|
Re: Accessible scanner drivers
Gene
I don't know how good it is. It used to be
inferior in accuracy of recognition but I didn't use it enough to know if it was
acceptable. When I tried it, it was a simple program and some people my
like it for its simplicity if the results are good enough. There is a demo
available.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 10:52 AM
Subject: [nvda] scanner software I forgot to add that there is also a program called text cloner that is roughly $129 and is complete accessible. I know of two other blind people that use it.
|
|
|
|
Re: Accessible scanner drivers
On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 10:59 AM, Gene wrote:
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.Gene, since you asked for comment, this is precisely the opposite of my experience, still ongoing. I don't know of a single home or office grade flatbed scanner or multi-function that doesn't include OCR as part of its "scan to PDF" function. They've all been doing this for years now. I have a personal preference for Canon multi-function machines, which definitely include OCR functionality, but mostly because they still sell a number of models with separate ink tanks, which are less expensive in the long run, and infinitely less expensive if you buy automatic reset chip (ARC) tanks that you can refill. A dear friend of mine who's my mother's age, and has been totally blind since birth, has been using a now-out-of-production Canon multi-function that I recommended to her for somewhere around 5 years or so now. She does have scanning software other than that which comes with the multi-function, though, and I'm not sure which software she's using with it. I have to admit that I am at least a bit confused by the original question, as I have not directly interfaced with a scanner driver, whether with a sighted or blind client, in years. The application software that comes with or that you can use with the device is the user interface. -- Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 1909, Build 18363 Science has become just another voice in the room; it has lost its platform. Now, you simply declare your own truth. ~ Dr. Paul A. Offit, in New York Times article, How Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Took Hold in the United States, September 23, 2019
|
|
|
|
Accessible scanner drivers
Richard Kuzma
I forgot to add that there is also a program called text cloner that is roughly $129 and is complete accessible. I know of two other blind people that use it.
|
|
|
|
Re: Accessible scanner drivers
Bob Jutzi
In my case, I have a cheap Canon
LiDE120. The driver has its own installer which is extremely
accessible with NVDA. I use KNFB Reader for Windows 10 since I
bought cheap when launched. I also purchased Omnipage 19 on Ebay
extremely cheap. Also works perfect with NVDA.
On 5/21/2020 10:59 AM, Gene wrote:
|
|
|
|
Re: Accessible scanner drivers
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
----- Original Message -----
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
|
|
|
|
Re: Accessible scanner drivers
Richard Kuzma
Depends on what software you are going to use with it.
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
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
|
|
|
|
Accessible scanner drivers
Tony Malykh
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
|
|
|
|
Re: A few questions
Akshaya Choudhary
One more thing, Quentin. Since I’m experimenting with Phonetic Punctuation add-on, I created a profile for the same and set it to manual activation. To use the add-on as per my preference, I changed the punctuation level for left quote, right quote, and bang. Now, when I switch to normal profile, it has a different synthesizer and Phonetic Punctuations is turned off, like I want and like I set it to be. But, the change in the punctuation levels of one profile is carried to the other profile. I would like to have different punctuation settings for these two profiles. How can I achieve this? In short, I wish to have a profile with Phonetic Punctuation turned on, which I can manually activate, and which has its own punctuation settings. I wish to use this profile as an alternate to the normal profile, and thus don’t want it to be tied to a single application.
-- Regards, Sociohack
|
|
|
|
Re: What do You prefer to write Docs, Presentations, or Spreadsheets with NVDA
Josh Kennedy
yes it is a computer-only program and yes it batch-converts multiple documents very very fast, and yes it is very easy to use.
|
|
|
|
Re: document converter things
Gene
I would think you are discussing performing OCR on
documents and then saving them in a new format./ That is not the original
document. it is a recognized copy and is unlikely to be what is
wanted.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: ely.r@...
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] [node] document converter
things I to would strongly suggest Abby. I have been using it for years and it works very well. It is interesting that other OCR products license the Abby engine to do the OCR operation. Most of those products do not make a point of telling that to their customers. Rick
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Tyaseta Rabita Nugraeni Sardjono
Try Abby fine reader,
On Thu, May 21, 2020, 12:47 Shaun Everiss <sm.everiss@...> wrote:
|
|
|
|
Re: document converter things
Tony Ballou
Hi,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Try this one. It's got a free and a professional version, is accessible with screen readers, and should do the job. https://www.nchsoftware.com/documentconvert/index.html Tony
On 5/21/2020 1:47 AM, Shaun Everiss wrote:
Hi.
|
|
|
|
Re: document converter things
ely.r@...
I to would strongly suggest Abby. I have been using it for years and it works very well. It is interesting that other OCR products license the Abby engine to do the OCR operation. Most of those products do not make a point of telling that to their customers. Rick
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Tyaseta Rabita Nugraeni Sardjono
Try Abby fine reader,
On Thu, May 21, 2020, 12:47 Shaun Everiss <sm.everiss@...> wrote:
|
|
|
|
Re: document converter things
Kerryn Gunness
u can try
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
zamzar.com website to convert files to other formats
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun Everiss" <sm.everiss@gmail.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 1:47 AM Subject: [nvda] document converter things Hi.
|
|
|
|
Re: Golden Cursor and Gold wave add-on for NVDA 19.2.1
Akshaya Choudhary
Oh yes! I know the website. I have used it many times. It's usuallly the first website that comes up when you google search anything related to NVDA tutorials.
Thank you for maintaining such a useful resource. -- Regards, Sociohack
|
|
|
|
Re: Hosting Zoom Meetings with NVDA
Steve Nutt
Only it’s not Daisy, it’s just MP3.
All the best
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Robert Kingett
Sent: 17 May 2020 17:11 To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Hosting Zoom Meetings with NVDA
There's a free DAISY training book that answers all your questions. See below link.
|
|
|
|
Microsoft speach api version 4
bhanu computer
hi all, in NVDA i cant access some tts voices that i installed for SAPI4.
is there a way? thanks in advance
|
|
|
|
Re: A few questions
Quentin Christensen
You're welcome :) Configuration profiles are one of those things which are really useful but not as readily understood. I must put it on my list to make a video or something about! Quentin.
On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 7:17 PM Akshaya Choudhary <acsociopath@...> wrote: Oh Okay! It turns out that I didn't understand how configuration profiles work. Thank you for providing some clarity Quentin. I also went back and read your previous posts on configuration profiles, they really helped. Thank you for your time and effort. --
Quentin Christensen Training and Support Manager Training: https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/ Certification: https://certification.nvaccess.org/ User group: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NVAccess Twitter: @NVAccess
|
|
|
|
Re: Golden Cursor and Gold wave add-on for NVDA 19.2.1
hurrikennyandopo ...
Hi Sociohack
You might of already come across the website from off this list. it is a blindness related website with tips and tricks for a newly blinded person etc plus ways sighted people can help us etc.
it also has written and audio tutorials for the nvda screen reader but only for a desk top user
any of the nvda pages will link to other nvda pages it is sorta like a website inside of another but comes together on the index page.
You will see what I mean when you visit it. the page for the earlier add ons is nvda add ons but will need to change it tonight to see if you can automatically download them instead of jumping those hoops from before as mentioned in the last email. the link to the website is http://www.accessibilitycentral.net
I usually try to keep it updated as I come across stuff or write up tutorials etc but will show what has been updated on the main page under a section called recently updated.
Plus I will let the list know if there are nvda related stuff as in tutorials.
gene nz
On 21/05/2020 8:28 pm, Akshaya
Choudhary wrote:
Hello, Gene. They are the correct ones. Thank you very much!
|
|
|
|
Re: A few questions
Akshaya Choudhary
Oh Okay! It turns out that I didn't understand how configuration profiles work. Thank you for providing some clarity Quentin. I also went back and read your previous posts on configuration profiles, they really helped. Thank you for your time and effort.
-- Regards, Sociohack
|
|
|
|
Re: Golden Cursor and Gold wave add-on for NVDA 19.2.1
Akshaya Choudhary
Hello, Gene. They are the correct ones. Thank you very much!
Would you like to provide a link to your website? -- Regards, Sociohack
|
|
|
