[Electronics-talk] OCR Scanners

Mon Jun 11 19:49:57 UTC 2012

I'll vouch for him.  He's total.
Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] OCR Scanners

>
> 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" 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> 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
>>>> Phone Voice/Text: (623) 565-9357
>>>> Email: theblindtech at gmail.com
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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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