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From: "Steve Jacobs" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Listserv - Section 508" <[log in to unmask]>; "Listserv - UACCESS-L"
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Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 5:51 PM
Subject: Internet-based scanning of images, containing text, automatically
converted to synthesized speech.


Sorry, in advance, for duplicate posts.

Dear All,

The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) offers a free service that
I thought might be of interest to those of you who have never heard of
it.

NLM's "DocMorph" website http://docmorph.nlm.nih.gov/docmorph/ allows
users to upload scanned image files and other types of information for
conversion to alternative formats. Some of the document conversion
techniques offered by this server are not readily available elsewhere
on the web. By using your web browser, you can upload files to DocMorph
for conversion, and usually in less than one minute your results are
ready.

DocMorph's "Reading Room" allows you to submit either scanned images of
printed material or text files.  DocMorph will return a web page that
uses synthesized speech to read the material out loud.

In my testing of DocMorph the text embedded in an image needs to be
crisp.  If it is... DocMorph works like a champ!

Sincerely,

Steve

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Steve Jacobs
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