Re: Open book and word
- From: "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:19:36 -0400
Often scanners come with a stripped down OCR programme. both my HP1650C and an
Epson 1200U came with software like that, the HP with Readiris, I forget what
the Epson had. The HP is seven or eight years old, the Epson probably six.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
DLeavens@xxxxxxx
Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: Open book and word
> you mean, the scanner itself had some sort of little program you could use
> to scan things with it, although it wasn't an OCR program. Still, maybe
> once he'd scanned something printed, for instance, he could save it as a
> text or Word file and manage it with a screen reader?
>
> But then he got Open Book, which made the scanner's own program redundant,
> because Open Book's purpose is not only to scan with OCR, but then to read
> the result aloud and do other things with it, too.
>
> Maybe?
> but to Bo----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Open book and word
>
>
> I think that Arthur is saying is that when he first got his HP scanner and
> installed the software an item was added to his Word menu to acquire text or
> image from the scanner. when he then installed Open book he got another item
> which he can use to acquire scanner text using open book and which launches
> open book to manage the same HP scanner and import the output into Word.
>
> Maybe not.
>
> Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
> DLeavens@xxxxxxx
> Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 12:57 AM
> Subject: Re: Open book and word
>
>
> > Art,
> > Never mind. Maybe someone else who reads the messages in this thread will
> > realize what I was asking, and what you may have assumed without knowing
> > that I was unfamiliar with your situation. Don't worry about it.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Arthur Lawrence" <aclatdhs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: Open book and word
> >
> >
> > Not sure what you are asking. I had my HP scanner for a couple of years
> > before I aquired open book which was installed using the cd and presto
> > there
> > was 2 ways to scan on the same scanner. Art
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: Open book and word
> >
> >
> > > Art,
> > >
> > > Do you understand that this is an unfamiliar way of describing Open Book
> > > usage, to someone else? here is my setup: I have Open Book on my
> > > computer.
> > > I also have Microsoft Word, of course. And I have a Microtek scanner.
> > >
> > > Okay. Now when I simply scan by using Open Book in the normal way, I
> > > put
> > > something printed onto the scanner, then launch Open Book and give the
> > > Scan
> > > command. The scanner starts up, scans the material into Open Book, and
> > > when
> > > it's done I can read it in Open Book, save it as an .ark file or a Word
> > > document or a plain text file, and that's how I use Open Book and my
> > > scanner. I don't use some other menu or program from the scanner
> > > company,
> > > as you seem to do. Don't you just have your Open Book program set to
> > > use
> > > your HP Scanner, so that's what's invoked when you use Open Book to
> > > scan?
> > > And when you use that feature in Word, doesn't it, too, scan using the
> > > same
> > > scanner? Why do you talk about using the HP scanner as if it was
> > > separate
> > > from Open Book or that Word command? Do you understand what I'm asking?
> > > Are you aware of using a nonstandard way of scanning with the OCR
> > > program
> > > that is Open Book? Does anyone else reading this understand what I'm
> > > asking?
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Arthur Lawrence" <aclatdhs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:02 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Open book and word
> > >
> > >
> > > No, I have just one scanner. When I scan using the HP scan program it is
> > > very slow, when I scan using the open book program it is much faster.
> > > Using
> > > HP you arrow down to acquire text and with open book arrow down to scan
> > > using open book. It does take time for the scanner to warm up.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:20 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Open book and word
> > >
> > >
> > >> 1. This comand doesn't work for me, and I'm running OB 7.02 also, Jaws
> > >> v.
> > >> 6.0, Win XP Home with SP 2. I will ask a computer professional friend
> > >> to
> > >> figure out the dysfunction.
> > >>
> > >> 2. You say that scanning using this Word command is faster than the HP
> > >> scanner? What do you mean? Do you have two scanners, one HP scanner
> > >> that
> > >> works with Open Book, and another, faster one that is used when you
> > >> give
> > >> the
> > >> scan command from the Word Files menu? Is this what you meant? If
> > >> not,
> > >> what did you mean? Do you understand what I'm asking?
> > >>
> > >> thanks.
> > >> ysun
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Arthur Lawrence" <aclatdhs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:08 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: Open book and word
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I don't know about your problem, I am using Windows XP, Jaws 6.2 and
> > >> Open
> > >> Book 7.02 and I do not have to have open book running the command to
> > >> scan
> > >> using open book does it all. The only advantage I have found to
> > >> scanning
> > >> with Open Book is that it is faster than the HP scanner and gives you
> > >> options of scanning for accuracy or for speed. Art
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 7:34 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: Open book and word
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> P.S.
> > >>>
> > >>> Well, I already had Word running, so I opened a new blank document and
> > >>> then
> > >>> used this command, hoping to scan a printed document on the scanner.
> > >>> Nothing at all happpend.
> > >>>
> > >>> Then I wondered if maybe you needed to have Open Book running. I
> > >>> couldn't
> > >>> guess which program the scan would appear in, Open Book or Word, but I
> > >>> thought it worth a try. So I launched Open Book. Then I cycled back
> > >>> to
> > >>> Word and tried again. But again, nothing at all happened. The
> > >>> scanner
> > >>> didn't crank up and begin scanning. All that happened was that the
> > >>> Files
> > >>> menu closed when I hit Enter on that item.
> > >>>
> > >>> Does something more have to be set up for this to function?
> > >>>
> > >>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>> From: "Arthur Lawrence" <aclatdhs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 7:22 PM
> > >>> Subject: Re: Open book and word
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Yes it is a command to scan some printed matter placed on your
> > >>> scanner.
> > >>> Art
> > >>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 6:54 PM
> > >>> Subject: Re: Open book and word
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> Arthur,
> > >>>> ,
> > >>>> I'm familiar with that item on the Word Files menu. Maybe I
> > >>>> misunderstand
> > >>>> what its purpose is, though. It appears as if it's for scanning the
> > >>>> document you have open in Word at that moment. All other items and
> > >>>> commands in the Files menu pertain to the open document that's
> > >>>> onscreen.
> > >>>> This doesn't make sense to me. Why would I want to scan something
> > >>>> that
> > >>>> was
> > >>>> already on my computer, in Word? Is it a command for using open book
> > >>>> to
> > >>>> scan something printed that's in the scanner, without first launching
> > >>>> Open
> > >>>> Book?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I hope you can understand why I'm confused by this menu item.
> > >>>> Thanks.
> > >>>> From: "Arthur Lawrence" <aclatdhs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:10 PM
> > >>>> Subject: Re: Open book and word
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Wendy you only need to open words and go to the file menu and arrow
> > >>>> down
> > >>>> to
> > >>>> scan with open book. Art
> > >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>> From: "Wendy Alling" <goldador@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>>> To: "jfw List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:52 AM
> > >>>> Subject: Open book and word
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Hi list. Can anyone tell me where on the FS site I can find the
> > >>>>> directions on how to scan a document in word using open book? I
> > >>>>> can't
> > >>>>> seem to find it anywhere, so help would be appreciated.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Thanks.
> > >>>>>
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