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

[Marianne Denning]

Sarah, I think you need to change some of the settings to get the best scan
in either Kurzweil or Open Book.  It takes some practice.  I have used
Kurzweil for over 15 years and find it very easy to scan a document.  It
can also scan a pdf file that cannot be recognized by the screen readers.
I don't know if Open Book can do that or not.  I guess my first question
would be what will be you be scanning most of the time and then try both
products to see which gives you the best results.

On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Sara Rooz <sararooz at gmail.com> wrote:

> **
> 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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