[nfb-talk] Freedom Scientific Releases NewandImprovedOCRRecognition Software for JAWS and OpenBook, @ FreedomScientific News March 30 2012

Sun Apr 1 23:31:29 UTC 2012

Loved the joke, and would love to see the sex and 
blind people joke.  I don't remember ever seeing 
it...smile and happy April Fool's Day to all!
At 05:17 PM 4/1/2012, you wrote:
>Congratulations on an excellent april fools day 
>post.  Haven't seen anything this good since my 
>article on sex and blind people several years 
>ago.  And, if it's any consolation, many people 
>complained about that as well.  Apparently there 
>are lots of people who just don't read carefully 
>on this list (laugh). Again.  Congratulations. 
>Mike Bullis -----Original Message----- From: 
>nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>[mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>Of Ray Foret Jr Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 
>5:41 PM To: NFB Talk Mailing List Subject: Re: 
>[nfb-talk] Freedom Scientific Releases 
>NewandImprovedOCRRecognition Software for JAWS 
>and OpenBook, @ FreedomScientific News March 30 
>2012 Well, irrisponsible though it was, it was 
>well written. Sincerely, The Constantly 
>Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac 
>user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: 
>facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Apr 1, 2012, at 
>4:38 PM, Humberto Avila wrote: > Brian, I can 
>agree no more! Life should be taken soft, and 
>humor should be in our lives, and yes, an april 
>fools day joke perhaps, once a year. > > > 
>-----Original Message----- > From: 
>nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>[mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>Of Brian Miller > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 
>12:44 PM > To: 'NFB Talk Mailing List' > 
>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Freedom Scientific 
>Releases NewandImprovedOCRRecognition Software 
>for JAWS and OpenBook,@ FreedomScientific News 
>March 30 2012 > > Peter, > With all due respect, 
>it says April  Fools right at the bottom of the 
>message -- any tech company that went after a 
>prankster like this would be laughed out of 
>court. > > I admit to having been suckered in at 
>first too until I red the last bit -- it's the 
>sign of a superior April Fools product! > > 
>Laugh, it's just life! > > Brian M > > >> 
>-----Original Message----- >> From: 
>nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org >> 
>[mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>Of Peter Donahue >> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 
>2:26 PM >> To: NFB Talk Mailing List >> Subject: 
>Re: [nfb-talk] Freedom Scientific Releases 
>New >> andImprovedOCRRecognition Software for 
>JAWS and OpenBook,@ >> FreedomScientific News 
>March 30 2012 >> >> Hello Humberto and 
>everyone, >> >>    If I owned an adaptive tech 
>company and you pull >> something like this 
>related to one of my products you'd be >> 
>looking for an attorney by now. I don't care 
>what day it is >> this is really not funny 
>particularly when the person who did >> it 
>freely admits doing so. >> >> Peter 
>Donahue >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> 
>From: "Humberto Avila" 
><avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> >> To: "'NFB 
>Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> >> 
>Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 11:40 AM >> 
>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Freedom Scientific 
>Releases New and >> ImprovedOCRRecognition 
>Software for JAWS and OpenBook,@ >> 
>FreedomScientific News March 30 2012 >> >> >>> 
>Did you read the bottom of my message? >>> >>> 
>-----Original Message----- >>> From: 
>nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org >> 
>[mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] >>> On 
>Behalf Of Peter Donahue >>> Sent: Sunday, April 
>01, 2012 4:50 AM >>> To: NFB Talk Mailing 
>List >>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Freedom 
>Scientific Releases New and >> Improved >>> 
>OCRRecognition Software for JAWS and 
>OpenBook,@ >> FreedomScientific News >>> March 
>30 2012 >>> >>> Hello Joshua and 
>everyone, >>> >>>   Did you check their Web site 
>to verify if this is indeed >> the truth >>> or 
>an April fool? Before declaring this thing a 
>joke it's best to >>> check the technology 
>vendor's Web site to determine if >> 
>announcements >>> like this are indeed fact or 
>if they're fiction. >>> >>> Peter 
>Donahue >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> 
>From: "Joshua Lester" 
><jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> >>> To: "NFB 
>Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> >>> 
>Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 3:28 AM >>> 
>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Freedom Scientific 
>Releases New and >> Improved >>> OCR Recognition 
>Software for JAWS and OpenBook, @ 
>FreedomScientific >>> News March 30 
>2012 >>> >>> >>> Lame joke! >>> Blessings, 
>Joshua >>> >>> On 4/1/12, Humberto Avila 
><avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> 
>From: @ Freedom Scientific News >>>> 
>[mailto:freedomscientificnews at freedomscientific.com]  
> >>>> 
><mailto:%5bmailto:freedomscientificnews at freedomscientific.com%5d>  
> >>>> >>>> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:35 
>PM EDT >>>> >>>> To: Humberto Avila 
>[mailto:avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com] >>>> 
><mailto:%5bmailto:avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com%5d>  
> >>>> >>>> Subject: Freedom Scientific Releases 
>New and Improved OCR >> Recognition >>>> 
>Software for JAWS and 
>OpenBook >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Having trouble 
>viewing this email? Click >>>> >> 
><http://www.freedomscientific.com/news/2012-03-31/fs-releases-new-imp  
> >>>> 
>roved-ocr-software-openbook-jaws.html> >>>> here 
>to view in a browser. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 
>For Immediate 
>Release: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 
>Freedom Scientific Releases New and Improved 
>OCR >> Recognition Software >>>> for JAWS and 
>OpenBook >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Today, Freedom 
>Scientific, one of the worldâ€™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 OpenBookÂ® 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 canâ€™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 
>OpenbookÂ® and JAWSÂ® 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, 
>thatâ€™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 OpenbookÂ® 
>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 
>JAWSÂ® or OpenBookÂ® 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 arenâ€™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 OpenBookÂ® >> development 
>team? We >>>> have released OpenBook MobileÂ®, 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, thatâ€™s right, 
>OpenBookÂ® 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 >> whatâ€™s 
>wrong >>>> quickly, independently  and 
>immediately with the built-in >> 
>handwriting >>>> recognition of the OCR engine 
>for OpenBook MobileÂ®! Itâ€™s so 
>easy! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Currently, OpenBook 
>MobileÂ® 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 MobileÂ® >> 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, donâ€™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! â˜º 
>â˜º :))) >>>> >>>> 
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