[bksvol-discuss] Re: Trying to Decide Which Scanning and Word Processing Programme to Use
- From: Sensation Experience Official <sensationexperience.official@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 09:20:46 -0800
Hi, all.
@Evan, Does K-1000 come with a demo trial? I am wondering if the other
products, like Omni Page and Fine Reader are accessible with NVDA. I
remember using K-3000, but that was more meant for people with more than
blindness-related disabilities.
Any further tips are greatly welcomed.
Best,
Al
On 1/21/2014 9:00 AM, Evan Reese wrote:
Well, I don't believe OB has the scan optimization feature that K1000
has. This feature will try various combinations of settings until it
gets the best results. Also, I don't think OB has K1000's Ranked
Spelling feature, in which you get a spell check in alphabetical order
with the number of times each word appears in the document. There are
settings in the Ranked Spelling dialogue box that allow you to adjust
what the program looks for so you can eliminate some words if you
don't want it checking, for example, words with certain prefixes among
other possibilities. OpenBook does not have the confidence rating that
K1000 has. You can set this, and then while you're scanning, K1000
will tell you if the page it just recognized falls below the rating
you set, and give you the exact percentage of confidence it has in its
recognition. This tells you immediately if you have a problem page so
you can investigate it right then, and not find out later when you
have to go find the page again. This is extremely helpful for getting
quality scans. I would bet that there are other features K1000 has
that OB does not, but I haven't used OB since 2006, so my knowledge of
its functionality is out of date. However, I am quite sure that it
doesn't have the three features I've mentioned here. I've talked with
another person who's on this list who has used OB much more recently
than I have, (2012), and who was able to switch to K1000 and who
agrees that K1000 is the better of the two.
Also, while I do not recall the details, it is a fact that I've read
more reports of people having problems with OpenBook here on this list
than those who have K1000. That doesn't mean that noone has ever had
trouble with K1000, (no software is perfect), but there is no question
in my mind that users have had fewer issues with it than those using OB.
HTH
Evan
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Trying to Decide Which Scanning and Word
Processing Programme to Use
Hi Evan,
Can you provide some specific examples in which YOU believe Kurzweil
is more superior to Open Book?
I have tried using OCR with adobe Reader, but it doesn't work all of
the time, and it requires that you press the scan buttons on the
printer, which I have, since mine is an MFP series.
@Judy S, I'm sorry to hear about that, but I guess we can all learn
from our mistakes, just as I learned the hard way about Docu Scan
Plus, eh?
@Gary Petraccaro, could you clarify more on your point? If one were
to scan in material, then it is both based on the screen reader they
are using and the scanning programme they are using. I heard some
screen readers interact better with inaccessible software than others.
@John Diakogeorgiou You are using version seventeen of Omni Page?
Does Omni Page insert the page breaks in for you?
Thanks for your suggestions.
Al
On 1/20/2014 6:38 PM, Evan Reese wrote:
Hi Al,
Any chance of getting them to purchase K1000 instead of OpenBook?
It's a superior product in my opinion.
Don't know about your WordPad question.
Evan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sensation Experience Official"
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Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 6:38 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Trying to Decide Which Scanning and Word
Processing Programme to Use
Hello, all.
I have been trying to decide whether I should use Open Book nine or
Docu Scan Plus to scan in my submissions. I attempted one scan with
Docu Scan plus, but the submission ended up having a bad impression
for my first book. In the past, I used Open Book until the demo
expired, but one great thing I liked about it was that it
automatically put in page breaks for you, whereas Docu Scan Plus
didn't. In fact, it put in unnecessary links and tables where they
were not needed. I experimented with the scanning profile, but all
to no avail.
Today, after consulting with a fellow volunteer member off-list, I
consulted Serotek Support to ask them about using their software
for Bookshare submissions. Their response wasn't very encouraging,
as they said it was more for personal storage and accessing
documents anywhere, rather than using it as a way to scan in books.
I must mention that the commission for the blind has purchased a
license for me to use Docu Scan Plus and not Open Book, which I am
wondering if I should reconsider in getting.
Also, is Word Pad a good built-in word-processing programme to put
in page breaks? How does one do this? Can you put in a four-digit
hex character and then press alternate+X to produce a page break?
I'd really appreciate any further tips on how to get started, but
for now I think I'll continue proofing until I get my scanning
stuff situated.
Best,
-Al
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