[macvoiceover] Re: Scan-to-Text OCR App
- From: Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:57:29 +1300
It is not a touch-screen display, there is a screen and physical buttons, but I
don’t need to use them as I can control operations with the computer.
I got sighted help to install the ink cartridges and describe the display and I
will get sighted assistance to set up the wireless network, but other than this
I have been able to get familiar with all operations.
TF
On 7/12/2013, at 1:42 pm, Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This printer is $79. It says it has a touchscreen display. Do you find this
accessible and are you able to use it?
Nicole
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> On Dec 6, 2013, at 7:01 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It is bundled but in the sense that I had to download the drivers for the
> printer, scanner and control centre from the Brother site, not too difficult.
> I am now checking out a ‘NuSoft’ control centre called ‘Presto’ which is
> also available free to Brother users, initially I did not find it so easy to
> navigate but just noticed it has installed basic commands in the ‘Menus
> Extra’ to ‘scan-to-email, scan-to-print and scan-to-OCR..
> So, this is providing interest on a rainy day.
>
> The Brother machine is DCP-j152w, probably about US$70.
> It printed so much faster than my previous Epsom I thought it had not printed
> at all !
> It also has a feeder tray inside the base which makes it a bit more compact
> for me, plus physical buttons as well as computer controlled.
>
> TF
> On 7/12/2013, at 12:29 pm, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> is the bundled software proprietary or a 3rd party package like Omni Page or
> MP Navigator? I’ve been fighting with my old Cannon scanner trying to get it
> to talk to my Mac, and it would be good to have some options for an off the
> shelf solution for OCR.
>
> Ian
>
>> On Dec 6, 2013, at 3:54 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Just a final post regarding my search for a scan-to-text solution, may be
>> useful to someone.
>> Firstly, none of the Online options worked for me.
>> Secondly, the Apps were expensive for my minimal requirements.
>> With the installation of Mavericks my simple Epsom printer became redundant
>> and I purchased an inexpensive Brother wireless printer/scanner. It cost
>> less than my previous epsom printer only, impressive what you now get for
>> the price.
>> Exploring the bundled software which I had to download from the Brother site
>> as the included CD-ROm did not support Mavericks, there is a Control Centre
>> from which printing and scanning can be initiated. Fairly accessible but not
>> totally.
>> Under the scanning options I am able to select several formats including
>> .docx which when opened in Pages showed me that it incorporated OCR of some
>> sort.
>> I have scanned a page of text with excellent results and in Pages am able to
>> add to it just like a text document.
>> I have also scanned some postal documents such as Insurance notification and
>> Tax returns, of which I am also impressed with the information I have access
>> to.
>>
>> TF
>>
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