I can definitely say that OCR engines in general have improved more substantially than I can even express over the last several decades. You can have some very, very crappy originals and still get

I know that Epson Perfection scanners used to come with an accessible version of Fine Reader, but a number of years ago, comments on one or two lists indicated that the software provided with the

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

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

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.

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

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

Depends on what software you are going to use with it. 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

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

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

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.

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.

Hi, 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

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

u can try zamzar.com website to convert files to other formats

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

Only it’s not Daisy, it’s just MP3. All the best Steve

hi all, in NVDA i cant access some tts voices that i installed for SAPI4. is there a way? thanks in advance

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. --

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