[macvoiceover] Scanning and doing OCR

Could you please do a step-by-step text guide for this?
Thanks.
Sara
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Schmude" <j.schmude@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:07 AM
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Mac solutions?



Hi
I'm not sure about Tables in word files, I've had some I could read and some I couldn't. But I've had the same thing on Windows as well. Regarding a spreadsheet, there is a fully accessible one called Tables. That's what another lister meant when they said tables is an app, that's what the spreadsheet is called, and it's compatible with Excel. For OCR, I use a combination of both VueScan and Read Iris. VueScan's OCR isn't that great, but IRIS's engine is. However, the scanning capabilities of Read Iris are limited, to say the least. I use them together, I have VueScan set up to do the scanning and then it sends the image into Read Iris to be OCRed. Note that Read Iris itself is fully accessible. However, some scanner drivers are not, and Read Iris requires you to use the Twain source dialogs of your scanner rather than doing the scanning itself. This is exactly where Vuescan comes in, it is also fully accessible and will scan the image. I should probably do a demo of this, but I'm not in an environment that's really suitable for recording. 



On Sep 16, 2008, at 5:15, Tommy wrote:


Hi,
I am a new comer to this list. I am strongly tempted to purchase a mac and use it with voice over, having tried my sister's macbook extensively. I need it for my university work, so here I am asking for a suggestion on what are the best programs for the following things, along with some comments of mine.
Word processing: I've tried openoffice but it doesn't seem convinging, one edit box for every line of text is not practical for me. Nisus writer pro seems excellent, only if there was a way to read tables. I hope there is, if someone has any info on the subject would be greatly appreciated. 
Spreadsheet: ...don't know anything about it
Ocr program: what's the best in your opinion between readiris and vuescan?
The rest of the things I need, I can do them already well with the mac. If someone can help me, would be greatly appreciated! 

Tom


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