[nfbcs] OCR software for Windows

[Jim Barbour]

What about Docuscan Plus?  http://www.docuscanplus.com/

Jim

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 03:31:21PM -0700, Humberto Avila wrote:
> Unfortunately, I find myself researching such question myself and I have
> gotten to the point where I can say that there is no free or low-cost
> software for OCR that one can use with scanners. Not that I can think of,
> anyways, for the visually impaired. However, I believe that many scanners
> come with an installation CD with software loaded in it that may contain OCR
> software for use with popular word processing programs out there. The only
> problem is, that these built-in, off-the-shelf, OCR packaged software that
> comes with scanners and / or that can be downloaded from the scanner's
> manufacturer's support page as drivers, do not have the quality and accuracy
> of products that cost big bucks just like Openbook and curtzwale 1000 that
> I'm sure most have come to love. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of John Heim
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 2:59 PM
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> Subject: [nfbcs] OCR software for Windows
> 
> My Lions Club got a call from a blind woman who needs help with her 
> computer. Its running some version of Microsoft Windows. Probably XP. She 
> has a scanner but has no software for it. Does anyone have a recommendation 
> for free or low-cost OCR software for Windows?
> 
> 
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