[nfbcs] Other software for visually impaired

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

omnipage--very cheap and often comes with scanner, can be linked to word,
so when you open word, go to file and scan with scanner is at the bottom.
It scans and opens right in word. Yes, goofs, but not very many and easy to
read. That way all she has to do is stick paper in scanner, go to word and
scan and open it easily. No messing with scanning program. Then read
Denise

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Hyde, David W. (ESC) <
david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us> wrote:

> John, if she doesn't use it already, I'd certainly introduce her to System
> Access.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [nfbcs] Other software for visually impaired
>
> Folks,
>
> I've arranged to meet with the woman who I spoke about in an earlier
> message. She needs help with using her scanner on a Windows machine. I
> still don't know whether its Win XP or Win 7. I'm not too worried bout
> that. But I am going to put together a CD that I can use to install a
> couple of OCR packages for her to try out. What other software could I
> include on the CD?
> Keep in mind that this is a somewhat older woman who is a little
> overwhelmed by the world as it is. Forget about braille packages.
>
>
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 Denise

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