I don't have any experience with it, but doesn't the OCR software already
support this?  I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that I can send a digital
image to Kurzweil.  I remember this because it was what convinced me to
finally upgrade my OCR software, which I haven't done yet.

Christopher

Christopher J Chaltain
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"Fernando H. Botelho" <[log in to unmask]>
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Please respond to "Fernando H. Botelho"


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        Subject:        [VICUG-L] Performing OCR with digital cameras rather than scanners

Hello everyone,

By now many of you may have already heard of the P2RD project where an
engineer is developing a portable reading system for the blind consisting
of
a high quality digital camera and a hand-held computer.

Although I find the concept truly promising and plan to be among the first
customers, I believe utilizing a digital camera in a desktop setting would
also be desirable.

I am writing to ask if anybody among the subscribers knows of anyone that
has experimented successfully or not with using a digital camera as a
scanner replacement. Many cameras are TWEIN compatible and possess the
resolution one would need for accurate OCR-ing with the advantage that
photographing pages would be dramatically faster than scanning them.

Thank you,

Fernando

Fernando Botelho
Director, Technical Development
eSight Careers Network(tm)
http://www.eSightCareers.Net/


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