[Electronics-talk] OCR Scanners

[Elizabeth Campbell]

Hello all,

I recently purchased the Epson Workforce 545 all-in-one unit, and i'm quite 
happy with it.

I bought it on sale from Best Buy for $99,and the sales clerk let me test it 
with the K1000 software version 12 before I purchased the product.

The initial printer setup and software installation, including setting up 
the wireless features, requires sighted assistance. However, once everything 
is installed, the Epson works quite nicely.

I can even scan without having the machine connected to my computer which is 
nice.

Have a great day all.

Liz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JULIE PHILLIPSON" <jbrew48 at verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] OCR Scanners


> Linda for what its worth I have had four or five scanners over the years 
> and I think any flat bed scanner will do what you want.  It is the 
> software that is the key I once had an HP deskjet all in one that worked 
> fine right out of the box.  It even had its own OCR software and I just 
> had to configure it to automatically do that.  The printing function 
> wasn't that great though and used a lot of ink.  I have an Epson now and 
> its software is not very accessible I can't install it myself at all but 
> once it is ready I can use it better but I can only get it to do PDF 
> format and it is not accessible PDF so then it has to be run through the 
> other program to make it usable. scans great but I have to use it with OCR 
> software such as openbook or K1000 the scanner is the cheep part of the 
> deal.  I don't know if HP software is the same as it was but I've heard it 
> is not but not sure.  Mind you it doesn't quite do all the things that 
> openbook or K1000 does but it reads it just fine.
> Julie Phillipson
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Linda Bloodsaw" <lbloodsaw2018 at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 6:00 PM
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] OCR Scanners
>
>
>>I need to buy a scanner in order to read my snail mail and other paper 
>>documents.  I am asking for recommendations.  Thanks.
>>
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