[nfb-talk] [nabs-l] Freedom Scientific Releases New andImproved OCRRecognition Software for JAWS and OpenBook, @ FreedomScientific News March 30 2012

Michael D. Barber michael.nfbi at gmail.com
Sun Apr 1 21:19:19 UTC 2012 

I very much doubt that Freedom scientific released this.  Someone  having
fun at our expense.

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Good idea.  Just don't know if handwriting support would be possible at all
with OCR...

Chris Nusbaum

"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
2 Corinthians 5:7

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Let's ask them to follow through!
Blessings, Joshua

On 4/1/12, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
 The mobile app and handwriting support would be really awesome!
 It's the KNFB Reader, but on iOS devices; in other words, you  don't have
to get a special phone to work it.  Ray (on the NFB  Talk list,) this might
solve your problem with the documents you  would need for jury duty! Oh
wait...  it's a joke!! Really, FS?
 April fools? Now, let's see how many people call them; after all,  they
said to call them if we had any questions about their  so-called
development.  I was excited about that app and was  going to download it on
my iTouch today! Darn!! Maybe David  Dunphy was right when he called them
Freedom Science Fiction!
 (Grin!)

 Chris Nusbaum

 "For we walk by faith, not by sight."
 2 Corinthians 5:7

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 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! ????:)))

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