Here's what I've done, with limitted success, to get the information from a picture or screen shot.
Incidentally, I've done this with Kurzweil but I think it can be done with openbook too.
You find the page or screen you want to peruse, and print it to the kesi printer. That way Kurzweil will treat the entire page as a page on the scanner and convert everything it can to text.
I have especially done this for books that show a page, such as google books. But I suspect it might work on a page with a screen shot on it. You would just print the page out of word or something like that.
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Hi Jackie!When I first got Windows 95, I read "Windows 95 for Dummies" all the way through with the optacon, and those screen shots were quite helpful to know what was really going on in Windows, so I see the value in having them in a book.. I don't think I would have learned as much without being able to read them.Debby At 10:36 PM 10/30/2009, Jackie McBride wroteAw, man, Norma, do I know what you're going thru! If the book can be pretty well used without the screenshots, then I suggest omitting them. If, however, the screenshots are necessary to clarify the material, then perhaps u should consider seeking help from 1 of the sighted proofers on this list for the screenshots. A couple volunteers on this list & I did a book on Drupal some time ago in which screenshots were numerous & some of which were necessary. What we thought would take a couple days ended up taking several months. Drag! I don't know what OCR software you're using but many of them allow u to save page images w/the O C R'd text & I would recommend u consider doing that w/this particular book. Welcome, new volunteer! On 10/30/09, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Norma, > > Yes, you can omit them with the note that you suggested. However, would you > please surround the notation with brackets []? That is what Carrie has > suggested we do. > > Mayrie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Norma A. Boge > Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 7:25 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] proofing a text with screen shots > > Hi everyone, > > I'm proofing a book which includes screen shots. These don't scan very > well, so are they treated like a picture? If so, may I omit them and insert> {screen shot omitted by proofreader}? Aside from either trying to get > the > screen shot myself and replacing the garbled one or manually recreating > the> shot, I don't see any other options. > > Thanks in advance, > Norma > > 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. > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comVersion: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.40/2471 - Release Date: 10/31/09 02:53:00--Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless; it is like chasing the wind.--Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLTTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.
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