The currency identification feature in Open Book only works for American and
Canadian currency, and is not very accurate. It is a poor substitute for
the IBill.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "JM Casey" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mainstream OCR packages?
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" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
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" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
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: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Becky B.
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 9:56 AM
To: [email protected]
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" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
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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