Some very good points. Thank you, David. Mark
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Tanner Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 5:31 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Question Regarding OCR Congratulations on getting the Pearl, but I would suggest to you that you not do away with your scanner completely. You will find times when a thick book or so;mething that you cannot keep flat without applying pressure is going to do better on a scanner. The Pearl has a fixed focus, meaning that if the document or book is to o thick it will be somewhat out of focus, and thus you will not get a good picture for recognition. Your choices then are to find something about the same thickness to place the camera on in order to get the text back in focus or place the document on a flatbed scanner to scan the document. The Hovercam with the DocuScan Plus works very nicely on the Mac once you get familiar with how to adjust the camera to just the right height to get the best picture. DocuScan Plus may not do everything that OpenBook does, but it does a lot and has many great features for $299, and once you purchase it you can use it both for Windows and Apple. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Erichsen" <serich...@gmail.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 5:41 PM Subject: RE: A Question Regarding OCR > Hi Mark, > > The Pearl will only work with OpenBOok 9.0 and will only work under > windows. > > The two options that work with the Mac are the hoverCam with DocuScan Plus > from Serotek and the EyePal. > > Personally I like the Pearl and OpenBOok as the accuracy is fantastic from > everything I've scanned. > > Cheers. > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor > Sent: Tuesday, 3 April 2012 8:31 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: A Question Regarding OCR > > Hello Everyone, > > In addition to being the proud owner of a Focus 40 Blue, I also obtained > Freedom Scientific's Pearl camera along with OpenBook 9.0. > > To put it simply, I am stunned with the OCR performance in both OpenBook > and > the accuracy of the camera along with the dazzling speed of the image > acquisition experience. > > I think what blows my mind the most is the motion detection that allows > one > to turn pages and when the new page is in view of the camera, it > automatically takes a photo and begins the OCR process. > > I swear it feels as though I have a sighted person reading for me. > > I could go on and on but ... > > I realize that the pearl has been out for quite some time and am wondering > if anyone knows if it will work with anything on the Mac. > > I know one thing for sure, with the Pearl in my toolbox, I have put my > scanner away for good. > > > Mark > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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. -- 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.
