[Athen] OCR Freeware

[Ron Stewart]

In my experience none of the free products are really up to the job for
anything complicated.  Straight linear text they tend to work pretty good,
but that is why they are free. My recommendation since they faculty are
authoring in Word or OpenOffice or something similar that they be given
basic instruction in using those tools with Styles and such.  Unfortunately
if it is legacy stuff that is obviously not an option.

 

Ron Stewart

 

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On
Behalf Of Wink Harner
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 3:42 PM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] OCR Freeware

 

Hi all,

 

I have had mixed outcomes and incomplete file conversions with G-drive.
Would love to hear from others who have successfully converted (medium

size) from PDF to OCR recognized text.

 

Thanks,

 

 

Wink Harner

winkharner1113 at gmail.com

foreigntype at gmail.com

 

(Disclaimer: this email was dictated with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please
forgive any quirks, mis-recognitions, or omissions.)

 

 

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On
Behalf Of Lisa Brandt
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 10:21 AM
To: ATHEN Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Athen] OCR Freeware

 

Google Drive does OCR:

 

https://support.google.com/drive/answer/176692?hl=en

 

Lisa
--
Lisa Brandt, PCC Disability Services
Accessibility Technician
Alternate Media Formats Technician
971-722-4366
SY CC 260

 

On 2 Sep 2014, at 7:08, Chris Cuevas <ccuevas14 at valenciacollege.edu> wrote:

 

Good morning fellow ATHENites,

 

Does anyone have any recommendations for OCR freeware that I can pass along
to some faculty that would like to make accessible documents for their
students?

 

Kindest regards,

 

Christopher J. Cuevas

 

Assistive Technology Specialist

 <http://valenciacollege.edu/osd/> Valencia College | Office for Students
with Disabilities

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Orlando, FL 32825-6404

P: 407-582-2530 | F: 407-582-8908

 

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