[gui-talk] reading instantly from the paper?

Sat Oct 15 15:08:11 UTC 2016

Good morning,

I generally import my documents into the Amazon Kindle app or Apple's iBooks.

Both offer fairly decent voices. Neither does perfect on the more technical word pronunciation; however, both are constantly improving.

Their are dozens of readers that natively import Adobe PDF, Text files, or any number of other document formats.

Creating a good directory structure is quite important to aid in finding documents. That said, I will offer two strategies I use.

1) PDF, Word, and the majority of document formats allow you to add META data into the documents. Title, Author, Publication Date, Version, and Keywords. I always try to add such META data to any document I need to, retain, work with now, or find months or years in the future. 

2) Most modern operating systems can create fully searchable indexes of a documents META data and often all words in each documents. Will will greatly improve your ability to find the proverbial needle in a haystack. 

I hope these thoughts offer some useful guidance. 

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> On Oct 8, 2016, at 08:04, Ted Shelly via gui-talk <gui-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Muhammad,
> 
> If your primary requirement is to read paper documents, then an OCR solution
> of some kind is your best bet.  The KNFB Reader could be a useful option.
> You might also find it effective if you are mostly working at your desk to
> have a scanner and a good OCR program designed for the visually impaired,
> such as Kurzweil 1000 or Openbook.  None of these options are inexpensive,
> but like with many things in life you get what you pay for.  Personally I
> use Kurzwil 1000 and a desk scanner and find it very useful.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ted Shelly
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> Subject: [gui-talk] reading instantly from the paper?
> 
> Hi there,
> I am dealing with many official documents, and reports in hard form on
> day-to-day basis, and the process is becoming burdensome. can any one on the
> list advise on the use of a reader to enhance my independence?
> current KNFB reader is suggested but I am not sure of its effectiveness.
> any suggestions in this regard will be appreciated.
> best
> --
> Muhammad Salman Khan.
> Doctoral  Researcher at  the Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development
> Research,Middlesex Business School, Middlesex University, London.
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