RE: JFW-friendly OCR
- From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M." <rebecca.pickrell@xxxxxxx>
- To: "'jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:32:51 -0800
Yes, I think in this case, unless you *really* need the features and I =
mean
all or most of them, Kurzweil and Open Book are a waste of money and FS =
and
Kurzweil are taking us for suckers because we're willing to pay =
exorbadant
prices for products when we may only really need a few of the features. =
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan [mailto:dnkeys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:18 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: JFW-friendly OCR
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 -----=20
From: "Alexandre Alves T=F4co" <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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