Re: OCR software and Jaws
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:39:18 -0700
Thanks. Was able to get a look at product features and price, this time.
No Florida land deals or church membership drives.
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From: "Veley" <vebazu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: OCR software and Jaws
http://www.abbyy.com/
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From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 4:51 AM
Subject: Re: OCR software and Jaws
> Wow. The home page is some sort of general purpose Web portal dominated
> by
> real estate business links and Christian religious resources and groups?
> It's one thing to sell advertising on your home site in order to try to
> break even, but how come there isn't any information on the page about the
> product at all, except for a link to it as if this isn't really the
> product's Web site?
>
> Strange.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cy Selfridge" <cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:45 PM
> Subject: RE: OCR software and Jaws
>
>
> Well folks, if you want a real surprise just go to:
> www.abbyyfinereader.com
> Cy, the Ancient Okie...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of John Ramsey
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:08 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: OCR software and Jaws
>
> Abbyy Fine Reader is a full OCR package. I think 8.0 is the most current
> package. They have a website, but I have no idea what it is.
> Take care,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Yardbird
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 7:49 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: OCR software and Jaws
>
> I'm not sure what this Abby name represents. I've heard Fine Reader
> described only as a text recognition engine, not a brand name of an
> application. I know that Omni Page and Text cloner are full OCR packages,
> but I never heard one mentioned called Abby Fine Reader, and don't recall
> it
>
> being mentioned in, what did Cy mean, Open Book's documentation or
> something?
>
> Thanks.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Ramsey" <stephnjohnny211@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 4:37 PM
> Subject: RE: OCR software and Jaws
>
>
> Cy,
> I actually have all three of those packages and you are right they all
> perform just fine with JFW and are all excellent OCR packages.
> By the way, I am originally from OKC.
> Take care,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Cy Selfridge
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 7:29 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: OCR software and Jaws
>
> If I were starting from scratch with OCR software and having to pay for it
> myself I would take a very serious look at OmniPro, Abby Fine Reader and
> Text Cloner Pro.
> These 3 software packages are, reportedly, accessible with JAWS and Window
> Eyes. They also do a fine job.
> I notice that Abby is mentioned in my Open Book literature.
> Cy, the Ancient Okie...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Robert Hebert
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:28 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: OCR software and Jaws
>
> I think there are any number of reasons a blind person would want to use
> OCR
> software if they could afford it.
> If I were considering purchasing such software though, I would visit the
> respective web sites of Kurzweil and Freedom Scientific and read what they
> had to say about their products. I'm sure their complete information would
> help you make the best informed decision based on your personal needs.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Shan.Noyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:38 AM
> Subject: OCR software and Jaws
>
>
> One can use the cheap OCR software to scan small stuff, but I really like
> something like openbook or Kurzweil. There are so many other access
> things that openbook or Kurzweil gives one access too.
>
> for example one can pull in documents into openbook and then save them out
> into various formats. One of the tricks I've been doing lately is pulling
> in pdfs into openbook and then saving them out as mp3 files and then
> burning these mp3 files on to cds so that I can listen to them with my
> Victor portible reading machine. Its a lot easier when travelling to work
> on the bus using the victor then a laptop. It seems to me I've heard
> rumours that saving to daisy format is coming as an option for the future
> as well.
>
> Just wanted to add my experience with OCR and openbook etc and one of the
> tricks I've learned to get access to material when using Jaws isn't the
> most convenient.
>
>
>
> Shan Noyes
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