[blindlaw] bulk scanners

Wed Apr 25 20:18:58 CDT 2007

Hello:

     Has anyone tried running the latest version of Abbyy on a PC that has 
K1000 on it? Its possible to download demo versions of Abbyy and I have 
thought of thrying it, but didn't want to mess up my K1000.

Regards,

Robert Jaquiss

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Elder" <tim at timeldermusic.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] bulk scanners


> The version of ABBYY and Scansoft that the Kurzwell uses are older 
> versions.
> ABBYY and Nuance would put themselves out of business for a large customer
> base if they licensed their latest release to competitors.  If all you 
> want
> is pure OCR then ABBYY is probably the way to go.  If you want a bunch of
> other extra tools than perhaps Kurzwell is a better choice.
> Tim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of albert griffith
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 7:56 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] bulk scanners
>
> Since the K1000 program uses Abby as one of its OCR. packages, how could
> this be accurate?  It also uses Scansoft's OCR. program so you have 
> choices.
> I'm not blindly loyal to the folks at Kurzweil  but it seems the word
> processing, format conversion, and note taking features would make it a 
> more
> blind user friendly package.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sarah Clark
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:56 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] bulk scanners
>
> Well it would depend on how accurate you'd like your scanning and how much
> work you'd be willing to do to fix the errors.
> We have compared Abbyy, Kursweil and OmniPage on the same book (on 
> numerous
> occasions), giving each of them a chance individually to recognize the 
> same
> text.  Abbyy did a much better job, with far fewer errors than any of the
> others.  OmniPage is a good program too, but in our experience Abby has
> consistently performed better.
>
> Sarah
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "albert griffith" <albertpgriffith at hotmail.com>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 5:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] bulk scanners
>
>
>>I think if I had allot of scanning to do, I'd purchase one of the OCR.
>> programs designed for the blind.  I prefer Kurzweil's but Freedom
>>Scientific  has one as well.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of Locke Milholland
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 5:39 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] bulk scanners
>>
>> Does the ABBYY  fine reader software require extra Jaws scripting, or
>> is it user friendly as is?
>>
>> Locke
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dennis Clark" <dennisgclark at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 4:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] bulk scanners
>>
>>
>>> Hi Joe,
>>> You've got it.  The pages in the document feeder have both sides
>>> scanned at once.  This is of course user selectable, so if your
>>> document has printing on only one side, you would make that
>>> selection.  My practice is to have the binder cut off my books at
>>> Kinko's, and then scan them using the document feeder in duplex mode.
>>> I then use ABBYY Finereader to perform OCR on the images.  You can
>>> then save the document in RTF format.  The RTF document can then be
>>> read with Kurzweil or Word.
>>> All the best,
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:02 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] bulk scanners
>>>
>>>
>>>>    My ignorance is going to show prominently, but can someone
>>>> describe the characteristics of a duplex scanner?  Currently, I have
>>>> a Cannon flatbed LiDe something or other.  I scan pages one at a
>>>> time, rather slow, but this duplex business leads me to believe the
>>>> scanner can feed paper through and scan both sides?  Thanks in
>>>> advance for the clarification.
>>>>
>>>>          Joe
>>>>
>>>> "Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience
>>>> tells you to do, and what nerves let you do."--Bruce Crampton
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Dennis Clark" <dennisgclark at sbcglobal.net>
>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:43 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] bulk scanners
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Robert,
>>>>> The Fujitsu's do work with Kurzweil.  I agree with your observation
>>>>> that first scanning one side of a batch and then flipping the stack
>>>>> to scan the other side creates many problems:  most notably that if
>>>>> 2 pages accidentally feed through, the entire batch is corrupted.
>>>>> I have wasted many hours with that process.  It was this
>>>>> frustration that originally caused me to buy a Fujitsu duplex
>>>>> scanner.
>>>>> All the best,
>>>>> Dennis
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>
>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:31 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] bulk scanners
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I have used both a Fujitsu FI4010 and a Canon DR2580C. The
>>>>>> Canon is small and can have a flatbed option added to it. When
>>>>>> looking for a scanner, I would look at the Kurzweil or OpenBook
>>>>>> sites for a list of scanners that have been tested. I sure do like
>>>>>> the ability of a scanner to do duplex scanning. If your pages get
>>>>>> messed in a simplex scanner, you will have a real mess when you
>>>>>> flip the stack over.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Robert Jaquiss
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Deborah Byrne" <deborahbyrne at earthlink.net>
>>>>>> To: "Blindlaw" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:46 AM
>>>>>> Subject: [blindlaw] bulk scanners
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm getting ready to start law school and I'm planning to request
>>>>>> a bulk scanner.  I'm wondering if any of you have advice on which
>>>>>> bulk scanners you do or do not recommend and for what reasons?
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Deborah Byrne
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>
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