[nfbcs] Convenient OCR HOW TO?

Sat Jan 11 18:41:00 UTC 2014

Yes, OCR is available in 13 and later versions.

Chris Nusbaum, Secretary
Maryland Association of Blind Students

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> On Jan 11, 2014, at 1:00 PM, "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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