Hey Gerald.
Thanks for the response. I know about Open Book as my messaged stated, but a
minstream OCR package is specifically what interests me at the moment. Also,
the currency feature wouldn't be of much use to me as I'm on a desktop here.
Curious to know if it works for a wide variety of nations' currencies though
all the same...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimi...@verizon.net>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages?
None of the mainstream OCR programs like ABBYY Fine Reader or Reading Made
EZ are as comprehensive or feature-laden as Open Book. For instance, Open
Book has a currency identification feature and a photo copying feature,
neither of which are available in mainstream OCR programs.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Pingstock" <kpingst...@zoominternet.net>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages?
Becky,
Does this program do everything that openbook does?
Kathy
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Becky B.
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 9:56 AM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages?
Hello.
Before you decide on a scanning program, check out
http://www.readingmadeez.com/products/TextClonerPro.html
I've been using it for several years. It does the job quite nicely for
me
and at a fraction of the cost of other programs. Cost is $99.95 and you
can
download a trial version to check out.
Becky
----- Original Message -----
From: "JM Casey" <crystallo...@ca.inter.net>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 7:54 AM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages?
Hello everyone.
Finally got a scanner for the first time in years. Just wondering if
anyone uses standard commercial OCR software (iE, not kurzweil or
OpenBook) and which ones you feel most comfortable with? I may shell out
for Open Book, but I'm not the only one using this computer, and it'd be
nice if I could just acquire a standard OCR package. I remember someone
telling me years ago that something they were using worked well with
JAWS
and possibly other screenreaders as well...may have been FineReader, but
I
can't honestly remember. So, any experiences to share?
JM
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