[optacon-l] Re: Introduction
- From: "Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:46:45 -0500
It is a misrepresentation of the current state-of-the-art with respect to
blindness-oriented OCR applications based upon ignorance, or, an outright
prevarication at worst to claim that Blind and Visually Impaired individuals
can't utilize OCR to accomplish such tasks with the current and last few
iterations of software.... It is a disservice to the community to make such
categorical statements... Please check out the capabilities of Kurzweil
1000 and recalibrate your presuppositions... It may not be perfect and
capable of handling every form thrown at it, but what piece of technology
ever performs beyond the capabilities of it's designers?
Nick
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Webber" <Susan.Webber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 8:03 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Introduction
> Hi Vicky
>
> How do you fill out forms? Do you use some kind of frame, or what?
>
> Regards
>
> Susan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Vicky Prahin
> Sent: 11 September 2009 02:14 PM
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Introduction
>
>
> Hi, Sandra.
>
> I agree with everything you said and with all of the comments from
> Nancy, Mary, and Linda.
>
> You mentioned the advantages of the Optacon over a scanner. Another one
> is that you can't fill out a form using a scanner. You can read it, and
> maybe you can save it as a usable file and work with it, but you can't
> just check a box, write in your name, or strike through something on a
> page. The one thing I have never been successful at, though, is filling
> in those little circles/ovals on some federal forms!
>
> Glad to have you in the group!
>
> Sincerely,
> Vicky Prahin
>
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