To All, I do not know if my system for reading simple word documents
like letters, reports etc. will work for you. I use Zoom Text Level 2
for seeing and reading e-mail, documents in MS Word. I use my scanner
to scam a letter, save it to a MS Word document. Then my Zoom Text
Level 2 reads that document while I rest my eyes and just listen. If
this works for other screem readers like JAWS and Window Eyes I do not
know. Since I have to magnify my CCTV to 10x to read 10 to 12 point
print I have found this to be an easy and eye saving solution for me.
I hope it works for you (all).
Gordon Wahl
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E Hersh wrote:
>
> Harry,
>
> That's a noble idea. First, you have to understand a bit about the
> processes that are taking place for scanning to turn the information into
> speech. When information arrives into your computer from the scanner, it is
> in a picture 'image' format. To recognize the text (letters, words etc.)
> inside this picture, software is needed. Remember a picture can be reduced
> to formations of dots on a grid (at least that's one way of looking at it).
> Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the name of the process that analyzes
> the picture image and makes sense of text it finds therein. It's a pretty
> complicated process.
>
> Another way of looking at what you're asking about, is that OpenBook is
> precisely what you're asking for, right? It translates the scanned image
> and reads it aloud without any other speech program needed.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -Ed
>
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> Subject: reading print with just a screen reader like window eyes with
> just a scanner
>
> Hi folks,
> Wanted to post this to more than 1 list because I need answers here.
> I have 2 clients who use Window Eyes for the first client, and the other
> uses Narator for a screen reader.
> What I want to do is I want to help them not to have to buy something like
> Kurzweil or open book, etc. to read. Why can't they just scan something
> with a scanner and read it using Window Eyes or Narator?
> I tried this in Window Eyes tonight. I use the Optic Pro scanner. I
> brought up Window Eyes, then I went to programs, then went to my Plustec
> scanner, then I went to recognita ocr and hit the letter r for read. It
> scanned the document, but when I tried to read it in Window Eyes, using the
> up and down arrow keys, it spoke a weird language, not english. It was like
> from another country or something. Now, when I use my open book or
> kurzweil, it scans it and reads it in english.
> So, tell me step by step how I can get a scanner to scan and read back in
> english a printed document without having to buy open book, or kurzweil or
> vip by spending $1000?
> There's got to be a way to make a screen reader do what a program like open
> book, etc. can do. We all know that Window Eyes or Narator can do word
> processing in notepad, or in wordpad.
> take care,
> Harry
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