[nfb-talk] [nabs-l] Freedom Scientific Releases New and Improved OCRRecognition Software for JAWS and OpenBook, @ FreedomScientific News March 30 2012

Sun Apr 1 17:47:57 UTC 2012

Let's ask them to follow through!
Blessings, Joshua

On 4/1/12, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> The mobile app and handwriting support would be really awesome!
> It's the KNFB Reader, but on iOS devices; in other words, you
> don't have to get a special phone to work it.  Ray (on the NFB
> Talk list,) this might solve your problem with the documents you
> would need for jury duty! Oh wait...  it's a joke!! Really, FS?
> April fools? Now, let's see how many people call them; after all,
> they said to call them if we had any questions about their
> so-called development.  I was excited about that app and was
> going to download it on my iTouch today! Darn!! Maybe David
> Dunphy was right when he called them Freedom Science Fiction!
> (Grin!)
>
> Chris Nusbaum
>
> "For we walk by faith, not by sight."
> 2 Corinthians 5:7
>
> Sent from my BrailleNote
>
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> News March 30 2012
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> Subject: Freedom Scientific Releases New and Improved OCR
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> For Immediate Release:
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> Freedom Scientific Releases New and Improved OCR Recognition
> Software for JAWS and OpenBook
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> Well, wish and wonder no more! Freedom Scientific now has the
> solution!
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> Due to popular demand, and numerous emails and feedback requests
> from our users, Freedom Scientific has decided to step forward.
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> 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:
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> *	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!
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> 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 that 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.
>
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>
> 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 with 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!
>
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>
> Sincerely,
>
> The Freedom Scientific Team **************
>
> P.S.  April Fools! ☺ ☺ :)))
>
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