Re: Onscreen OCR
- From: Adrian Spratt <Adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:42:00 -0400
I wonder if this solution is even easier. I recently obtained OmniPage 17. I
can get it to perform OCR on a PDF document simply by pressing the applications
key, arrowing down to Iomega, pressing enter, then arrowing down to my choice
of format, typically RTF, and pressing enter. Soon a new file appears in the
same folder with the same filename and the RTF or other extension.
OmniPage 17 was recently on sale for $99. I don't know if that price still
applies. In theory the price was only for the update, but I wasn't updating and
got the whole program. Customer service verified the transaction and helped me
register, which did present an accessibility hurdle.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary King
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: Onscreen OCR
Dave, I usually use Kurzweil 1000 for PDF image documents, but I have run into
a few of them where the security is set so high that they won't go to the
Kurzweil printer without a password.
Gary King
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Carlson
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: Onscreen OCR
Gary,
You'll need to use Freedom Import Printer (if you have Openbook installed) or
some other OCR. Does your Acrobat Reader have OCR or Text Recognition in any of
its menus?
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary King
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; GW-Info
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 14:34
Subject: Onscreen OCR
How can we get access to secure PDF documents that are just images of pages, or
programs that have controls with graphical text labels, or perhaps even the
actual titles on DVDs? I guess these frustrations are responsible for a wish
that I've heard from time to time on various lists that OCR could be
incorporated into a screen reader. I always thought this was just wishful
thinking until I heard the June 23, 2009, edition of Innovations. You can hear
the program by going to The Global Voice at
www.theglobalvoice.info
and visiting the Program Gallery. The last interview on this edition of
Innovations was with a representative from Baum, a company in Germany which
manufactures the Cobra screen reader. I found the most interesting feature of
Cobra to be it's onscreen OCR capability. Pressing a key combination will take
a screenshot of graphical text and pass it along to a dedicated version of the
FineReader OCR engine, where text recognition takes place. You can then read
one of those secure PDF documents with images of text or interact with a
program whose controls with graphical text have now been identified. Nothing
was mentioned about titles on DVD menus, but if they are displayed in a font
that FineReader can recognize, then you should be able to access them as well.
If onscreen OCR works well in practice, the question now is: Which screen
reader company, GW Micro or Freedom Scientific, will be next to offer their
users this new innovation in screen reading technology?
Gary King mailto:w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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