[nabs-l] Fw: [braille-n-teach] Freedom Scientific Releases New and Improved OCR Recognition Software for JAWS and OpenBook

Wed Jul 18 19:00:20 UTC 2012

Wow!
It's a hoax, because the address of the one sending it, isn't one from
Freedom Scientific's Website!
That's how I recognized it.
Blessings, Joshua

On 7/18/12, Hope Paulos <hope.paulos at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a hoax. Please look at the bottom of the message, the PS.
> Sincerely,
> Hope Paulos
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 18, 2012, at 2:45 PM, "Brandon Keith Biggs"
> <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello students,
>> I thought this would be quite a happy piece of news. I know this has
>> happened to me, and I think I may really consider bringing my Ipad with me
>> to school now.
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brandon Keith Biggs
>> -----Original Message----- From: Sonja Biggs
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 11:36 AM
>> To: brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com
>> Subject: FW: [braille-n-teach] Freedom Scientific Releases New and
>> Improved OCR Recognition Software for JAWS and OpenBook
>>
>>
>> Sonja Biggs, MA, TVI, COMS
>> Vista Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired
>> 2470 El Camino Real, Suite 107
>> Palo Alto, CA  94306
>> 650-833-9766
>>
>> "Dream the impossible dream...then live it!" --Brandon Keith Biggs, Age
>> 19, Blind Performer, LCA-CRB1
>>
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>> ________________________________________
>> From: Keith Christian [keithchristian at roadrunner.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 6:22 AM
>> To: Sonja Biggs
>> Subject: [braille-n-teach] Freedom Scientific Releases New and Improved
>> OCR Recognition Software for JAWS and OpenBook
>>
>> For Immediate Release:
>>
>> Freedom Scientific Releases New and Improved OCR Recognition Software for
>> JAWS and OpenBook
>>
>> Today, Freedom Scientific, one of the world's leading screen reading and
>> blindness product makers, has just recently developed and released a new
>> breakthrough in its line of products of assistive technology for blind and
>> visually impaired computer users.
>>
>>
>>
>> Have you ever wanted to take OpenBook? with you at all times anywhere you
>> can possibly go with it? Or even better, have you always wanted to be able
>> to pick up a handwritten note on a piece of paper and be able to read it
>> instantly just like anybody else? Or maybe you are one of those frustrated
>> students that are inundated with printed or handwritten material that you
>> can't read in or out of a classroom setting and you have to wait even
>> hours or days for somebody to read to you. Maybe you are at a conference,
>> you are given a business card or a simple handout that is important, and
>> you need to fill out or read along?
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, wish and wonder no more! Freedom Scientific now has the solution!
>>
>>
>>
>> Due to popular demand, and numerous emails and feedback requests from our
>> users, Freedom Scientific has decided to step forward.
>>
>>
>>
>> We have released a new, updated, and improved OCR recognition engine for
>> both, our Openbook? and JAWS? products. This bran new release includes
>> many new features, which include, but not limited to:
>>
>>
>>
>> * The ability to recognize smaller type font and better recognition of
>> columns in sophisticated tables, which can easily be confusing to read.
>> * The ability to recognize print on smaller pieces of print paper, such as
>> note slips or contact cards on the spot, with better print focus and not
>> the scanner bed or camera.
>> * Finally, the ability to recognize handwriting with about 85-90%
>> accuracy!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, that's right! Our new OCR engine has built-in support for handwriting
>> recognition. That means that you can either scan or place a handwritten
>> note from a co-worker, a spouse, or from a door, into your camera or
>> scanner of your choice, and Openbook? will automatically recognize it and
>> be able to read it with speech and / or Braille output from your preferred
>> synthesizer or Braille display! Not only this. You can open a .pdf, .jpg,
>> or .png image that someone sent you with handwriting over the email on
>> your computer, perform the OCR recognition command (JAWS 13 and later
>> only), and bingo! You will hear the handwriting being spoken out to you or
>> sent to your Braille display. Please note that these new features offered
>> by this improved version of the OCR engine for JAWS? or OpenBook? software
>> are only compatible with Openbook versions later than 8.0 and JAWS version
>> 13.0 or later. Please note users of JAWS earlier than 13.0, we will
>> release a version of the new OCR engine tha  t we released with JAWS 13.0
>> later this month, with the same features as the ones offered now, so you
>> aren't left out on these new features! This update to the OCR engine can
>> work with both 32- and 64-bit operating systems.
>>
>>
>>
>> Want some even more awesome news from our OpenBook? development team? We
>> have released OpenBook Mobile?, a scanning and reading solution app for
>> your iOS device! This means that you can use our popular scanning and
>> reading solution right from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, using
>> VoiceOver and the camera of your device! Yes, that's right, OpenBook? is
>> going mobile, and you will be able to take it anywhere you go that you
>> find printed material that you cannot read. You will be able to go on a
>> trip, be given an airport boarding pass, and you will no longer need
>> sighted assistance to see whether your plane was gone before you knew it,
>> or to see your flight information. You will be able to go to a church
>> service and be able to access printed booklets of hymns or group prayers
>> easily and independently without requesting sighted help. Even more
>> fantastic, you will be able to walk into a classroom door that appears to
>> have no one waiting with you, bump into a little sticky note wit  h your
>> finger below or above the Braille marking of the classroom number, and not
>> have to wait so many hours and precious study time trying to find out if
>> the instructor canceled the class or whatever other scheduling conflict
>> that might have occurred with that instructor. If you have an iPhone, iPod
>> Touch or iPad, you will get it out, snap a photo of that little sticky
>> note, and you will be able to find out what's wrong quickly, independently
>>  and immediately with the built-in handwriting recognition of the OCR
>> engine for OpenBook Mobile?! It's so easy!
>>
>>
>>
>> Currently, OpenBook Mobile? for iOS platforms is available at the Apple
>> iTunes store and it costs $2.99. This app is designed to fit any budget.
>> So, what are you waiting for? Purchase your OpenBook Mobile? app for your
>> iPhone / iPod / iPad now, and let your future shine today! The power of
>> technology and handwriting is in your hands, like never before!
>>
>>
>>
>> If you have any questions regarding these two new initiatives, don't
>> hesitate to give us a call at 1-800-444-4443 or e-mail us at
>> support at freedomScientific.com. We would like to hear from you and your
>> feedback!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> The Freedom Scientific Team **************
>>
>> P.S. April Fools! ? ? :)))
>>
>>
>>
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