[nfbcs] OCR software for Windows

[Frendly_Nadia]

I found something and it is free and open gpl. http://de.pdfforge.org/
It is called PDF Creater, yes i know so creative in the name of the
program but it works quite well give it a shot and let me know what
you think.

On 3/26/12, Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com> wrote:
> What about Docuscan Plus?  http://www.docuscanplus.com/
>
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 03:31:21PM -0700, Humberto Avila wrote:
>> Unfortunately, I find myself researching such question myself and I have
>> gotten to the point where I can say that there is no free or low-cost
>> software for OCR that one can use with scanners. Not that I can think of,
>> anyways, for the visually impaired. However, I believe that many scanners
>> come with an installation CD with software loaded in it that may contain
>> OCR
>> software for use with popular word processing programs out there. The only
>> problem is, that these built-in, off-the-shelf, OCR packaged software that
>> comes with scanners and / or that can be downloaded from the scanner's
>> manufacturer's support page as drivers, do not have the quality and
>> accuracy
>> of products that cost big bucks just like Openbook and curtzwale 1000 that
>> I'm sure most have come to love.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of John Heim
>> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 2:59 PM
>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>> Subject: [nfbcs] OCR software for Windows
>>
>> My Lions Club got a call from a blind woman who needs help with her
>> computer. Its running some version of Microsoft Windows. Probably XP. She
>> has a scanner but has no software for it. Does anyone have a
>> recommendation
>> for free or low-cost OCR software for Windows?
>>
>>
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