How do I convert a TIF file which is a fax with Open Boook 7.0? I can't convert it to any image as I can't read it so is there another way to make it read...
Ricky Lomey
rickyl@...
Oct 6, 2009 12:51 pm
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Just print the file with the virtual import printer, by standing on the selected file and choosing the relevant option. The file will open, just wait for the...
Van Der Walt Riana
RiVanDerWalt@...
Oct 6, 2009 12:59 pm
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There is no point in trying to convert an image file you want to have recognized into another image file. Why can't you open the file in Openbook? Use the...
Dear Riana, What does the expression mean "stand on the file?" Is that a South African expression? Thank you very much. I would like to understand your helpful...
yardbird
yardbird@...
Oct 6, 2009 4:58 pm
13032
Hello, I believe what you refer to as "the expression," I apparently used incorrectly, is just my mistake, English not being my first language. I was told off...
Van Der Walt Riana
RiVanDerWalt@...
Oct 7, 2009 6:11 am
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Riana, hi. thanks. I guess your first language might be Afrikaans? I had no idea. I only knew from some other mailing list that you lived in South Africa. I'm...
yardbird
yardbird@...
Oct 7, 2009 6:19 am
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Hello, version 12 of Kurzweil 1000 has just been released. The accuracy of the print to electronic text conversion of K1000 or OpenBook depends a lot on the...
The development of accuracy from one version of OCR software to the next is incremental. You may see small improvements from version to version but for most...
Geme I am interested in some accuracy in reding numbers correctly, and being able to read currency accurately, would this up gdate provide this? Luella...
Luella Harpster
lueharp@...
Oct 8, 2009 5:37 pm
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All I can tell you is that Openbook 8 has an updated version of Buckscan, the currency program included in Openbook. It can read some newer denominations that...
Gene I just had a thought, there seems to be no problem reading currency at the cash machines, plus, all the casinos seem to read currency and automatically...
Luella Harpster
lueharp@...
Oct 9, 2009 1:07 am
13039
If you want to spend something like three hundred dollars, you can purchase a stand alone currency recognition machine for blind users. It's named the Note...
Hi Open Bookers I told Riana van der Walt and the rest of another list that I managed to read some faxes and a scanned PDF file with Open Book 7.0. Now I tried...
Ricky Lomey
rickyl@...
Oct 12, 2009 1:33 pm
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Hi Rick, You can save images using openbook, but that's not the only thing that causes differentiating pages. I think openbook's default page length is smaller...
Van Der Walt Riana
RiVanDerWalt@...
Oct 13, 2009 10:36 am
13042
Hi all How can I copy a document to the clipboard in Open Book .0 entirely? I notice that when doing control-A or even using down arrow to select and highlight...
Ricky Lomey
rickyl@...
Oct 13, 2009 1:25 pm
13043
Hi Ricky, I don't know what is openbook .0, but with version 7.02 or version 7 you can select to save multiple pages, via the file menu. You cannot copy the...
Van Der Walt Riana
RiVanDerWalt@...
Oct 13, 2009 2:05 pm
13044
Openbook does not allow this. Save the file in whatever other format you want, text, Word, using the save as dialog, then work with it in another program if...
Hi, or sent it to word or word pad and copy the text from these programs. It requires that you have setup launchable programs when you installed openbook. In...
Claus Thøgersen
thoeg@...
Oct 13, 2009 2:23 pm
13046
Thanks for the responses. Open Book .0 should have been 7.0. I have also never scanned directly into programmes other than Open Book and am actually not sure...
Ricky Lomey
rickyl@...
Oct 15, 2009 9:25 pm
13047
Has anyone ran Open Book on a Windows 7 computer? Or has anyone heard any news regarding Open Book 8 compatibility with Windows 7? [Non-text portions of this...
the freedom import printer does not install. it says it is not compatable with the version of windows that is running. but the scanning functions still work...
Here is the response from FS regarding running Open Book on Windows 7. Thank you for contacting Freedom Scientific technical Support. The OpenBookT scanning...
Morning, Is it possible to create daisy files from Open Book? Using version 8, vista, and JAWS 10. Steve Cook SC Commission for the Blind 1430 Confederate...
Steve Cook
STCook@...
Oct 27, 2009 2:04 pm
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I see no indication that daisy files can be created by Openbook. there is nothing in the file menu to export files to daisy nor is there anything in the files...
I had the same result. I just wanted to check with others. Steve Cook Assistive Technology Specialist SC Commission for the Blind 1430 Confederate Avenue ...
Steve Cook
STCook@...
Oct 27, 2009 4:25 pm
13053
I've misplaced my OpenBook 7 CD. I want to install it on a second PC. Is there a place to download the full version and use my current serial number? -- by...
... Thank you Gene. Did the file format change from 7 to 8? If I scan a book in the Openbook 8 demo can I open and read it in my version 7 on the other...
It depends on how you save the file. There is a new default format. but you can save the file in the old format if you wish. I don't know if this setting can...
I reported earlier that I was told by FS that new 8.0 Open Book CD's were necessary to install Open Book on a Windows 7 OS. Well they sent me a new set of CD's...
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