[nfbcs] Convenient OCR HOW TO?

Sat Jan 11 18:36:29 UTC 2014

OK, I'll play with it later this afternoon.
Another Question:
Copy speech history?
How is this done?  What use is it?
Can you walk / talk me through that too? LOL!

Ian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Convenient OCR HOW TO?

: 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
: To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
: 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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