[mac4theblind] Re: Good OCR solutions for the mac outside of DocuScan?
- From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:27:33 -0400
now that you mention it, they did ditch accessibility with their latest update
and haven't corrected that.
On Sep 21, 2011, at 1:35 PM, John Panarese wrote:
The last I heard was they were up to version 12, but I was told, at the time,
that they had taken steps backwards with accessibility. I don't know if that
has changed, though.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
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On Sep 21, 2011, at 7:52 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
> anyone looked up readiris lately? I think I'm still getting product info
> from them.
>
> On Sep 20, 2011, at 11:31 PM, Justin Harford wrote:
>
> I wonder what happened to read iris? Does anyone still use that? Are some of
> these other programs mentioned better?
>
> Justin
> El 20-09-2011, a las 15:47, John Panarese escribió:
>
>> DocuScan Plus is worth the money if you really need a solution and are
>> willing to pay the $299. It's not K1000 as far as features go, but it gets
>> the job done quite well. I have scanned eight books now with it and the
>> results have been quite remarkable.
>>
>> There is Abby FineReader as a lower cost solution or, VueScan for an even
>> less expensive one. It comes down to your needs and what you are willing to
>> pay. Also, results will, of course, vary from person to person. VueScan,
>> for example, does not seem to get the results for me that it does for others.
>>
>> Finally, you do have the Boot Camp option as well. However, to me,
>> surrendering to Windows is not something I have needed to do for myself.
>> Nevertheless, that is an option that can easily be set up.
>>
>> On Sep 20, 2011, at 6:37 PM, scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> I think the subject says it all. I see several cheeper OCR solutions on the
>>> app store, but didn't know if the Serotek product would be worth paying
>>> $299 for. It's a lot less than Openbook or Kurzweil 1000 I know, but I'm
>>> always looking to save money where I can.
>>> I've also considered the BootCamp or fussion options, since I have
>>> Openbook, but I'm not advanced enough for that at this time.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Scott
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