[bksvol-discuss] Re: OmniPage 17 Standard On Sale!
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 19:07:47 -0500
Hi, John!
What type of books to usually scan? As someone who scans a lot of fiction, some
cookbooks, and tons of children's books, I can tell you that the auto
recognition often misses tons of text. As a matter of fact, I will often check
the collection for books that Nichole has physical copies up before I pass them
on, and one of my biggest complaints is that they are often missing pages of
text because of irregular fonts or missing chapter titles because of unusual
presentation (like pictures around or made out of pictures or things that can
cause it to think it was a picture. A children's book I scanned today often
left off parts of words or enclosed words within a picture instead of
identifying them as text. I think that is part of our concern. However, if you
are doing textbooks or traditional nonfiction, that is much less likely to be
an issue.
Valerie
On Aug 1, 2010, at 4:19 PM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote:
> You can’t remove pictures or draw boxes.
> I also don’t proof within the program so don’t know if it works or not.
> These problems don’t make the software unusable though.
>
>
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy B.
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 5:14 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OmniPage 17 Standard On Sale!
>
> You still haven't answered the original question: If someone that is sighted
> can't access any of the basic functions without using a mouse, how can you do
> it? Main points of interest are:
>
> 1. How do you spellcheck without a mouse?
> 2. How do you fix errors before rendering to the OCR engine?
> 3. How do you remove images without using a mouse?
> 4. How do you exclude text areas from the OCR process without a mouse?
> Mainly, how you draw boxes around text blocks?
>
> I'm sure there are more questions someone would want answers to, but this is
> a good start anyways. Detailed directions on each point would be a good idea.
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 4:44 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OmniPage 17 Standard On Sale!
>
> I really haven’t found that to be an issue. I typically scan in the program
> and edit in Word. I have done a lot of college type books with graphs and
> tables in them. They work well.
>
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie Yates, CPhT
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 4:28 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OmniPage 17 Standard On Sale!
>
> Too often pictures get recognized as text and it's tedious to remove stray
> characters. I don't find Omnipage ignores them. They either process them as
> text or a graphic and either way I have to fix it later. It's faster to fix
> it first. Unless you have some hints you would like to share? I would love to
> know.
>
> Others who use Omnipage or are thinking about it may want to know too.
>
> --
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