I do not think you are going to see a lot of effort expended on OCR packages for the blind for a few reasons. One is that the mainstream solutions are becoming more and more accessible, and the 3rd party funders of the expensive blindness oriented solutions do not have the funds that they used to have, and are steering blind consumers towards the mainstream solutions. Another thing to consider is that we are moving more and more away from paper, and towards electronic documents. A good case in point is my workplace. I seldom get any hard copy documents any more. Everything is either an Email message, or a Word or Excel document received via Email attachment. Even the heavy hitters like K1000 and Open Book are coming out with fewer major updates because there is less and less to update. Serotek came out with Docuscan for the mac because they are third, and thus have to try harder, and they are looking to exploit whatever holes the top two haven't filled. Doesn't Eye-Pal work with the Mac?
Andy "I'm pretty good at drinkin beer." -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jon Cohn Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:54 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: abby fine reader express question THere is a lot of complaining here... There is a take control book on creating a paperless office that recommends good OCR scanners and a program or two to create "Searchable" PDF files. I don't know of anybody in the blind community that has reviewed this book and tested the solution. So... I will buy the book and do a Sunday project to see how well that solution might work for us. I will report back on MOnday In the mean time, let us stop complaining and start looking at real solutions. Best regards, Jonathan On May 18, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: > Hi Carolyn, > > Just out of curiosity, what type of scanner do you have? I think you may have told me before, but I think I need a refresher. :-) I will say that as a follow-up to our docuscan discussion, I really started digging further into scanning possibilities for my mac. I tried a program called Exactscan Pro, which was sort of okay, but I was disappointed with the quality of the recognition. However, I also downloaded a trial version of Abby Fine Reader, and I actually wound up purchasing it within the first couple of days. I am very impressed with the recognition, and it works very well with my scanner and scanner software. My only complaint at all about this program, is simply the fact I have to launch the scanner software separately to begin the scanning process, and that Abby asks you to save the file before reviewing it. Having said that, it really comes down to an extra button push or two difference from what I might get out of K1000. I have used it intensely since having bought it. I intend to continue using it even once I get Fusion up and running. I will use K1000 primarily for larger scanning projects, since it will allow me to scan repeatedly without necessarily having to save anything. As far as going through the daily mail or random papers around the house, Abby does the job perfectly. > > -- > > Jenny Wood > Phone: (972) 989-3894 > Email: kc5...@gmail.com > Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni > > > > > On May 18, 2011, at 1:52 PM, carolyn Haas wrote: > >> Hi John: >> That's one reason I haven't made that little investment. If I'm >> going to buy that app, I don't want to have to jump through lots of >> hoops to use it. I have to say this is one area where accessibility >> really could use a proberveal kick in the pants--Ok, upgrade.:) >> >> I absolutely hate having to tell people I need to use the PC to scan most conveniently. >> >> Thank you for your input. >> Carolyn >> >> On May 18, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Jon Cohn wrote: >> >>> I have done this with TIFF and PostScript files. >>> >>> Even though I got a copy of Abby (old version) with my scanner, the new Abby does not recognise my Epson Perfection scanner. >>> >>> >>> On May 18, 2011, at 1:21 PM, carolyn Haas wrote: >>> >>>> Hi: >>>> I'm debating about purchasing Abbyy for my Mac to access it's ocr capabilities. I am wondering from someone who uses it whether I can upload an image to it from, for example, an email attachment and have it convert to text. 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