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<p class="MsoNormal">Accessing Print with OCR: a workshop by Dennis Farro</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, May 2, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To register in person or via Google Hangouts, email <a href="mailto:ChanceyFleet@nypl.org">ChanceyFleet@nypl.org</a> or leave a
message at (212) 621-0627.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This workshop will provide an overview of the three main
categories of optical character recognition available to the blind community
today. The technology</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">behind OCR will be briefly explained followed by a
demonstration of three representative examples of scanning solutions. A
stand-alone device, the SARA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CE, a scanning software program, Kurzweill 1000, and several
mobile scanning apps including KNFB Reader and Office Lens will be discussed
and demonstrated.</p>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Chancey S. Fleet<br></div>Assistive Technology Coordinator<br></div>Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library<br></div>(212) 621-0627<br><br><br></div></div>
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