Thanks, however, I was lead to believe that On Dec 12, 2010, at 8:21 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote:
> Hi Dan: > There are two and actually 3 programs in this thread: > The first is a scanning device known as the eye-pal, which works inhich I > don't! > conjunctionn with a pc or Mac to easily scan and read printed material. The > issue with that is the software to make it work on a Mac appears to require > an additional $150. > The second program is one that does both scanning and OCR. It's name is > Vuescan, and it costs around $40. Drawbacks are that it worked well in > trial but not so once I downloaded the updates. Also, It doesn't address > orientation. So, you might have difficulty if you don't know which way a > page is supposed to be oriented. > the Epson scanner worked directly with Abby and didn't require the software > to scan the image first. IPal, well, forget that, I don't have $2000 for an > OCR solution, if I did, I would have to have a vary compelling business > reason to use OCR w > finally, the third program being discussed isAbbyy which apparently has the > best OCR, but has to be fed an image from either vuescan, or iPhoto. > The printer mentioned apparently works with Abbyy. > HTH > Carolyn > ]On Dec 12, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> So, if I go out and buy an Epson TX110 and Abby I should be able to use it >> without VuScan? >> >> >> On Dec 12, 2010, at 1:00 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: >> >>> My Epson TX110, standard at 100 dollars does the job perfectly With abbey >>> fine reader. >>> >>> >>> I don't want to insist with a dialogue which may jeopardize people's belief >>> in a device which does, irespective of price or squalor of features, very >>> interesting as there is a paltry ammount of books available over the net, >>> especially those that i look for. >>> >>> But it also, at least for me, come to personal dignity. I don't want to go >>> and beg for charity at this or that organization for a device which can >>> rationally and marketably be proposed for half the price if not more with >>> solid components. A church or a beneficial organization can instead then >>> concentrate on real applications and research to benefit all the blind >>> people at mid term instead of benefitting the little portion of blind >>> people who will go to lengths to apply for subsidies and other protracted >>> measures aimed at giving governements the clout to claim equality of >>> rights. This money is not wanted, at from my perspective, as it creates an >>> enteprise which is not up to par with what is really possible to do. Take >>> for example the US government which shifted it's internal systems from >>> buggy, slow and extremely expensive software from contractors to a >>> mainstream platform. This is exactly what i mean though i can't criticize a >>> device i have never touched and am just using this as a general direction . >>> >>> As for the makers of JAWS, i find it satirycal obviously and blatantly >>> ludicrous and effectively wasting subsidy money to spend a year's worth of >>> developement for a ffeature which allows you to Check basball and hockey >>> scores. This totally broke the deal for me at a point when i thought i >>> might have to get it for my cross platform network setup. Honestly, do they >>> really think blind people are just cultured for baseball and hockey? It's >>> such a an ironic situation that i almost cried after laughing my butt off >>> listening to the freedom scientific guys talk about it's rich features in >>> looking into details of the pro baseball season. >>> >>> On the other hand, this clarifies a much better view of the blind >>> community. There are many elderly blind individuals who have had sight >>> before and were probably fans of those sports, and this is where the money >>> is going, feature requests. And therefore those organizations with money >>> are pouring it in for basball and not interactivity or solutions to help >>> younger blind users increase their cultures and capacities. Make them >>> batmen and not baseballers. >>> >>> Sorry i'm getting carried away, i hope things go well with the eyepal and >>> perhaps i will still drop by my center to ask if they have one to demo, at >>> least i will have a concise opinion that will then be backed by all of the >>> above, or i can shut my mouth for all the reasons aforementioned :) >>> >>> best regards, >>> >>> Yuma DX® >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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