Thanks, Jonathan!
Kes
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From: "Jon Cohn"
To:
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: abby fine reader express question
Here is a link to the table of contents. The book is $10 and it devotes
about 30 pages to eliminating paper, 12 pages on wh
/TCoYourPaperlessOffice-1.0-sample.pdf
Jonathan
On May 21, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Kestrell wrote:
> What is the title and author of this book?
>
> Kestrell
> - Original Message - From: "Jon Cohn"
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 12:53 PM
> Subject: Re: ab
: Saturday, May 21, 2011 8:59 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: abby fine reader express question
>
> Hi Chris:
> Somehow, we need to find enough of people who don't want to settle for the
> less that is available for the Mac and scanning. I did
f 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 &
: Re: abby fine reader express question
Hi Chris:
Somehow, we need to find enough of people who don't want to settle for the
less that is available for the Mac and scanning. I did approach Freedom
science fiction about the possibility of developing a Mac-friendly openbook.
The response was sim
What is the title and author of this book?
Kestrell
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From: "Jon Cohn"
To:
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: abby fine reader express question
THere is a lot of complaining here... There is a take control book on
creating a paperl
Of course there is no reason why you cannot contact the developers of ABBYY and
express your issues with the driver situation. Perhaps there is something that
not all twain drivers are created equally. If enough people express concern, it
may be addressed.
There are options, so just need to find
Well, personally, I don't use vuscan, but I do use the software for my specific
scanner. Once the document has scanned, MPNavigator, automatically launches
Abby Fine reader. Then, I simply click the "create searchable PDF" button and
Abby does it's thing. It sounds much more complicated than
In my opinion, complaining can create a solution just as much as reading a
book. It all depends on how, and who, you complain to.
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org
On May 21, 2011, at 3:43 PM, carolyn Haas wrote:
> Hi John:
> Very aw
An iPhone? OCR is hardly its strong suit. lol. Most people I know, including
myself, get so so results at best using OCR apps for the iPhone.
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org
On May 21, 2011, at 3:06 PM, carolyn Haas wrote:
> Hi C
Hi John:
Very awesome. I only enough to get into trouble or make it. I even thought
about starting a letter campaign to some developers. But, I'd really rather be
part of a solution.
Carolyn
On May 21, 2011, at 10:53 AM, Jon Cohn wrote:
> THere is a lot of complaining here... There is a ta
Hi Chris:
Well, as long as people keep settling for poor scan times, or giving moneys to
companies that aren't interested in the potential market of blind Mac users, I
don't hold a lot of hope. I don't have the patience to wait for vuescan to do
it's thing and then send over to baby when I can
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...
Hi again Carolyn,
Unfortunately, it does seem that we as Mac users sometimes get short shrift.
Maybe we can somehow get this situation resolved somehow. It appears that
there are more and more blind people going to the Mac, so it would seem that
there would be enough people out there who woul
Hi Chris:
Somehow, we need to find enough of people who don't want to settle for the less
that is available for the Mac and scanning. I did approach Freedom science
fiction about the possibility of developing a Mac-friendly openbook. The
response was simply tha they weren't aware of any plans
Well at least for me, ABBYY works perfectly with my HP all-in-one. The reason
is ABBYY gets along with the twain driver of the HP software, which itself is
quite accessible. S don't tell HP that, they may just screw things up. :)
On May 21, 2011, at 3:11 AM, Christopher Peppel wrote:
> Hi Ca
Hi Carolyn,
I bought Abbyfinereader $99.00 figuring that it would be an inexpensive way to
scan. It would not work with my scanner which is a Canoscan lide 90. When
Docuscan came along, I deleted the other one and just considered it a bad job.
The problem is that we are given outdated scan e
If I remember correctly, people often used a different program to scan because
Abbyy is not good at making friends with a lot of scanners. So, people find it
easier to scan with iPhoto or Vuescan and use baby for it's superior OCR and
multi-lingual capabilities.
Carolyn
On May 20, 2011, at 7:
Honestly Jenny, I don't really remember what my issue was with ABBYY Fine
Reader. I was under the impression you needed to scan with Vuscan, and then
open the file in ABBYY Fine Reader to do the OCR on it. Is this correct?
On May 20, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Jenny Wood wrote:
> Yes, Abby Fine Reader
Yes, Abby Fine Reader is $99. Hmmm, what type of problem were you having with
it? I am assuming you already have the correct driver and software installed
for your scanner? And you're right, it would be ideal to have access to a
program that would allow you to scan, recognize and read all in
Hi Kimberly:
Melissa, my Apple partner is going to get a copy of Abby, trial version and
check it out for me. I did the same thing you did and lost my trial. I don't
mind paying for a good scan/OCR program, but I don't consider the mac
solutions offered to be worth it. To pay for an internet
Actually, I didn't think it took terribly long to process, but I just don't
know if I want to drop $299 on it right now. I just wish there was another
solution on the Mac that didn't require using to applications to get a scanned
document, as is the case with needing to use Vuscan and then ABBY
Personally, I think Docuscan works rather well with a flatbed scanner. My only
hangup with it is the "cloud-only issue and the time in which it takes to
process a single page.
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On May 19, 2011, at
Hi Kimberly:
If it weren't cloud based and would work with my scanner, I'd be sold. But,
for that kind of money, I want to be pretty assured of it's security. I read
somewhere that the US government's accessibility team is working on multiple
cloud-based solutions to meet the needs of internet
Ricardo:
Thanks for the tip. I didn't realize it would work with a scanner.
On May 19, 2011, at 7:16 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> The cloud issue is valid but, you don't need a camera. My photo smart all in
> one worked just fine.
>
> hth
>
> Ricardo Walker
> rwalker...@gmail.com
> Twitter,
My Cannon Canoscan 220 worked great too. I haven't shelled out the $299 yet.
I keep hoping for a less expensive solution. My demo of ABBYY Fine Reader
Express ran out before I could get it going, so I don't know how well it works.
Vuscan works well though, as the driver software with the sca
The cloud issue is valid but, you don't need a camera. My photo smart all in
one worked just fine.
hth
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org
On May 19, 2011, at 7:34 PM, carolyn Haas wrote:
> I haven't yet. I'm a lousy shot with a came
I haven't yet. I'm a lousy shot with a camera, and I thought that one needed
to use one.:)
And then there's the issue of the cloud for doing the interpreting. I think
it's easy enough for my stuff to get compromised without sending mail to the
cloud for perusal.:)
Carolyn
On May 19, 2011, a
Hi,
Have you tried docuscan?
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org
On May 19, 2011, at 12:20 AM, carolyn Haas wrote:
> Hi Jenny:
> I have a canon mp160, and an hp photosmart d10. My canon scans far faster
> than the HP, which surprised
Hi Jenny:
I have a canon mp160, and an hp photosmart d10. My canon scans far faster than
the HP, which surprised me. That was using Openbook. Working with Vuescan was
very slow with both scanners I used up my trial of Abbyy before I could do much
with it. But, I hear it's pretty persnickety a
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
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 ha
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
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. TIA for
any input.
Carolyn
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