I think that ABEECEE (sp) is looking at developing a similar program for the Mac. Donna On Jun 18, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Chris Moore wrote:
> Maybe we are all thinking a bit too old school. Two weeks ago Humanware > demonstrated document readers to me which used a camera instead. The camera > was portable as it was on a fold up tripod type thing. The software was on a > Windows machine which drove the camera, words were also displayed on screen > as the document was read out. The camera took a picture of the document and > a second or so later the document was read out to me. You could take > pictures of multiple pages too. tHe speech quality was amazing, even better > then Alex I have to be honest. I thought hmmmm I would buy this if I could > use it on my Mac too. I wish Humanware would develop software for the Mac to > drive hardware like this. > > I decided on the iPal Solo so I did not have to use a windows machine to read > documents, as the iPal solo works completely without a computer. > > Who knows in about 2 years time we will all probably be reading printed > material via the camera on the iPhone 6 or whatever. I can just picture a > nifty stand you slide your iPhone or iPod Touch into to neatly take a picture > of the document below. I want it now!!! > > On 18 Jun 2010, at 16:43, Mary Otten wrote: > >> Hi allison, >> While I have not used abbyy for the Mac, based on what I've heard people >> say, no, it is nowhere near like K1000, which I have used for probably a >> decade. Yes, you can hook up a usb scanner, and if you get one that FR >> recognized, such as the hp 8300 pro or epson 200 or 300, I forget the full >> model designation, you can apparently scan directly without the need for a >> second app to do the scanning part and then transferring the file to abby >> for processing. But, as I understand it, you cannot scan and read >> simultaneously; you can't scan multiple pages into the same file. You can't >> scan and immediately read to check out setting accuracy. You have to let >> abbyy save the page to a file and then read it there. Lots more steps. Maybe >> ok for the occasional page. but totally not so for serious scanning. If my >> understanding of the limitation of fr express is incorrect, I hope somebody >> will correct me. I asked a guy I know who uses FR with the hp8300 and who >> has used k1000 if fr express could do the things I outlined above and he >> flatly said no. to be sure, there is a huge cost difference. But having an >> excellent efficient scanning solution is one reason I have no intention of >> giving up Windows for now. Using two applications where one will do, having >> to save to a file prior to reading and not being able have multiple pages >> in the same file, have it open and reading while I'm scanning, or even >> scanning one thing and reading another are all reasons why I can't see >> dumping windows for scanning/ocr purposes. If abbyy would come out with a >> full version of fine reader, that might be a different story. >> >> mary >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
