Re: JAWS 7.0 and Epson scanner
- From: "Jeanette" <jtorres6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 17:05:03 -0400
I think I'm doing something wrong. I've never used a scanner before, so I'm
confused. When I scan a page with the scanner it opens in acrobat reader and
someone told me that the docubent is visible but Jaws says alert empty page. So
that makes me think I need OCR software. So I tried the office 2003 and jaws
did not read the document but I thought it was because the document saved as a
Tift image. So what am I doing wrong and do I still need OCR software so Jaws
can read it?
Jeanette
----- Original Message -----
From: Debbie Scales
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: JAWS 7.0 and Epson scanner
Has anybody just tried the micsoft office document imaging that comes with
office 2003? I think it might have came with office XP also. It looks
pretty jaws friendly, but I don't know how accurate it is.
I don't have a scanner hooked up right now, but now I'm curious, so I'm
going to get my husband to hook one up. Also, if you are a office xp or
2003 user, you can upgrade to omnipage 15 for $149.99 and save $350 off our
regular, full product price.. I have used omnipage in the past and liked
the way it integrated with microsoft word.
Debbie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Clendinen" <alanclendinen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 9:45 AM
Subject: re: JAWS 7.0 and Epson scanner
Jeanette,
The person at Freedom Scientific who told you that you could only use
Omnipage or OpenBook with JFW 7.0 was dead wrong!
As I wrote in my previous message, I am using Abbyy Fine Reader Pro with JFW
7.0, with no problem, and I am certain that there are many members of this
list who are using other OCR programs with JFW 7.0 with no problem.
As for your question about the most inexpensive OCR software, this depends
on your expectations of how well you expect the OCR software to perform.
Rememver: you get what you pay for. There are freeware OCR programs
available, but they may not be as accurate in converting scanned text, and
they may not be as user-friendly as OCR programs you have to pay for. $150
is not too much for an OCR program; some OCR programs sell for as much as
$1000.
If you can find a good OCR program for less than $150, and it supports your
model of scanner, I say go for it.
Alan
Jeanette wrote:
Alan,
Thank you for responding. When I called Freedom Scientific they said that
the only OCR software I could use for Jaws was Omnipage or OpenBook. Were
they
wrong? I'm trying to find the cheapest OCR software I could use. Do you know
of any. Omnipage is $150. Is there OCR software for less?
Jeanette
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Clendinen
To:
jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:01 AM
Subject: re: JAWS 7.0 and Epson scanner
Jeanette,
In order to convert scanned text into readable text, you will need to get
an
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) program, such as Abbyy Fine Reader,
OpenBook, Kurzweil 1000, etc.
I have an Epson scanner (a different model from yours) and I use Abbyy
Fine
Reader Pro to scan books. It is fast and quite accurate, and works just
fine
with JAWS 7.0.
Just make sure that whatever OCR software you are thinking about getting
has
support for your model of scanner. An email or phone call to the company
is
recommended.
Alan
Jeanette wrote:
How can I read and scan pages with ebson cx3810v with JFW7.
Jeanette
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