[Pibe-division] question about ocr products and microsoft scanner

[Sara Rooz]

Hi:
I've already tried out the demonstrations of two popular ocr software for the blind which are: open book from Freedom Scientific and Kurzweill 1000. 1. What are other peoples impressionof each ocr product for the blind in terms of accuracy of scanning and ocr recognition of printed material? 2. Have other blind people tried to use microsoft scanning program? If anyone has used this program how does this program work with the ocr recognition feature? 

My initial impressions of the blindness ocr products are the following: Regarding open book, I have found it easier to learn how to scan a document and save the document in various formats. Regarding Kurzweill 1000, I have it initially a bit more difficult to understand how to scan a documen and save a document. Regarding the accuracy of recognition, I find either product despite the specific ocr recognition software doesn't provide a good record of accurately recognizing the texton a book that is pprinted.

Regarding microsoft scanning, I've learnt how to scan a document but don't know what to do to ensure that the words are recognized upon scanning in a printed page. I've already enabled ocr recognition. 
Well, I am open to everyone's opinion about this topic.
Thanls for reading my post.
Sara Rooz
Blind certified teacher of the blind and visually impaired in new york
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