[nfbcs] OCR software for Windows

[John Heim]

Tesseract.  Yeah, I know the commercial packages do stuff like column 
recognition,etc. But considering the price difference, I'll stick with what 
I've got.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Barbour" <jbar at barcore.com>; <0 at barcore.com>; <215 at barcore.com>; 
<0c at barcore.com>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] OCR software for Windows


> Hey John,
>
> So, as another linux user, I've yet to find an OCR engine that can
> come close to what you'd get with An Open Book or K1000.
>
> What OCR engine are you running on your Linux box?
>
> Looking forward to the answer,
>
> Jim
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 09:08:18AM -0500, John Heim wrote:
>> $500! Holy cow. Glad I'm primarily a linux user.  I don't even know how 
>> to
>> burn a CD in Windows. (And, no, I am not interested in learning.) Anyway, 
>> I
>> set up a scanner/reader for nothing in linux. I even got the scanner 
>> itself
>> for nothing because there are no drivers for it for XP (much less Win7) 
>> but
>> linux supports it.  So to avoid the fee for sending it to the landfill, 
>> the
>> previous owner just gave it to me.
>>
>> There's another business opportunity ffor someone. Set up a Raspberry Pie 
>> as
>> a dedicated document scanner/reader.  The whole thing would cost less 
>> than
>> $500 including computer, keyboard, & scanner.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rasmussen, Lloyd" <lras at loc.gov>
>> To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:15 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] OCR software for Windows
>>
>>
>> >A lot will depend on her proficiency and persistence with the computer.
>> >DocuScan Plus may require an internet connection; I'm not quite sure. 
>> >It
>> >is from Serotek, the people who make System Access and other programs 
>> >and
>> >services.  Text Cloner was from Premier Assistive Technology in 
>> >Michigan;
>> >I haven't heard anything about them lately.  Many scanners include demo 
>> >or
>> >low-functioning OCR software with their driver discs.
>> >
>> >For scanning at home, I use Omnipage, from Nuance.  The most automatic 
>> >way
>> >to use it, once it is set up, is to run it as a plug-in to a word
>> >processor, preferably Word.  It does not offer automatic reading of a 
>> >page
>> >while the next page is scanned, but I don't find this to be much of a
>> >disadvantage.  And it costs $500 for the full package, which is a lot 
>> >less
>> >than for K1000 or OpenBook.
>> >
>> >Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer
>> >National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
>> >Library of Congress   202-707-0535
>> >http://www.loc.gov/nls
>> >The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those 
>> >of
>> >the Library of Congress, NLS.
>> >
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> >Behalf
>> >Of John Heim
>> >Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 5:59 PM
>> >To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>> >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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