Thanks Jackie! Chris Hofstader CUNY, BSO, ATG, Odds and Ends email: cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Blog: http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com Skype: BlindChristian phone: 727-896-6393 -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBride Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 1:15 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Introduction/Possibly Difficult Question... Chris: Omnipage has a feature called "zones". In addition to making a "text-only" zone, which recognizes the text in graphics, a person, using a mouse, of course, can draw zones around graphics & label them as such so that the software won't try to recognize them. This is obviously for use by a sighted person, but since Susan falls into that category,it's a feature yall could probably make excellent use of. It goes without saying those should be drawn prior to recognition/re-recognition. Omnipage tries to guess whether somethin is a graphic or text, but sometimes it gets it wrong. The upside of a text-only zone is that it will recognize text within graphics--the downside is that sometimes it tries to recognize text within graphics that doesn't, in fact, exist, & it can be a royal mess. With the kind of refinement that can be achieved by drawing a zone, right-clicking, & labeling appropriately, u can get a lot cleaner recognition. HTH. On 5/27/08, james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Chris, > The code for the Ruby book can be gotten on the site that supports the > book. > > Thanks. > > Jim > > James D Homme, , Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc., > james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810 > > "it is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis." -- > Margaret Bonnano > > Highmark internal only: Consider Usability Engineering On Your Next Project > or release. http://highwire.highmark.com/sites/iwov/hwt093/ > > > > "Chris Hofstader" > <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxx > m> To > Sent by: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > bksvol-discuss-bo cc > unce@xxxxxxxxxxxx > g Subject > [bksvol-discuss] Re: > Introduction/Possibly Difficult > 05/27/2008 07:42 Question... > AM > > > Please respond to > bksvol-discuss@fr > eelists.org > > > > > > > Jim, > > You say, "there are a couple of 'nerdy' books sitting out there..." I ask, > sitting out where? > > If you read through the trials and tribulations we're having with the > Drupal > book, I think that having the hard copy on hand is pretty useful, > especially > in programming languages as Susan, my lovely wife, is unfamiliar with most > of them so fixing a coding example would be hard for her. Personally, I > don't know Ruby from Python (I haven't learned either) so, excepting really > obvious cases, I wouldn't be of much help. > > What do you think about the screen shots question? Susan estimates it > would > take close to a week to get them all done properly. Would this time be > better served by a us working on a different book? We can USPS or UPS the > book to someone else who might want to further polish it. > > cdh > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:27 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Introduction/Possibly Difficult Question... > > Hi Chris, > There are a couple of nerdy books out there sitting. One is Teach Yourself > Ruby in 21 days. Do you think you and Sue would want to try to get to tthe > book or books that have been out there for a while if you get some time? > > Thanks. > > Jim > > James D Homme, , Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc., > james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810 > > "it is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis." -- > Margaret Bonnano > > Highmark internal only: Consider Usability Engineering On Your Next Project > or release. http://highwire.highmark.com/sites/iwov/hwt093/ > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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