Hello List, I have a friend who is using Open book 5 with windows XP and JAWS 4.02. He loads Open book and can scan a page but when he presses the key to...
Judy
judy.p@...
Oct 1, 2005 10:19 pm
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Hi Judy and others: Do you know if the person in question is getting an error message on the screen? My guess is that he is getting a program error, which is...
Eric Patterson
ericp@...
Oct 2, 2005 12:53 am
9037
I have one really basic question. I didn't really understand what Judy meant when she described her friend pressing a button to read the scanned text in Open...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Oct 2, 2005 1:25 am
9038
I think he is just pressing the enter key to get it to read, there is no error message, it just bounces him out of open book and he is on the desktop ... From:...
Judy
judy.p@...
Oct 2, 2005 2:28 am
9039
Then it does sound as if there might be an error message on the screen, and when he presses Enter, what it's doing is clicking the OK button to end the ...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Oct 2, 2005 2:34 am
9040
if he has wineyes or jaws open the wineyes or jaws menu and turn speech on then have it read the whole screen before he presses enter. if there is a message it...
check that the right scanner driver is being used. this is the most common failure when scanning fails or else the scanner has lost power from comeing ...
Did you have him try pressing the down arrow to start reading? He should be able to read using the arrow keys after scanning is completed. However, even if...
Eric Patterson
ericp@...
Oct 2, 2005 4:02 am
9043
What version of Windows are they using, and what button are they pressing to scan? The only "enter" btn that is used for reading is on the numpad. Are their...
Ms. E.M. Kirtley
ekirtley@...
Oct 2, 2005 5:57 am
9044
But isn't the read key f10 or f12? I jumped from version 2.e to version 7 of OB; so don't know if it was different in previous versions. Riana ... From:...
rianawalt@...
Oct 2, 2005 2:36 pm
9045
Hi, he is using Windows XP and has had Open book 5 installed for a couple of years and hasn't had any problems until now, the only thing that might be ...
Judy
judy.p@...
Oct 2, 2005 3:08 pm
9046
I use the numpad keys to read in Open book. I find that if it has been reading for a while or if I want to pause, I just press the enter key and it resumes or...
Judy
judy.p@...
Oct 2, 2005 3:11 pm
9047
Judy, Without knowing which updates he has downloaded and installed, it's impossible to guess whether any of them might have created some conflict. An...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Oct 2, 2005 3:18 pm
9048
Good morning list, Does anyone know of a way to scan my signature, save it and then paste into a word document using Openbook version 5 or 7? Tracy...
Tracy
teddybear2000@...
Oct 2, 2005 3:51 pm
9049
Can't answer this authoritatively, but as far as I know, Open Book or another OCR program can only recognize and display typographical characters, not...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Oct 2, 2005 4:06 pm
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Thanks, but I'm totally blind. I'm looking for a way that I may sign a document on my own. Tracy ... From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@...> To:...
Tracy
teddybear2000@...
Oct 2, 2005 4:09 pm
9051
You could scan the signature as a JPG or other graphic image and then insert it at the end of the document as you would any other picture. The trick is to get...
get a signiture stamp from your bank. it costs about $24. get a self inking stamp. they will inform you that they will not be responsable for anything that is ...
Yep, I did that about a year ago. I already have a stamp made up of my signature, so I just stamped a piece of paper a few times, scanned it as an "image...
Chris Smart
chris_s@...
Oct 2, 2005 8:37 pm
9054
Yardbird, you can indeed do this. Scan a page containing your signature but first change the scanning mode to image only, so Openbook doesn't do anything with...
Chris Smart
chris_s@...
Oct 2, 2005 8:55 pm
9055
Chris, Thanks. I read your earlier message describing the entire procedure, too. And I'm filing these instructions to try in the future and see if I can do ...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Oct 2, 2005 9:11 pm
9056
A friend of mine upgraded their computer to XP with "service pack 2", and had to go in to the context menus, properties (there was an option to run as current...
Ms. E.M. Kirtley
ekirtley@...
Oct 2, 2005 9:25 pm
9057
The person ought to ask a reliable trainer or any knowledgeable computer user or professional how Windows XP designates different user categories for any one...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Oct 2, 2005 9:43 pm
9058
I know just enough about this to get in trouble, but it may be an issue between XP and OB 5.0. Your best bet is to contact Freedom and see what they can tell...
James Jones
jcj0424@...
Oct 3, 2005 1:10 am
9059
Hello Net Bat: I think that your suggestion too have that feature incorperated in to future releases of open book is a very reasonable one. ... From: "NET BAT"...
cutolo.albert
cutolo.albert@...
Oct 3, 2005 1:35 am
9060
If you want to make furture suggestions it won't help by putting them here. FS does not monitor this list very often if at all. ... From: "cutolo.albert"...
I think it's a great idea! Why hasn't anyone suggested it, Before? Claude ... From: "NET BAT" <netbat@...> To: <openbook-users@yahoogroups.com> ...
Claude Everett
claudeeverett@...
Oct 3, 2005 12:35 pm
9062
Good morning to the list, I apologize for not knowing the process, but I do not use my Openbook software enough and matter of fact I will need to open the help...
Paul Bolduc
PCBolduc@...
Oct 10, 2005 12:58 pm
9063
When I was saving text files with open book I saved the files in a folder on my c drive. Actually they were books I don't do it any more because the reading...
leslie
leslieferrell@...
Oct 10, 2005 1:13 pm
9064
Hello If you're not happy with the OpenBook conversion to MP3, I recommend you check into TextAloud. http://www.nextuptech.com/TextAloud/ They have a free...
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