Anouk, I didn't find the interface to be much of an issue, but I was disappointed in the fact I could not use my scanner because it is a network appliance and not connected directly to the machine. I may contact them again and see if I can push them into making this possible. I was also confused by the fact the preferences was grayed out. My assumption was the software allowed for various preferences to be set, but that menu was not available. Guess I need to try to get in touch with someone who can address the issues better than Tech Support. On Aug 24, 2009, at 3:01 PM, a radix wrote:
> Hello, I got in contact with someone at abbyy (eva webber product > manager, web...@abbyy.com) who tells me that their product should be > in compliance with some kind of accessibility law in the united > states. I have forwarded the message below to this list because she > asked me to contact her if I had further questions. I hope the ones > o fyou that have already tried finereader and found it unaccessible > would pelase contact her with more detailed information. I have not > tried it yet (since my mac is not here yet) but according to her it > SHOULD be accessible, it can do more then one page at once if the > scanner supports it, and the program supports the recognition o > fpages that are put in upside down (i read on this list hat it > apparently did not, but she says it does). > I think it would be good if abbyy got more feedback from blind users > who are trying to use their product. Apparently it is still being > updated because she says there will be a new version for os x 10.6, > that might be a good point for more accessibility. I personally hope > they will port the big brother over to mac os x. > Greetings, Anouk, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eva Weber > To: a radix > Cc: Katelin Leinweber > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 3:23 PM > Subject: AW: questions about finereader for the mac > > Hallo Anouk > I have checked your requests back with our HQ. > ABBYY FineReader Express Edtion has 508 compliance which assurase a > good usability for people with sight disabilities. > The program is able to recognise if you insert the documents upside > down and correct it (you can as well do it maually) as well as > proceed documents in batches (if scanner support it) > The program supports OS 10.4 and higher (it will be updated to 10.6 > once 10.6 is released) > > I hope I could help you. Pls contact me directly if you have > additional questions. > > Best regards > > Eva Weber > > Von: a radix [mailto:anou...@home.nl] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. August 2009 16:50 > An: Eva Weber > Betreff: Re: questions about finereader for the mac > > Hello, no it is not urgent. Thanks for the help, > Greetings, Anouk, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eva Weber > To: Katelin Leinweber ; anou...@home.nl > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 3:15 PM > Subject: AW: questions about finereader for the mac > > Dear Anouk > yes, the version supports Mac OS 10.5 > It as well should recognise that you put pages upside down but to be > sure, I will test it. Pls have a bit patience, I do not have mac > computer available this week as I am working from home office on my > PC. I hope your request is not urgent. > Best regards > Eva Weber > > Von: Katelin Leinweber > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. August 2009 09:30 > An: anou...@home.nl > Cc: Eva Weber > Betreff: RE: questions about finereader for the mac > > Hi Anouk, > > many thanks for your interest in FineReader Express for Mac. > I have forwarded your request to our Product Manager Eva Weber who > will get in touch with you directly. > Unfortunately we cannot offer trial versions for MACs at the moment > but may possibly be able to do that shortly. Eva will be able to > provide you with more accurate information about that. > > Kind regards, > Katelin > > > From: a radix [mailto:anou...@home.nl] > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:13 AM > To: ABBYY Sales > Subject: questions about finereader for the mac > > Hello, my name is Anouk Radix and I am blind. I use my scanner + ocr > software a lot because I need to scan and ocr books for my > university study (i do this using a sheetfeader so books are first > cut apart into loose pages) I wonder if the normal version of > readiris will be ported to the mac because it seems from other > people that I have contacted that the current version is not able to > scan multiple pages at once or correct pages that have been put in > the scanner upside down (a common thing that happens when you are > blind and live alone). Also, I wonder if the current finereader > version for the mac was developed for mac os x 10.5 because > according to some other blind users it is not entirely accessible > with voiceover. The thing is, i would really like to use a good > scanning package like finereader on my mac but only if the full > version is ported. > Thanks for any information, > Greetings, Anouk, > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
