We'll find out soon! I'm going to the app store right now and check it out. Judy
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On Apr 1, 2012, at 3:41 PM, "John and Donna Weidlich" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> APRIL FOOL?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Denny Huff
> To: Adaptive technology information and support.
> Cc: Missouri Chat
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 2:55 PM
> Subject: [ATI] Freedom Scientific Releases New and Improved OCR
> RecognitionSoftware for JAWS and OpenBook
>
> For Immediate Release:
>
>
>
> Freedom Scientific Releases New and Improved OCR Recognition Software for
> JAWS and OpenBook
>
>
> Today, Freedom Scientific, one of the world's leading screen reading and
> blindness product makers, has just recently developed and released a new
> breakthrough
> in its line of products of assistive technology for blind and visually
> impaired computer users.
>
>
> Have you ever wanted to take OpenBook® with you at all times anywhere you can
> possibly go with it? Or even better, have you always wanted to be able to
> pick up a handwritten note on a piece of paper and be able to read it
> instantly just like anybody else? Or maybe you are one of those frustrated
> students
> that are inundated with printed or handwritten material that you can't read
> in or out of a classroom setting and you have to wait even hours or days for
> somebody to read to you. Maybe you are at a conference, you are given a
> business card or a simple handout that is important, and you need to fill out
> or
> read along?
>
>
> Well, wish and wonder no more! Freedom Scientific now has the solution!
>
>
> Due to popular demand, and numerous emails and feedback requests from our
> users, Freedom Scientific has decided to step forward.
>
>
> We have released a new, updated, and improved OCR recognition engine for
> both, our Openbook® and JAWS® products. This bran new release includes many
> new
> features, which include, but not limited to:
>
>
> * The ability to recognize smaller type font and better recognition of
> columns in sophisticated tables, which can easily be confusing to read.
> * The ability to recognize print on smaller pieces of print paper, such as
> note slips or contact cards on the spot, with better print focus and not the
> scanner bed or camera.
> * Finally, the ability to recognize handwriting with about 85-90% accuracy!
>
>
>
> Yes, that's right! Our new OCR engine has built-in support for handwriting
> recognition. That means that you can either scan or place a handwritten note
> from a co-worker, a spouse, or from a door, into your camera or scanner of
> your choice, and Openbook® will automatically recognize it and be able to read
> it with speech and / or Braille output from your preferred synthesizer or
> Braille display! Not only this. You can open a .pdf, .jpg, or .png image that
> someone sent you with handwriting over the email on your computer, perform
> the OCR recognition command (JAWS 13 and later only), and bingo! You will hear
> the handwriting being spoken out to you or sent to your Braille display.
> Please note that these new features offered by this improved version of the
> OCR
> engine for JAWS® or OpenBook® software are only compatible with Openbook
> versions later than 8.0 and JAWS version 13.0 or later. Please note users of
> JAWS
> earlier than 13.0, we will release a version of the new OCR engine that we
> released with JAWS 13.0 later this month, with the same features as the ones
> offered now, so you aren't left out on these new features! This update to the
> OCR engine can work with both 32- and 64-bit operating systems.
>
>
> Want some even more awesome news from our OpenBook® development team? We have
> released OpenBook Mobile®, a scanning and reading solution app for your iOS
> device! This means that you can use our popular scanning and reading solution
> right from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, using VoiceOver and the camera
> of your device! Yes, that's right, OpenBook® is going mobile, and you will be
> able to take it anywhere you go that you find printed material that you cannot
> read. You will be able to go on a trip, be given an airport boarding pass,
> and you will no longer need sighted assistance to see whether your plane was
> gone before you knew it, or to see your flight information. You will be able
> to go to a church service and be able to access printed booklets of hymns
> or group prayers easily and independently without requesting sighted help.
> Even more fantastic, you will be able to walk into a classroom door that
> appears
> to have no one waiting with you, bump into a little sticky note with your
> finger below or above the Braille marking of the classroom number, and not
> have
> to wait so many hours and precious study time trying to find out if the
> instructor canceled the class or whatever other scheduling conflict that might
> have occurred with that instructor. If you have an iPhone, iPod Touch or
> iPad, you will get it out, snap a photo of that little sticky note, and you
> will
> be able to find out what's wrong quickly, independently and immediately with
> the built-in handwriting recognition of the OCR engine for OpenBook Mobile®!
> It's so easy!
>
>
> Currently, OpenBook Mobile® for iOS platforms is available at the Apple
> iTunes store and it costs $2.99. This app is designed to fit any budget. So,
> what
> are you waiting for? Purchase your OpenBook Mobile® app for your iPhone /
> iPod / iPad now, and let your future shine today! The power of technology and
> handwriting is in your hands, like never before!
>
>
> If you have any questions regarding these two new initiatives, don't hesitate
> to give us a call at 1-800-444-4443 or e-mail us at
> [email protected].
> We would like to hear from you and your feedback!
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> The Freedom Scientific Team **************
>
> P.S. April Fools! ? ? :)))
>
>
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