[nfbcs] Convenient OCR

[Curtis Chong]

Steve:

Convenient OCR is a feature in JAWS which provides optical character
recognition of data on the screen. It sometimes works, but I have not been
one to depend overly much on it. If you have graphic images of text,
Convenient OCR is supposed to be able to try to get text out of those
graphics.

Cordially,

Curtis Chong



-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
Sent: January 10, 2014 12:22 PM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Subject: [nfbcs] Convenient OCR

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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