From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.comcast.net ([24.153.64.2]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16mHTu-0006bp-00 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:56:34 -0500 Received: from cj2204215a (pcp706460pcs.alxndr01.va.comcast.net [68.50.5.81]) by mtaout01.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built Feb 6 2002)) with SMTP id <0GT200M2ZSDH1R@mtaout01.icomcast.net> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:56:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:49:08 -0500 From: Amanda Lee Subject: Re: Ot scanning software, was Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-id: <006901c1cd0a$8278b3c0$6501a8c0@alxndr01.va.comcast.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <20020316104420.A22362@uic.edu> Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: Amanda Lee List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: No ocr cant but you can scan it into an image. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" To: Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 11:44 AM Subject: Re: Ot scanning software, was Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster I didn't think that ocr could work with hand written stuff. Greg On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 07:27:42AM +0000, Toby Fisher wrote: > On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Amanda Lee wrote: > > > Still, if one has made an investment in one of these fine products which > > are indeed designed for persons who are blind but also are way above > > standard in terms of how they produce translation from print to text, as > > long as that product is reliable and works well for the individual, ther > > is no need really to dump one for the other as they are comparable in > > quality. > > I quite agree, each to his/her own. > > For me, I use Omnipage, which came with my scanner. Ok, it is not perfect > and I do not use it for heavy scanning, but it does a nice job on my mail, > some of which is hand-written and/or on coloured paper. I'm using a > relatively old version, 9.0, but it work fine for me. > Btw, I only paid #60 GB (about $75) for my scanner. > I suspect it wouldn't scan books too well, though I am going to try it > because it may come in useful elsewhere for me. > > Cheers. > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby@g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup