano -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Scanners with OCR for the iPhone
Hi Anne, It sounds as though both apps still need a bit of work, before they can replace the traditional flat-bed scanner. I don't yet own an iPhone, although I was considering buying one provided one or both of the aforementioned scanner/OCR apps was truly useful. I'll probably wait a while longer, given the current state of these apps. I wish we had a scanning app for the iPhone as good as the Kurzweil app being sold by the National Federation of the Blind, here in the U.S. Anyway, thanks for your input. Cordially, Rafael On Apr 6, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Rafael, I'm totally blind and have used both SayText and Prizmo with some success. SayText seems to work best for reading envelopes, and Prizmo for reading a page of a book or a sheet of A4 or the equivalent. They both need good lighting, so I use Light Detector to gauge the level of light. With both apps, you place the iPhone with its camera in the centre of the document, then raise it. With SayText, the autofocus mechanism tells you when to keep still and wait for it to take the picture. With Prizmo, the phone vibrates, then you say Take Picture and it does just that. With Prizmo, you need to have a headset connected as it switches to the phone speaker rather than the normal speaker as soon as the picture has been taken. Both apps require a bit of practice before you can get decent results. Cheers, Anne On 6 Apr 2011, at 20:52, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: Hello all, I've been reading a bit about two scanner/OCR apps for the iPhone: saytext and prizmo. Neither sounds sufficiently well developed to meet the needs of totally blind individuals at this time, but perhaps I'm underestimating their utility. Has anyone on this list tried either product, and if so, how useful did you find it? Cordially, Rafael Bejarano -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Scanners with OCR for the iPhone
Rumor has it that they're working on a version of KNFB reader for the Iphone. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Apr 6, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: Hi Anne, It sounds as though both apps still need a bit of work, before they can replace the traditional flat-bed scanner. I don't yet own an iPhone, although I was considering buying one provided one or both of the aforementioned scanner/OCR apps was truly useful. I'll probably wait a while longer, given the current state of these apps. I wish we had a scanning app for the iPhone as good as the Kurzweil app being sold by the National Federation of the Blind, here in the U.S. Anyway, thanks for your input. Cordially, Rafael On Apr 6, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Rafael, I'm totally blind and have used both SayText and Prizmo with some success. SayText seems to work best for reading envelopes, and Prizmo for reading a page of a book or a sheet of A4 or the equivalent. They both need good lighting, so I use Light Detector to gauge the level of light. With both apps, you place the iPhone with its camera in the centre of the document, then raise it. With SayText, the autofocus mechanism tells you when to keep still and wait for it to take the picture. With Prizmo, the phone vibrates, then you say Take Picture and it does just that. With Prizmo, you need to have a headset connected as it switches to the phone speaker rather than the normal speaker as soon as the picture has been taken. Both apps require a bit of practice before you can get decent results. Cheers, Anne On 6 Apr 2011, at 20:52, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: Hello all, I've been reading a bit about two scanner/OCR apps for the iPhone: saytext and prizmo. Neither sounds sufficiently well developed to meet the needs of totally blind individuals at this time, but perhaps I'm underestimating their utility. Has anyone on this list tried either product, and if so, how useful did you find it? Cordially, Rafael Bejarano -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Scanners with OCR for the iPhone
That would be wonderful, assuming the cost were reasonable. Rafael On Apr 6, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Rumor has it that they're working on a version of KNFB reader for the Iphone. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1http://www.facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Apr 6, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: Hi Anne, It sounds as though both apps still need a bit of work, before they can replace the traditional flat-bed scanner. I don't yet own an iPhone, although I was considering buying one provided one or both of the aforementioned scanner/OCR apps was truly useful. I'll probably wait a while longer, given the current state of these apps. I wish we had a scanning app for the iPhone as good as the Kurzweil app being sold by the National Federation of the Blind, here in the U.S. Anyway, thanks for your input. Cordially, Rafael On Apr 6, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Rafael, I'm totally blind and have used both SayText and Prizmo with some success. SayText seems to work best for reading envelopes, and Prizmo for reading a page of a book or a sheet of A4 or the equivalent. They both need good lighting, so I use Light Detector to gauge the level of light. With both apps, you place the iPhone with its camera in the centre of the document, then raise it. With SayText, the autofocus mechanism tells you when to keep still and wait for it to take the picture. With Prizmo, the phone vibrates, then you say Take Picture and it does just that. With Prizmo, you need to have a headset connected as it switches to the phone speaker rather than the normal speaker as soon as the picture has been taken. Both apps require a bit of practice before you can get decent results. Cheers, Anne On 6 Apr 2011, at 20:52, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: Hello all, I've been reading a bit about two scanner/OCR apps for the iPhone: saytext and prizmo. Neither sounds sufficiently well developed to meet the needs of totally blind individuals at this time, but perhaps I'm underestimating their utility. Has anyone on this list tried either product, and if so, how useful did you find it? Cordially, Rafael Bejarano -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Scanners with OCR for the iPhone
Cheree Heppe here: Yah, another over-priced, under-performing gadget for which the developers can gain more than the consumers. Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On 06/04/2011, at 14:18, Bejarano, Rafael P. beja...@hsu.edu wrote: That would be wonderful, assuming the cost were reasonable. Rafael On Apr 6, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Rumor has it that they're working on a version of KNFB reader for the Iphone. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1http://www.facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Apr 6, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: Hi Anne, It sounds as though both apps still need a bit of work, before they can replace the traditional flat-bed scanner. I don't yet own an iPhone, although I was considering buying one provided one or both of the aforementioned scanner/OCR apps was truly useful. I'll probably wait a while longer, given the current state of these apps. I wish we had a scanning app for the iPhone as good as the Kurzweil app being sold by the National Federation of the Blind, here in the U.S. Anyway, thanks for your input. Cordially, Rafael On Apr 6, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Rafael, I'm totally blind and have used both SayText and Prizmo with some success. SayText seems to work best for reading envelopes, and Prizmo for reading a page of a book or a sheet of A4 or the equivalent. They both need good lighting, so I use Light Detector to gauge the level of light. With both apps, you place the iPhone with its camera in the centre of the document, then raise it. With SayText, the autofocus mechanism tells you when to keep still and wait for it to take the picture. With Prizmo, the phone vibrates, then you say Take Picture and it does just that. With Prizmo, you need to have a headset connected as it switches to the phone speaker rather than the normal speaker as soon as the picture has been taken. Both apps require a bit of practice before you can get decent results. Cheers, Anne On 6 Apr 2011, at 20:52, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: Hello all, I've been reading a bit about two scanner/OCR apps for the iPhone: saytext and prizmo. Neither sounds sufficiently well developed to meet the needs of totally blind individuals at this time, but perhaps I'm underestimating their utility. Has anyone on this list tried either product, and if so, how useful did you find it? Cordially, Rafael Bejarano -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.commailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this
Re: Scanners with OCR for the iPhone
hi i used saytext on iphone 3gs. it does not work. best On 6 Apr 2011, at 19:52, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: Hello all, I've been reading a bit about two scanner/OCR apps for the iPhone: saytext and prizmo. Neither sounds sufficiently well developed to meet the needs of totally blind individuals at this time, but perhaps I'm underestimating their utility. Has anyone on this list tried either product, and if so, how useful did you find it? Cordially, Rafael Bejarano -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
