[nfbcs] Convenient OCR

[Nicole Torcolini at Home]

It is a feature that is available in the newer versions of JAAWS for recognizing text. However, it has several drawbacks, incuding that it ony recognizes the portion of the texxt that is on the screen, it tends to make more mistakes than other software, and you cannot save the text.

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On Jan 10, 2014, at 11:22 AM, "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com> wrote:

Curtis,

What is Convenient OCR?  

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

> On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 07:43:33 -0700 (GMT-07:00), Curtis Chong wrote:
> 
> Greetings:

> If Convenient OCR does not work, then I fear there is no good way to get at the image without another program. The approach of stopping JAWS,
capturing the image by copying it to the clipboard, then pasting the image into Word can work, but this, too, relies on Convenient OCR, which (unless I am 
missing somethiing) may the the only OCR solution you have on your computer at work.

> It's worth considering purchasing ABBYY FineReader (for a longer term solution) which costs around $170. I know this does not solve your immediate
problem<sigh>.

> Cordially,

> Curtis Chong

> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>> Sent: Jan 10, 2014 6:36 AM
>> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nfbcs] "empty" pdf
>> 
>> I've received a pdf attachment with a file length of 35 KB, but when I
>> open it Adobe says it's an empty document.
>> If I were at home, I'd feed it through Kurzweil, but I don't have Kurzweil
>> on this PC.
>> I tried Jaws convenient OCR, but it wouldn't start.
>> Are there other ways to get at the data in this doc?
>> Thanks.
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
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