Sue, Ordinarily when someone buys a scanner, a program for using it
accompanies the scanner; however, these programs are generally woefully
inadequate for the visually impaired. Hence, Kurzweil 1000 and Open Book
were developed to meet this need. I can only speak about Kurzweil which has
its own syynthesized speech, or one can use their screenreader (JAWS or
whatever one uses) if that is preferred. In the case of Kurzweil there are
many additional features which make the print word truly accessible to the
visually impaired. So it is software, not a scanner, but designed to work
with an off the shelf scanner. On the Kurzweil web site, they recommend
scanners which they have tested and which work best with Kurzweil. I hope
this explanation helps, but ask away if it doesn't. Jill
----- Original Message -----
From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:00 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the Oxford Companion to American Literature
Hi Prat,
Kurzweil must be something. Will you please explain to me exactly what it is? At first I thought it was a scanner. Is it a screen reading program? Everything I read assumes one knows what it is.
Thanks.
Sue S.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:39 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the Oxford Companion to American Literature
Hello,
I recommend that you leave this book for someone who has Kurzweil 1000 9 available. Kurzweil has an automatic tool to deal with this type of situation. Release the book and I'll pick it up.
Pratik
Pratik Patel Interim Director Office of Special Services Queens College Director CUNY Assistive Technology Services The City University of New York ppatel@xxxxxx
-----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of siss52 Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:25 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the Oxford Companion to American Literature
Kasondra,
How about you? I imagine you would like to eat as well. <smile> The sad
news is that even if your find and replace had recognized the hyphens at the
end of the line and removed them, you would have to read the whole thing and
put back the hyphens that were accidentally eliminated. So be glad!
<smile> I will get a lot of mail about this, but what I woulld suggest is
that as long as a word is not hyphenated from one page to the next, let the
hyphens go.. It will lower the rating because the system will judge by
parts of words, but you can put a note in the commments section explaining
why, and raise the rating to excellent if you feel everything else is in
order. I just got Cindy off the hook. <lol>
Sue S.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kasondra payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:36 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the Oxford Companion to American Literature
Thanks, Cindy. The problem is that the find and replace didn't recognize the hyphens at the end of the lines. The book is about a thousand pages. What are my options? Remember that my kids and husband would like to eat once in a while.
Kasondra Payne
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