[Electronics-talk] OCR Scanners

Mon Jun 11 14:51:03 UTC 2012

If you're claiming that you are able to install an all-in-one scanner that 
has a built-in LCD display with nothing more than Voice Over, then you are 
either sighted or a liar.  Again, I have yet to encounter an all-in-one unit 
that does not require sighted help to set up.  Please provide the make and 
model number of an all-in-one scanner that you have successfully installed 
without sighted help using your beloved Mac.

Gerald

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gabe Vega" <theblindtech at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] OCR Scanners

> excuse me chop chop. are you telling me I'd come on to a public list, and 
> risk my credibility to potential customers that would  research me and say 
> something so outlandish that I would lie about being able to install 
> these? have you ever installed one of these on a mac? can you with 
> definite positivity tell me it can't be done? are you so brain washed by 
> jaws and windows that you can't believe that software is so much more 
> accessible as a standard on Mac OS?. believe it buddy, it happens every 
> day. this is why I use a mac.
> Gabe Vega - Sent from my Macbook Air
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> On Jun 11, 2012, at 5:36 AM, Gerald Levy wrote:
>
>>
>> Excuse me, but all-in-one scanner/printer/copier/fax units that have LCD 
>> displays whit onscreen menus most definitely need sighted assistance to 
>> set up.  There is no way a blind person can navigate through the menu 
>> options displayed on these units' built-in screens.  There are no 
>> all-in-one units on the market that have built-in speech of their own, so 
>> it doesn't matter whether you are using a Mac or a Windows PC with JAWS; 
>> you still need sighted help.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabe Vega" <theblindtech at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 8:24 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] OCR Scanners
>>
>>
>>> I would just like to note for mac owners these set ups where you need 
>>> sighted assistence with jaws are fully accessible with voiceover on the 
>>> mac, I've set up several of these for my job and I have to say, I wonder 
>>> why people keep themselves behind using such as outdated old day 
>>> technology.
>>> Gabe Vega - Sent from my Macbook Air
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>>> On Jun 11, 2012, at 5:20 AM, Elizabeth Campbell wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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"
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> 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"
>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> 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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