[bksvol-discuss] Re: Freedom Scientific announces Openbook 7.02 with some significant enhancements
- From: Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:51:25 -0600
My mistake Stephen, thought K1K shipped with Scansoft 12.0.
G.
Guido Dante Corona
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Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
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[bksvol-discuss] Re: Freedom Scientific announces Openbook 7.02 with some
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Just a minor clarification. Kurzweil 1000 version 9 shipped (in August)
with ScanSoft OmniPage 12.5 as well as with FineReader 7.0.
Stephen
At 09:39 PM 12/15/2004, you wrote:
>Fellow volunteers, Freedom Scientific has just announced the newest
>version of Openbook, v7.02. This release contains at least two
>potentially major enhancements and a wealth of program fixes.
>
>Enhancements:
>a. Scansoft Omnipage 12.5 -- definitely worth trying this out against
>the Fine Reader Engine shipped with Kurzweil 9.0 and the same shipped
with
>Openbook.
>
>b. Scansoft RealSpeak 22Khz text-to-Speak -- I only heard some
>recordings of the 22Khz Jennifer voice, but always found it
significantly
>better than the 16khz version I have tried live so far. Will I like
>Jaundis Jennifer 22Khz better than Microsoft Muddling Mary 4.0? No
>idea, but I will give her a good try and a more than fair chance.
>
>Below is an abstract on Openbook 7.02 from the Freedom Scientific web
site.
>For more info and upgrade policies pls go directly to:
>http://www.freedomscientific.com
>or call Freedom scientific at 800-336-5658.
>
>What's New in OpenBook 7.02
>Soon to be released, OpenBook 7.02 (released in December 2004), contains
>the following enhancements and bug fixes.
>Features and Enhancements
>Updated Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
>All OCR engines included with OpenBook have been updated to provide the
>best text conversion and page recognition available. Now you can choose
>between OmniPage 12.5, Recognita 12.5, or FineReader 7.0 to recognize
>graphic-based text.
>RealSpeak Upgraded to 22 KHz
>The RealSpeak text-to-speech synthesizer has been upgraded to 22 KHz to
>provide better quality speech for reading documents.
>Disable the Fax Feature
>The ability to send and receive faxes in OpenBook can now be disabled if
>necessary for certain corporate environments.
>Bug Fixes
>The following issues have been resolved in this update:
>The Freedom Scientific Virtual Printer (FSVP) now allows users with any
>account type to print to it.
>TripleTalk PCI now works correctly with OpenBook.
>Canceling the process of saving a file to audio no longer causes OpenBook
>to occasionally fail.
>Improved navigation when performing book searches.
>Project Gutenberg results now display correctly when you perform a book
>search.
>Downloading books from Project Gutenberg or Baen Free Library using the
>book search feature no longer causes errors.
>Advanced book searches no longer cause errors if you enter a space for
the
>title and author.
>The book search feature no longer stops responding if you download a
book,
>cancel the download, and then search again.
>Bookshare.org now yields the appropriate search results during a book
search.
>OpenBook now correctly announces the book search results area as a list
box.
>Performing advanced book searches that use the "OR" operator no longer
>causes OpenBook to display books that contain a matching author and title
>twice.
>The Download button now becomes available after you cancel a book search.
>OpenBook can now open entire books if they are exceptionally long.
>The fax feature is now automatically disabled if no sending device (such
>as a modem) is installed on the computer.
>COM ports 1-4 are now available in the advanced fax settings.
>Faxed documents/images are now deleted correctly and are no longer
>included when you send subsequent faxes.
>Choosing the Add Document button while faxing a document no longer erases
>any current documents that have not been faxed and replaces them with the
>added document.
>You can now scan from Microsoft Word regardless of where you install
>OpenBook.
>The FineReader OCR engine no longer causes OpenBook to stop responding
>while scanning.
>FineReader no longer removes umlauts from text view and the dots above
>lowercase "i" from exact view.
>The scanning process no longer stops responding periodically on operating
>systems other than Windows XP.
>Page orientation detection now works correctly when you are using the
>OmniPage OCR engine.
>Check box selections in the Scanner Selection dialog box are now retained
>correctly.
>Corrected a message that asked the user to perform unnecessary steps if
>the user did not have a scanner configured for use with OpenBook.
>Added the correct labels to the Number of Copies edit spin box, OK
button,
>and Cancel button in the Photocopy dialog box.
>In the Photocopy dialog box, OpenBook now informs you whether the
>photocopy brightness setting is a positive or negative number.
>In the Photocopy dialog box, OpenBook announces whether the Fit to
Printed
>Page check box is selected or cleared.
>The tab order of the Photocopy dialog box has been rearranged in a more
>logical structure.
>OpenBook now announces the title of the Photocopy dialog box.
>The default button in the Photocopy dialog box now works correctly.
>OpenBook no longer says, "Cap cap A" when typing a capital "A."
>The Help menu now lists F1 as the keyboard shortcut for opening the Help
>system.
>Added context-sensitive help to the dialog box that appears when you open
>the Tools menu and choose Word Count.
>Added the correct help message context-sensitive help for the Discard
>Blank Pages check box.
>Command line arguments now work correctly for launchable applications.
>Batch images are now correctly saved in the folder specified in the Batch
>Images Location edit box, located in the OpenBook Settings dialog box.
>Added a "What's New in OpenBook" section to the Help system.
>OpenBook correctly announces the access key used to select or clear the
>Announce Shortcut or Access Keys check box in the OpenBook Settings
dialog
>box.
>Added the correct context-sensitive help for the Default Print Font Name
>and Default Print Font Size lists in the OpenBook Settings dialog box.
>Other features in OpenBook
>
>Guido Dante Corona
>IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx.
>Research Division,
>Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
>Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
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