[guispeak] Re: Fw: Kim Komando tip
- From: Andy Baracco <wq6r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 21:39:50 -0800
I understand that she is visually impaired herself.
Andy
At 06:38 AM 11/12/2004, you wrote:
>The problem is and what she doesn't make a point of telling folk is that the
>ocr that comes with most scanners is either a demo of the software are an
>inferior ocr product and that to get this to work properly you need good
>ocr. I know that this is not for those who relie on speech and I know it's
>just a sort of novelty thing, but I also know that a lot of people are going
>to be disapointed if they try it at all.
>
>Johnnie Apple Seed
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jerry Weichbrodt" <gerald.g.weichbrodt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 9:01 AM
>Subject: [guispeak] Re: Fw: Kim Komando tip
>
>
>She does mention that. She talks about a scanner converting the material
>into a picture. Then she mentions that most scanners come with some form of
>OCR. The order of operations isn't spelled out quite as clearly as it might
>be, but it's in there.
>
>Cheers,
>Jerry
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "david poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 8:53 AM
>Subject: [guispeak] Re: Fw: Kim Komando tip
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>
> > she's rong, first you have to ocr it.
> >
> > Johnnie Apple Seed
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