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

Thu Jul 19 01:42:05 UTC 2012

Has FS ever given out press releases?
I've never seen one and I've had Jaws for at least 8 years! (Goodness I feel 
old...)
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message----- 
From: David Andrews
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 6:33 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fw: [braille-n-teach] Freedom Scientific Releases New 
and Improved OCR Recognition Software for JAWS and OpenBook

You can tell it is a hoax because of how poorly it is written.  FS
can write a much better press release!

Dave

At 01:55 PM 7/18/2012, you 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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