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

Wed Jul 18 19:50:32 UTC 2012

thanks I will check it out
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hope Paulos" <hope.paulos at gmail.com>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fw: [braille-n-teach] Freedom Scientific 
ReleasesNewand Improved OCR Recognition Software for JAWS and OpenBook


> Hi there. I might have an app for you as far as reading notes on the door 
> if
> that's what you're wanting to do. Have you tried vizwiz? I've used this
> application to read vending machines, hand-written notes, rx numbers, and 
> I
> have even resolved computer problems with this application. It uses
> web-workers to answer any question you may have about a particular object.
> It's free, as well! Can't beat the price. I too am looking for an open 
> book
> OCR solution for IOS devices. <smile>
> Hope
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Brandon Keith Biggs
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 3:07 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fw: [braille-n-teach] Freedom Scientific Releases
> Newand Improved OCR Recognition Software for JAWS and OpenBook
>
> I'm so sorry, I see that now, I never put P.S. after the name, so I only
> read to the name...
> I was going to say, Kurzweil will have a time with this.
> *Sigh, back to asking non existent people what the note on the door says.
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hope Paulos
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 11:55 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fw: [braille-n-teach] Freedom Scientific Releases
> Newand Improved OCR Recognition Software for JAWS and OpenBook
>
> 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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