[blindLaw] Openbooks 9.0 by freedom scientific or Kurzweil 1000—for reading and writing

[rjaquiss at earthlink.net]

Hello:

     Personally, I prefer Kurzweil K1000. I like its user interface better than Openbook. Neither package has been updated in several years. I believe that Kurzweil and Vispero offer 30 day demo packages. If memory serves, you cannot have both packages installed at the same time due to a conflict with the various components.
A possible alternative may be Abbyy Finereader. The site is www.finereader.com
Abbyy does offer a free trial, but you can only scan a few pages. The information I have read indicates that FineReader will work directly with scanners.
Hope this helps.

Regards,
Robert


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Both of these products have not been developed in a long time with e age of AI .  

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Hello does anyone know if openbooks 9.0 by freedom Scientific is better or Kurzweil 1000

What has better ocr, better scanning and speed, better human like  voices and better features overall.

Also, when it comes to using openbooks or Kurzweil 1000 as a writing  tool for typing, are there any program  that are better than the other in these areas?

Also,  what is better in the overall department?

More importantly, for the purposes of law school, which software is better suited for handling law school workload like casebook reading and other books or handouts?

Lastly, which one is better for low vision use—partially sighted user.

I appreciate anyone feedback and insight here.


Thanks for everyone attention
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