He's running Vista, so that's why the upgrade or alternative scanning program may be necessary. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reginald George" <sgeorge@xxxxxxxxx> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 1:16 PM Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Collective minds for collective times: It's only $150 to upgrade to Openbook 8 and it does have improved scanning engines. However, your Openbook 7 may work fine with your new scanner. You just need to go into scanner selection under advanced on the openbook menus and choose it. Reg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Fettgather" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:38 AM Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Collective minds for collective times: > Hi Ben, I'm not certain what OCR software came with your specific scanner, > but why not try a demo of Text Cloner Pro. > > It gives you 50 scans for free so you can evaluate the program. > It is $99, but at least you could determine whether it could work with > your > set up. > > > www.readingmadeeasy.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Blagg" <bblagg@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:07 AM > Subject: [real-eyes] Collective minds for collective times: > > > I need to call on the reservoir of knowledge on this list. > > Yesterday I purchased an HP Office Jet J4580 printer/scanner/copier/ fax. > The reliability factor is supposed to be good. Any advice on > installation? > > I am using Jaws 9 with Vista. I have sort of run out of funds for the > moment, therefore too cheap to upgrade OpenBook to 8.0. I do have 7.2 > now. > I guess what I want to know is, with the existing software that comes with > the unit, is there any way to read any scans I might choose to do? At one > time the screen readers used to work with some (off the shelf) scanning > software. I need as much advice as you can give me. > > Thanks and have a good Sunday. > > Ben Blagg > Wyco?KCK > Out of sight, not out of mind. > Do not meddle in the affairs of DRAGONS, > for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. > > > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes