No ocr cant but you can scan it into an image. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> 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 at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
