Can we as users use windows ocr natively itself?
Ie are there programs that use windows ocr themselves, that may
be a way forward if at some point I decide not to upgrade.
All I will want is to scan the occasional picture, pdf or in fact
maybe scan things like I do with nvda and copy them over.
The windows ocr seems to be reasonable, at least most of the
time.
Its always been in the back of my mind that windows ocr should be
usable in other ways to.
I do have knfb reader and I do use that for some images and it
does what I need.
I have codex which uses the calibre and seems to be able to
decode some image pdfs.
Maybe its something I have to research.
All I would need is a way to scan an image or other document, say
a pdf and convert it to a text or word file.
Google ocr is another thing I guess I could use on the go, so
maybe I will look into that a bit to.
I would like something that could describe pictures, and maybe
have me able to edit the descriptions and maybe using alt text or
something or am I getting to carried away?
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On 14/01/2020 7:56 am, Gene wrote:
There is confusion on the
subject. There is an add-on to provide OCR for versions of
Windows lower than Windows 10. Windows 10 has its own OCr, so
the add-on is no longer used.
for purchase.
Gene
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Sent: Monday, January 13, 2020 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] ocr solutions
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io
<nvda@nvda.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Monte Single
Sent: January 12, 2020 6:36 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] ocr solutions
That's strange that it would be in 7 and not ten.
And no, win 7 is not being discontinued, it is not being fully
supported.
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io
[mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Sky Mundell
Sent: January-12-20 3:32 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] ocr solutions
There is but it only runs on windows 7 which is going to be
discontinued in 48 hours (two days). OCR in NVDA is built in on
windows 10. If you try to do insert R desktop or caps lock R
laptop and your laptop or desktop runs windows 7 it will say,
Windows 10 OCR not available.
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io
[mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Monte Single
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2020 12:43 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] ocr solutions
Isn't there an ocr addon for nvda?
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io
[mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Shaun Everiss
Sent: January-12-20 2:26 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] ocr solutions
Hmph, another reason to maybe not use jaws, to be honest, if nvda
could have some scanner addon which could use finereader engine
and others I'd probably buy it, I mean I'd like a standalone
program to but still.
It seems the best way forward is mainstream software then.
I'd like to know if those that use omnipage especially the later
versions and the ultimate version especially find it better than
abbyy or whatever.
I have a user staying on abyy 12 because its accessible, however,
it means I am using older software which will probably go out of
date.
There was a time 3 or so years back when the network relied on
dragon naturally speaking and an offer/add came up from nuance
about omnipage and a rediculous offer on ultimate but I never took
that.
On 13/01/2020 9:05 am, Sky Mundell wrote:
> No they aren't they said they're now putting the OCR
functions in JAWS.
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> From: nvda@nvda.groups.io
[mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of
> Don H
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2020 11:48 AM
> To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
> Subject: Re: [nvda] ocr solutions
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> Open book hasn't been updated for years and I don't think
that FS is
> planning on updating it any time soon.
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