[blindlaw] Scanning with Apple

[Daniel K. Beitz]

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:00 PM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Scanning with Apple

I find the Kurzweil programmes very clunky. Good for what they do but
clunky.
What do sighted people use for OCR?
On MAC or Windows?

I realize they don't have the same need of it.


On 3/13/12, Wmodnl <wmodnl at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a Mac and use K3000.  It works well when scanning books; that, 
> is about it.  It turns my scanner into a great decoration though since 
> it makes and creates more OCR errors.  You are better off with a 
> personal reader or going back to windows.
>
> William O'Donnell, distributor
> Organo Gold Enterprises, INC.
> www.willsholistics.organogold.com
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Mar 12, 2012, at 10:10 PM, "Andrew Webb" <awebb2168 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> First , I'd like to thank folks for the many helpful and substantive 
>> responses to my query last week about portable electronic devices.  
>> Apple IOS seems to be the popular choice, but I realize that there 
>> are other solutions as well, including the Victor Reader, Book Sense, 
>> neb books, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> For those using Apple devices, I wonder if any of you could comment 
>> on options for scanning documents for OCR?  It's my understanding 
>> that Kurzweil and Open Book are not compatible with Apple.  I believe 
>> that Apple has its own proprietary scanning program, but I have no 
>> idea if it is satisfactory.
>> I'm wondering if any of you use the Apple scanning program,  or do 
>> people just resort back to Kurzweil, OpenBook, etc. for these purposes?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>> Andrew
>>
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