[nfbcs] Convenient OCR HOW TO?

Sat Jan 11 18:00:30 UTC 2014

I'm pretty sure that it is in 13. If you want just the current window
OCR'ed, then press JAWS key (insert and/or backspace depending on what
keyboard layout you are using), then o, then w. JAWS says, "OCR started."
Then "finished.", and the JAWS cursor is active. As soon as you switch back
to the PC cursor, you lose the OCR.
	Okay, this is kind of silly, and it would take a long time, and you
would not have the formatting, but, theoretically, if you wanted to save
what you had OCR'ed with the latest version of JAWS, you could read the
entire screen and then, given that the history was long enough, copy the
speech history.

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of I. C. Bray
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 9:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Convenient OCR HOW TO?

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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