[nfbcs] Convenient OCR HOW TO?

[I. C. Bray]

Steve et. al.,

Can you tell us again how to use the feature?
What version of JAWS was it first in.
I have 11 & 13 on my machine, do I have access to it?
I've never used it! LOL!  (Of course, I -am-
a noob tho... )

Ian



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Convenient OCR


: Nicole,
:
: Thank you.  I was aware of the feature but not the name for it, and I 
apparently misunderstood that it could be run outside of JFW.
:
: Best regards,
:
: Steve Jacobson
:
: On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:36:18 -0800, Nicole Torcolini at Home wrote:
:
: >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.
:
: >Sent from my iPhone
:
: >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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