[mac4theblind] Re: Good OCR solutions for the mac outside of DocuScan?

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.


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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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