Re: Jaws and OCR software

  • From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:23:25 -0700

As far as I know about those programs, they use some of the very same 
recognition engines that are used in Open Book and K 1000.  I don't think 
scanning quality is the issue that comes up for comparison, but features.

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Subject: Re: Jaws and OCR software


Do they work better than Open book in terms of recognition?----- Original
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From: "John Ramsey" <stephnjohnny211@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1:04 AM
Subject: RE: Jaws and OCR software


> Mary,
> There is a cheap OCR program called Text Cloner Pro that works great with
> JFW. I also have some expensive packages that work well and are not FS or
> Kurzwell products.
> Take Care,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Mary Willows
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:45 AM
> To: jfw
> Subject: Jaws and OCR software
>
> Does anyone know if it is really necessary to use Openbook or Kurzweild?
Is
>
> there a reason why a Jaws user can't use cheap OCR software?  Is it just a
> matter of ease of useability?  Can't I scan a document, save it as a word
> doc and then read it with Jaws?
>
> Mary
>
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