[bksvol-discuss] Re: Rank spelling
- From: "Kaitlyn" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:20:02 -0800
HI Lissi,
In simple language Kurzweil is a scanning, reading and editing program.
Kurzweil uses the two top scanning programs on the market and build them
into the Kurzweil interface. So when learning Kurzweil you basically have
one program to learn but have the choice of two ocr programs to do your
scanning and recognition with.
IS one better than the other? IN general people seem to like Finereader
better but Scansoft on some books does a better job. You have the option in
Kurzweil to let the program test both OCR programs on a particular book to
see which may work better.
Besides the scanning and ocr features of Kurzweil you get a user friendly
interface for spell checking, in the rank spelling, along with a number of
other useful tools that you may have heard mentioned here.
I hope this answers some of your questions.
PS.... When you get time I would like to chat with you about Tolkien. I am
currently rescanning the Silmarillion which is only a good copy on the site
and has a "lot" of errors.
Katie Hill
"Come to the edge"
"We can't; we will fall"
"Come to the edge"
"We can't; We're afraid"
"Come to the edge"
And they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Estelnalissi
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 12:10 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Rank spelling
Dear Monica,
I've been following the thread about Kurzweil and not surprisingly am busy
confusing myself. I thought Kurzweil was a scanning program or engine, or
are scanning programs and scanning engines the same thing? If Kurzweil is a
scanning program, why does it need an omni Page or or Fine Reader scanning
engine? Or, if you get Kurzweil, do you need to buy a fine reader or Omni
page engine to make it work? And, if you get Kurzweil, is one of the engines
found by volunteers to be easier to use or more practical than the other?
I'll feel a little more educated if you can explain this, or, if it is
computer language I don't need to understand, I'll be content to leave it to
the experts. If you can dig me out of this techno hole, I'll appreciate your
efforts, but also understand if you don't want to tackle the question
because it involves endless strings of details, definitions and lines upon
lines of code and stuff like that to be explained that I probably wouldn't
understand anyway.
Always With Love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Monica Willyard" <plumlipstick@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 2:51 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Rank spelling
> Jamie, Kurzweil is a scanning/reading program for people who are either
> blind or who have learning disabilities. It is wonderful, but it also
> costs around a thousand dollars. It's worth it to a person who can't read
> print, but I imagine sighted people wouldn't find it to be worth the
> expense. I could be wrong though. :) Kurzweil can use either the
> FineReader or Omnipage scanning engine, so I think most sighted people
> would just get one of those programs for a lot less money.
>
> Monica Willyard
>
> At 12:03 PM 12/27/2006, you wrote:
>>And Kurzweil is a scanning program? Or a reading
>>program?
>>
>>Jamie in Michigan
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