Re: Reading Embedded ScreenShots of code in Website Articles
- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:25:01 -0700
Unfortunately, even the OCR packages don't normally do a very good job
on these damn screenshots. Some come out better than others but
they're all far from good. I've had horrible problems in learnin some
computer-related stuff cuz of 'em. The problem is that the screenshot
resolution is so low (like 72 d p i) & OCR does not do well w/that
sort of low res. Also, often they contain additional fine lines,
further degrading the print. I often do the optacon thing, which is
slow but gets the job done. I understand many don't have that option.
On 10/16/08, Ricks Place <OFBGMail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks Everett:
> I have an OCR on my Scanner / Printer and might try that. It messed up some
> of the numbers on a print version of my Resume though but as the sports guys
> are fond of saying, it is what it is - grin.
> Rick USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "E.J. Zufelt" <everett@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 10:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Reading Embedded ScreenShots of code in Website Articles
>
>
>> Kurzweil, last I checked, was even more. The alternative, one that I use
>> periodically, is to print the document and then run it through a scanner
>> that comes with OCR software. I have a Fujitsu ScanSnap s500 (not sure on
>>
>> the model). It was $400 and comes with Abby Finereader. It does 16
>> double sided pages / minute.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Everett
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ricks Place" <OFBGMail@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 11:41 AM
>> Subject: Re: Reading Embedded ScreenShots of code in Website Articles
>>
>>
>>> Hi Everett: Just a note, did you see the price of Open Book! over $900!
>>> What a rip.
>>> There should be a low cost piece of software out there but I've not found
>>>
>>> it yet. Guess they get big bucks for pattern recognition apps.
>>> I will have my sighted friend read it to me and give him a beer, a lot
>>> cheaper at least - grin.
>>> An OCR for e-text Might be a good project some day.
>>> Rick USA
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "E.J. Zufelt" <everett@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:21 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Reading Embedded ScreenShots of code in Website Articles
>>>
>>>
>>>> Good morning,
>>>>
>>>> If you have an application like OpenBook or Kurzweil you can print the
>>>> article to that application's virtual printer and it should do the OCR
>>>> for you.
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>> Everett
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Ricks Place" <OFBGMail@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 10:04 AM
>>>> Subject: Reading Embedded ScreenShots of code in Website Articles
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi:
>>>> Reading a Microsoft Article it has figure 1, figure 2 etc as examples of
>>>>
>>>> code which, of course, does not read with Windoweyes. Are you aware of
>>>> any software to reade these items or a handy OCR or something that will
>>>> reproduce them in text?
>>>> My printer has a OCR but I used it once and it rearranged some numbers,
>>>> not good for code of math formulas.
>>>> Any ideas? Otherwise I have a sighted person to read me the pictures, or
>>>>
>>>> screen shots, and I can type them out. This is for a introduction to
>>>> Neural Networks project published in the Microsoft Magazine in Vb.net.
>>>> Thanks:
>>>> Rick USA
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