Yes, Text Bridge Pro is very user friendly and and Omnipage Pro is also
speech friendly.

Cheers

At 14:31 11/12/98 , you wrote:
>dan,
>
>text Bridge is off-the-shelf scanner software that is supposed to be speech
>friendly.  there is a 15-day demo at hj.com.At 08:03 PM 12/10/98 -0600, you
>wrote:
>>I am writing with two questions.  1. Does anyone on the list use any ocr
>>package with Windows?  At work I am using Open Book but this is through a
>>dos window.  I have a demo of Omni but it timed out before I could get it
>>to work.  I am still debating whether to use a standard ocr package, or
>>one designed for the blind.  I am still waiting for Arkenstone's new
>>product which is supposed to be a true windows application.
>>2. I would like to hear other peoples thoughts on various notetakers.  I
>>am writing reviews of them for our newsletter.  So far I have reviewed
>>the Aria from Robotron, and have evaluated the Keynote Companion.  I
>>would like to test the Artic products, and any other notetakers that may
>>be on the market.  I use a Braille Lite which i like very much except for
>>the poor quality of the speech.  I don't buy Blazie's arguments against
>>upgrading the speech chip.  I would be willing to pay more for better
>>speech.  With all the changes in this technology there should be some new
>>options for Blazie to try.  Let me know what you think of these ideas.
>>Dan
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