[nfbmi-talk] Freedom Scientific releases improved OCR for Jaws 13and OpenBook

Mon Apr 2 00:44:01 UTC 2012

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>----- Original Message ----- From: "fred olver" <goodfolks at charter.net>
>To: <blindad at babel-fish.us>
>Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 2:51 PM
>Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Freedom Scientific 
>releases improved OCR for Jaws 13and OpenBook
>
>
>For Immediate Release:
>
>
>
>Freedom Scientific Releases New and Improved OCR 
>Recognition Software for JAWS and OpenBook
>
>
>Today, Freedom Scientific, one of the world's 
>leading screen reading and blindness product 
>makers, has just recently developed and released a new breakthrough
>in its line of products of assistive technology 
>for blind and visually impaired computer users.
>
>
>Have you ever wanted to take OpenBook® with you 
>at all times anywhere you can possibly go with 
>it? Or even better, have you always wanted to be able to
>pick up a handwritten note on a piece of paper 
>and be able to read it instantly just like 
>anybody else? Or maybe you are one of those frustrated students
>that are inundated with printed or handwritten 
>material that you can't read in or out of a 
>classroom setting and you have to wait even hours or days for
>somebody to read to you. Maybe you are at a 
>conference, you are given a business card or a 
>simple handout that is important, and you need to fill out or
>read along?
>
>
>Well, wish and wonder no more! Freedom Scientific now has the solution!
>
>
>Due to popular demand, and numerous emails and 
>feedback requests from our users, Freedom 
>Scientific has decided to step forward.
>
>
>We have released a new, updated, and improved 
>OCR recognition engine for both, our Openbook® 
>and JAWS® products. This bran new release includes many new
>features, which include, but not limited to:
>
>
>* The ability to recognize smaller type font and 
>better recognition of columns in sophisticated 
>tables, which can easily be confusing to read.
>* The ability to recognize print on smaller 
>pieces of print paper, such as note slips or 
>contact cards on the spot, with better print focus and not the
>scanner bed or camera.
>* Finally, the ability to recognize handwriting with about 85-90% accuracy!
>
>
>
>Yes, that's right! Our new OCR engine has 
>built-in support for handwriting recognition. 
>That means that you can either scan or place a handwritten note
>from a co-worker, a spouse, or from a door, into 
>your camera or scanner of your choice, and 
>Openbook® will automatically recognize it and be able to read
>it with speech and / or Braille output from your 
>preferred synthesizer or Braille display! Not 
>only this. You can open a .pdf, .jpg, or .png image that
>someone sent you with handwriting over the email 
>on your computer, perform the OCR recognition 
>command (JAWS 13 and later only), and bingo! You will hear
>the handwriting being spoken out to you or sent 
>to your Braille display. Please note that these 
>new features offered by this improved version of the OCR
>engine for JAWS® or OpenBook® software are only 
>compatible with Openbook versions later than 8.0 
>and JAWS version 13.0 or later. Please note users of JAWS
>earlier than 13.0, we will release a version of 
>the new OCR engine that we released with JAWS 
>13.0 later this month, with the same features as the ones
>offered now, so you aren't left out on these new 
>features! This update to the OCR engine can work 
>with both 32- and 64-bit operating systems.
>
>
>Want some even more awesome news from our 
>OpenBook® development team? We have released 
>OpenBook Mobile®, a scanning and reading solution app for your iOS
>device! This means that you can use our popular 
>scanning and reading solution right from your 
>iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, using VoiceOver and the camera
>of your device! Yes, that's right, OpenBook® is 
>going mobile, and you will be able to take it 
>anywhere you go that you find printed material that you cannot
>read. You will be able to go on a trip, be given 
>an airport boarding pass, and you will no longer 
>need sighted assistance to see whether your plane was
>gone before you knew it, or to see your flight 
>information. You will be able to go to a church 
>service and be able to access printed booklets of hymns
>or group prayers easily and independently 
>without requesting sighted help. Even more 
>fantastic, you will be able to walk into a classroom door that appears
>to have no one waiting with you, bump into a 
>little sticky note with your finger below or 
>above the Braille marking of the classroom number, and not have
>to wait so many hours and precious study time 
>trying to find out if the instructor canceled 
>the class or whatever other scheduling conflict that might
>have occurred with that instructor. If you have 
>an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, you will get it 
>out, snap a photo of that little sticky note, and you will
>be able to find out what's wrong quickly, 
>independently  and immediately with the built-in 
>handwriting recognition of the OCR engine for OpenBook Mobile®!
>It's so easy!
>
>
>Currently, OpenBook Mobile® for iOS platforms is 
>available at the Apple iTunes store and it costs 
>$2.99. This app is designed to fit any budget. So, what
>are you waiting for? Purchase your OpenBook 
>Mobile® app for your iPhone / iPod / iPad now, 
>and let your future shine today! The power of technology and
>handwriting is in your hands, like never before!
>
>
>If you have any questions regarding these two 
>new initiatives, don't hesitate to give us a 
>call at 1-800-444-4443 or e-mail us at
>support at freedomScientific.com.
>We would like to hear from you and your feedback!
>
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>The Freedom Scientific Team **************
>
>P.S. April Fools! ? ? :)))
>
>Fred Olver
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