Dear list,
I had forgotten about this program - think I had a demo of it and don't know if
it still exists at work. But I also, being a Linux user wanted to see if there
was anything out there and there is a git-hub project. Sadly neither of my
Linux distributions I use are currently compatible with my scanner (part of a
an all-in-one device) yet is picked up instantly in ubuntu 20.04 and Fedora
Workstation 31 - but they don't have LIOS in their repositories which I have on
both distributions I use (Linux Intelligent OCR Software) which uses the
tesseract engine, needed for this to work:
https://github.com/10ishq/Brailled-Text-to-Braille-Reader-with-Optical-Character-Recognition-
Whilst at home, something I discovered that is present in the distribution I
use for work is Okular - this is great for selecting text from a pdf and
copying into a Text Processor (I am using SoftMaker Professional at home) and I
am pleased to say is now available for Windows users:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/okular/9n41msq1wnm8?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
[https://store-images.s-microsoft.com/image/apps.41605.13992052399281773.cfa5190f-9229-43ab-9c3c-0537be0bf1d2.506a7bd1-0a55-492d-8044-b8c0500cef22%3Fw=120&h=120&q=60]<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/okular/9n41msq1wnm8?activetab=pivot:overviewtab>
Get Okular - Microsoft
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Okular is a universal document viewer developed by KDE. Okular works on
multiple platforms, including but not limited to Linux, Windows, Mac OS X,
*BSD, etc. People also like. Rated 4 out of 5 stars. 3.79999995231628 5. There
are 42 reviews. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars. 3.70000004768372 5. There are 6
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It has saved me a lot of time preparing pdfs into different formats. I have
created a video about this product. Anyone interested please contact me
off-list.
John Blake
VS Technician
John Blake
VS Technician
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
Catherine Thomas <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
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To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [duxuser] Re: OT: OBR in the US?
The last I knew, the US distributor for OBR was enablemart. They knew
nothing about the project, they just distributed it. I still have the
email ( I believe it's still current) for the author of the OBR program.
The last operating system the program works with is Windows XP. If I can
assist in any way write to me of-list. I use OBR regularly and am familiar
with its bugs.
Catherine
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