Re: JFW-friendly OCR
- From: "Dan" <dnkeys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:18:22 -0800
Hi,
It's called, Let's Make Money, the American way.
In other words. If consumers will pay for it, it will continue to be sold
at the highest price the market will bear.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexandre Alves Tôco" <alexandretoco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: JFW-friendly OCR
> However I believe Openbook grew unecessary because it duplicate
> functions already available in windows. For example you can send e-mail
> throught it and it has it's own native speech system.
> Of course who already have jaws send e-mails easely with Outlook or other
> e-mail client. It is true also when you think about speech. Who already
have
> jaws will not need a ocr with built-in speech.
> If you think about the price you will conclude that openbook costs almost
> the same as jaws which is much more feature riched and necessary for the
> blind. I wrote to fs some time ago suggesting a light version of openbook
or
> that they could study a special price for those who already have jaws or
> other fs's product.
> All companies do this kind of package. I can't understand why Freedom
> doesn't.
> Any way, I didn't get any feedback from them.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Hofstader" <chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 11:31 AM
> Subject: RE: JFW-friendly OCR
>
>
> OpenBook offers a feature in which its native speech can be turned off.
> It also lets one switch to the JAWS keyboard layout so the numeric
> keypad keystrokes work identically to those in JAWS.
>
> OB has a ton more useful features than the lower priced OCR packages.
> All of these have been careful designed for use by a blind person rather
> than the mainstream audience. Thus, OmniPage may do the OCR nicely but
> it will not contain concepts like templates or other intelligent
> features designed to help recognize not just the text but the document
> itself. OpenBook also gives the user a very convenient way of scanning
> documents and moving them back and forth to their notetaker, reading
> Grade 2 books and even converting the scanned image into a BRF file.
>
> OB and K1000 are more expensive because the market is much smaller. We
> spend an awful lot in usability testing and research and development to
> make our products work as easily as possible for blind users. For some,
> OmniPage is enough but, for me, a lifelong computer user, I prefer the
> conveniences of OpenBook.
>
> Cdh
>
> Chris Hofstader
> VP/Software Engineering
> Freedom Scientific, Inc.
> 11800 31st Ct. North
> St. Petersburg, FL 33716
> 800-444-4443 x1061
> http://www.freedomscientific.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Alan Clendinen
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:15 AM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: re: JFW-friendly OCR
>
>
> Jim,
>
> No, as I explained in my message, Text Cloner Pro uses JFW to provide
> the
> speech. Openbook and Kurzweil 1000 have their own speech engines, and as
> a
> result of this "feature" they often screw up JFW.
>
> Alan
>
> Jim wrote:
> Is Text Cloner Pro self-voicing?
>
> Jim
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