[bksvol-discuss] Re: Ruby

  • From: "Julie Morales" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 15:24:57 -0400

Ah, yes! I remember that now, and that probably explains why so many people 
liked it but detest OpenBook! <smile> Take care.
Julie Morales
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Marshall" <geom4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 11:40 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ruby


Ruby was the last version of OpenBook produced by Arkenstone before it was
sold to FS.
George R. Marshall
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie Morales" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 9:07 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Ruby


> Hi, Jana. I know what you mean. Ruby was the first scanning software I
> ever
> had experience with, not counting the Reading Edge, and for it's time, it
> definitely didn't seem like a bad piece of software, but from what I've
> heard about OpenBook, and comparing it to the Kurzweil I have
> now...well...<smile>! Take care.
> Julie Morales
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 8:14 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: *SPAM* Re: Thoughts On K1000
>
>
> Hi, Julie and everyone!  In my humble opinion, Ruby was the best version
> of
> OpenBook.  They've added some new features since then, but I just think
> it's
> gone downhill from there. <Smile>  Take care!
>
> Jana
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Julie Morales" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 10:10 PM
> Subject: *SPAM* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Thoughts On K1000
>
>
>> Hi, Monica. I'm so glad you've had such a positive experience with
>> Kurzweil.
>> Of course, that's what I use and I expected nothing less. <smile> I'm
>> glad
>> you're liking it, and if you can ever get your hands on a full version, I
>> know you won't be disappointed. I've never had OpenBook, and the only one
>> I've ever used was Ruby way back when. <smile> I've been using Kurzweil
>> since version 6, though, and love it. Take care.
>> Julie Morales
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Monica Willyard" <plumlipstick@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 8:05 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Thoughts On K1000
>>
>>
>>
>>>I installed a demo of K1000 this morning, and I want to share that
>>>experience here.  I have to admint that I'm a little shocked right
>>>now because while I knew there would be an improvement with K1000, I
>>>honestly believed that many people were exaggerating its
>>>abilities.  Now that I see k1000 in action, I'm wondering why anyone
>>>would choose to go with Openbook by choice.  I'm not saying that out
>>>of snobbishness.  I mean that if people could compare them side by
>>>side with the same machine, scanning the same book, few people would
>>>by Openbook.  If anyone is on this list and is debating which
>>>program to go with, please insist on trying both programs yourself
>>>instead of assuming that your local technology salesperson knows
>>>what's best for you.  You may end up liking OB, but please make sure
>>>of that for yourself.  As for me, I didn't insist on a comparison,
>>>believing that Openbook had to be good if that's what others in my
>>>area were using.  I feel a little sick realizing that I made a dumb
>>>choice.  Kurzweil will give you a free demo to try if you ask.  I
>>>think ignorance is what keeps OB around right now.  I was able to
>>>proofread a book in roughly 12 minutes, a book that took me several
>>>hours in Openbook.  Vocational Rehab counselors need to know that
>>>there's such an enormous difference in software ability.  Our state
>>>is exclusively Freedom Scientific, and I think it's time to change
>>>that at least with regard to OCR software.  I'm going to sit down
>>>and write my former counselor a letter and describe my experience
>>>with K1000.  Maybe that will help someone else.  I'm just shaking my
>>>head in bewilderment, wondering why nobody locally has even seen a
>>>comparison between the two systems.  This is how scanning should
>>>be... fast, reliable, and configurable.
>>
>>
>> Monica
>> Visit my blog at: http://plumlipstick.livejournal.com
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