Re: Accessible scanner drivers
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Gene
Others may want to make correction s or expand on
what I'm saying. I haven't kept up with scanners for years but this is my
understanding of how things used to be.
I don't know if the driver has anything too do with
what the scanner supports. It used to be that at least some scanners came
with accessible OCR programs. I don't know enough about this to
generalize, but it is my impression that not as many do now. The thing to
do might be to ask the list for good scanners to use for OCR and get a program
like Fine Reader to use with it, which is accessible and much cheaper than
software for blind people such as Openbook or Kurzweil. It isn't a
question of whether the driver is accessible, but whether you can use the
scanner with accessible scanning programs. Do scanners usually support the
TWAIN interface? I believe Fine Reader uses that interface. I
havedn't looked into whether the TWAIN interface is necessary with such programs
and others may comment.
The Epson Perfection series of scanners has been
popular with blind people scanning documents for a long time. I haven't
looked into the line for years and others can comment on whether it is still
popular.
Gene
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Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Accessible scanner drivers If you are using open book and/or kerzweil os something like that all you should need is twain support and that will be transparent to the software. I havea a standalone black and white brother inexpensive laser printer that I just love and a separate cannon scanner that is working like a champ. Hope this helps Rich -----Original Message----- From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Tony Malykh Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 10:38 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] Accessible scanner drivers Hello all, I am looking to buy a new scanner as my old one just died. However I've heard that scanner drivers from many manufacturers tend to be not very accessible. Can anyone recommend me which scanner (or scanner+printer) comes with accessible driver/accompanying software? Thanks! Tony
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