[nabs-l] Tool for accessing print materials.

[christopher nusbaum]

Yes—RoboBraille is awesome! However, I still see a place for dedicated
OCR software, as RoboBraille can't scan printed text in a hardcopy
format. Even if a print document were scanned with a mainstream
scanner without OCR software, it would scan to either a JPEG or image
PDF file, which I don't think Robobraille can convert.

Chris Nusbaum

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> On Oct 4, 2013, at 4:42 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've been using RoboBraille for the past two years or so, after Vejas
> on this list told me about it. It's really amazing. I've stopped using
> Kurzweil because RoboBraille is more accurate, and free. Hoping this
> free service will help cut down on students' reliance on expensive OCR
> technology (which IMHO doesn't do as good of a job).
>
> Arielle
>
>> On 10/4/13, Dan Burke <dburke at cocenter.org> wrote:
>> Looking through the web site, it is RoboBraille.  Just a new home page that
>> emphasizes that it is somehow an initiative of and for higher education, and
>> without the language choices on the RoboBraille site.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>> Dan Burke
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Josh Gregory
>> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 5:10 AM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Tool for accessing print materials.
>>
>> Just pointing this out, but doesn't Robobraille pretty much do the same
>> thing?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Oct 4, 2013, at 6:59 AM, christopher nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Does this require that an account be set up?
>>>
>>> Chris Nusbaum
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Oct 4, 2013, at 1:33 AM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I saw the email about the Reading Project, and thought it would be a
>>>> good time to share a useful link.
>>>>
>>>> My university's Office of Learning Resources has just implimented a
>>>> tool that allows students to upload files of varrying filetypes to a
>>>> service that will convert them to accessible files and email them back
>>>> to you.  This is great for those times when your professor gives you a
>>>> last-minute worksheet, or if you just can't make it to the DS office
>>>> before it closes but don't want to wait another day to get your copy
>>>> of the homework.  It's called Sensus Access.  There are four easy
>>>> steps to getting your file converted, and emails usually reach my
>>>> inbox in 5 minutes or less.  I would highly recommend you talk to your
>>>> DS offices about it because, although the editting isn't perfect, it's
>>>> great for getting materials on demand.
>>>>
>>>> I've included a link so you can see the basics of what it's like.  I
>>>> can't vouch for if this site will work for everyone, (as I have to
>>>> actually access a page specific to my university and haven't used this
>>>> one before), but it looks like you might be able to test it out.
>>>> http://sensusaccess.com/
>>>> --
>>>> Kaiti
>>>>
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