[New-york-news] Accessing Print with OCR: This Thursday with Dennis Farro!

[Chancey Fleet]

Accessing Print with OCR: a workshop by Dennis Farro

Thursday, May 2, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

To register in person or via Google Hangouts, email ChanceyFleet at nypl.org
or leave a message at (212) 621-0627.

This workshop will provide an overview of the three main categories of
optical character recognition available to the blind community today. The
technology

behind OCR will be briefly explained followed by a demonstration of three
representative examples of scanning solutions. A stand-alone device, the
SARA

CE, a scanning software program, Kurzweill 1000, and several mobile
scanning apps including KNFB Reader and Office Lens will be discussed and
demonstrated.


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Chancey S. Fleet
Assistive Technology Coordinator
Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
(212) 621-0627
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