[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question about Scanners
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 22:33:38 -0400
The Fine Reader 6 Sprint may be good for scanning a few pages, but shouldn't
be used for doing full books. I would upgrade to a full version of Fine
Reader 8.0 or Omni Page 15 or higher. Or else Kurzweil, smile.
I use Kurzweil but have used Fine Reader in the past, and you aren't kidding
about text Cloner, but as they say, You pay for what you get in TC's case a
very cheap OCR program.
Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
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More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my
limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
- Helen Keller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Katie Hill" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:50 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question about Scanners
HI Kerri,
Yes, you can use that scanning software. Many scanners come with a light
version of ocr software with an option to upgrade to the full version.
I happened to start with Kurzweil, due to a strong recommendation that
Kurzweil was better than Openbook but there are users of both here on the
list. Kurzweil seems to continue development of their program a little more
than Openbook does and has veryn good technical support.
When I scan I use what is called optimize scanning in Kurzweil to see which
OCR software does better and get a baseline for settings. From there I may
tweek the settings a little after scanning a number of sample pages. This
comes more with experience with your scanner and software. I remember when I
started scanning, if I got a 95 or 96 rating I thought it was good. Now
anything below about 99.4 I look at how I might improve it.
Depending on the book I may scan and read.
Do ask questions since there is a wealth of knowledge here and we all
started at the beginning. Bookshare has become an important part of my life
over the last 2 plus years.
Defend your choce to alternative medicine and food supliments.
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Katie Hill
Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 9:15 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question about Scanners
Hi All:
I had a couple of scanning questions. First, I have a program that came
with my Ebson Perfection 3500 scanner that is called "abby fine reader 6.0
sprint" I do not have Kurzweil or Open book and was wondering if this
program could be used as a substitute for Kurzweil. How do I use it? I
clicked on it and it gave me a license agreement and then it didn't do
anythng when I hit okay; it didn't go into a blank document or anything.
I was also wondering which was the best scanning software to buy if I hd to
buy one. I used to use a program that was called Text Cloner Pro but it was
horrible. For scanning straight fiction novels, which one is better? Is
one recognition engine in Kurzweil case better for scanning and recognizing
text with a novel since it uses finereader and another recognition software?
Also, do most of you scan the entire novel and then read it or scan one page
and read that page at a time?
Thanks for your help in advance and sorry if some of the questions are
ignorant.
Kerri
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