[blindLaw] OCR Question

[Aser Tolentino]

I prefer working with K1000 myself, and yes, OpenBook hasn’t been updated in something like a decade. TO be fair, K1000 hasn’t seen an update in about half a decade. FineReader and OmniPage are both perfectly serviceable options that cost half as much if that and give you equally usable OCR if you plan on using the finished product in a different application anyway. One advantage OpenBook has is that you can disable editing and just arrow around the document without fear of adding or modifying the scanned text. Once OCR has completed, K1000 drops you in something like a word processor.

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> On Jan 21, 2020, at 8:54 AM, rjaquiss via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Sanho:
> 
>     Unless it has been recently updated, OpenBook is an older program. I
> would look at Kurzweil K1000 or Abby FineReader. The K1000 software has a
> nice user interface designed for the blind. It is also more expensive. I
> haven't tried FineReader, but understand it is accessible. It is certainly
> less expensive than K1000. Kurzweil uses the FineReader and I think the
> Omnipage scanning engine. You can download OpenBook from Freedom Scientific
> and give it a try for free. The last I knew, you could also get a CD from
> Kurzweil which will run for 30 days. Hope this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Steele-Louchart via BlindLaw
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> Subject: [blindLaw] OCR Question
> 
> All,
> 
> VocRehab is purchasing me an OCR program. They recommend OpenBook. Can
> someone tell me the pros and cons of different OCR technologies, and
> which you'd recommend for legal work?
> 
> Warmth,
> Sanho
> 
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