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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Does it work with Windows 10?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Justin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> NFBofSC [mailto:nfbofsc-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nancy VanderBrink via NFBofSC<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 1, 2017 8:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of South Carolina Mailing List <nfbofsc@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Nancy VanderBrink <nvanderbrink@icloud.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Nfbofsc] A $20 OCR Solution Becomes A Reality With KNFB Reader For Windows<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=entry-meta style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in'>An exciting article that might be interesting to folks who have a Windows PC and Who could benefit from text recognition on their computer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=entry-meta style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'>This article is courtesy of cool blind tech...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=entry-meta style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span class=entry-author><a href="https://coolblindtech.com/author/tomi-geczy/"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Tamas Geczy</span></a></span> On March 1, 2017<o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='margin-top:.05in;margin-bottom:.05in;box-sizing: border-box'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:2.4pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:19.5pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:17.5pt;color:black'>KNFB Reader has been a household name in text recognition for quite some time now, at least within the community. The original dreams of the Kurzweil solutions was to make KNFB affordable, even though back then it was still exclusively on Nokia phones. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:19.5pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'>Today, <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh6hqkk">KNFB Reader makes it to the Windows store </a>at a discounted price of just $19.99. This is a limited time price, one which is supported through a KNFB partnership with Microsoft, as <a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/accessibility/2017/03/01/a-look-back-and-a-look-ahead-at-accessibility-at-microsoft/">the company detailed in a blog post .</a> Developed also by Sensotec as on other platforms, The app has received extensive testing and now provides a low-cost cross-device solution which is simple to install and operate. Currently, Desktop OCR (or at least specifically designed for the blind) have been limited to bulky, multi-gigabyte software such as Openbook or Kurzweil 14. With this, not only does a $20 OCR app become a reality from a dream, but users can save quite the space by using it over other solutions. It will even allow you to use the built-in camera of your laptop, which would turn any computer into a cheap and probably less-accurate, but still usable, scanning solution. If you’re an advanced user with multiple scanners, there is a combo-box in the app which will let you choose these. <o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:19.5pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'>All in all, the new KNFB Reader Windows Store app should appeal both to expert and beginner users, and once purchased, you can use it on other Windows store devices also. <o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:19.5pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'>Note: This post was updated to reflect latest announcements by Microsoft. Continue following CSUN 2017 coverage here through Cool Blind Tech to receive last-minute changes to information, any time. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=70 height=70 style='width:.7291in;height:.7291in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://coolblindtech.com/wp-content/plugins/userpro/img/default_avatar_male.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:17.5pt;font-weight:normal'>About Tamas Geczy</span><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Tamas is a lover of technology without a platform bias. He Covers mainly Android news and material here at Cool Blind Tech, though he enjoys working with all of the major technological platforms as they each have specific benefits. A college graduate from Ohio, he loves to rock climb or hike, enjoys tasting tea, and codes for a hobby in his spare time.<br>You can follow him on Twitter, <a href="http://twitter.com/tomi91">@Tomi91 </a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=must-log-in style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>