Valerie, she isn't. I'm responding specifically to your question, because, truthfully, although there were a number of responses, I didn't really see any that answered it. I asked if u were sighted because I don't think I'd make these recommendations if u weren't. However, TextBridge from Nuance is a reasonably priced, reasonably good OCR program. I'm not certain of this, but I believe there may be a free trial u can download. Either google it up or go to the nuance website. I really don't have that address. It used to be scansoft.com & even when the name changed u could still get there from that address. I don't know if that's still applicable. If u have trouble, let me know & I'll provide more info as I can. Also, since u obviously already have a scanner, often an OCR comes bundled w/it. They're not the best, but they do work, & w/u being sighted & therefore able to look at the picture vs. what was recognized & make corrections, accuracy may not be as critical a component as it is if u were blind. I'm not sayin they're terrible & that you'd have to correct every word--that'd be a pita. Usually, they're a trimmed-down version of a program already out there like ReadIris, FineReader, OmniPage, TextBridge, etc. Their lack of accessibility to the blind tends to be pretty noteworthy, which again was the reason I needed confirmation that what I thought was true, e.g., that u are sighted, in fact was accurate. We enjoy having u & Doug on list, we welcome u heartily, & hope that u find both fulfillment & satisfaction in a job well done as well as just a lot of good books to enjoy. Blessings for your week. On 8/17/09, Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes, Jackie, Doug and I are sighted, just disabled. Another person asked > about Kurzweil, though, and I am thinking she is not. > > Take care! > > Valerie > > Please pray for Doug's Dad & visit his website: > > http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billkoonce > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss- >> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBride >> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 10:58 AM >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OCR software >> >> Valerie, you're sighted, right? > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > -- Change the world--1 deed at a time Jackie McBride Check out my homepage at: www.abletec.serverheaven.net & please join my fight against breast cancer <http://teamacs.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=1790196&pg=personal&fr_id=3489> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.