Hello Renette, I would suggest you Fine Reader 8. The OCR engine in Open Book is Fine Reader 7. Therefore fine Reader 8 is cheaper and more uptodate than Open Book. The only disadvantage of Fine reader is the learning curve. You schould get used to it, because it is a standard software. I mean it is not especially for the blind like Open Book. That is why Open book is so expensive. The better choice in my opinion would be Fine reader. You could ask further questions, if you have some and we would give our best to help you learn it. Best wishes Susie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renette Bloem" <renette@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "jaws mailing list" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 5:11 PM Subject: Jaws: Fine Reader and Open Book Hi John and Chris and other Listers I have the demo version of Open Book installed on my computer and can try it out for 30 days. In "Open Book one has a choice between three OCR applications: Fine Reader; Omni Page; Recognita. For accuracy it is suggested to select Fine Reader, but then the scanning process is of course slower than when Omni Page or Recognita is selected. I have now also downloaded a 15 day trial version of Fine Reader, but I do not find it as streamlined and easy to work with in the Jaws environment than is the case with "open Book. There is of course a huge difference in price between Fine Reader and "open Book. I shall really appreciate help/input from a Jaws user who have experience in using Fine Reader and Open Book. Although it is not my "feeling" right now, perhaps I can get away with a cheaper product like Fine Reader instead of buying the quite expensive "open Book? Renette -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx