[Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes

[Sean Keegan]

We created a basic micro-course for alternate media specialists in the CCC
system titled, "Alternate Media workflow strategies for PDF
<https://catalog.onlinenetworkofeducators.org/browse/accessibility/courses/pdf-workflow-strategies>"
that focuses on basic practices for dealing with PDF documents as well as
using Abbyy Finereader. It is a free, self-paced course in Canvas, although
you would have to create a student account to access it. We also have it on
Canvas Commons for colleges that want to download their own copy of the
course and edit locally.

We do cover the basics of Abbyy and various output options. It is not
intended for someone who has been using Abbyy for 10 years, but rather for
someone who is either new to the alternate media space and dealing with
PDFs or would like some information about the Abbyy OCR process.

Hope this helps.

Take care,
Sean


On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:04 AM Mary Popish <popish at pdx.edu> wrote:


> Hi all,

>

> I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone who uses ABBYY, especially

> folks who have updated to v. 15. We've run into some issues with the

> resolution on PDF documents that we save from ABBYY, and I'd love to hear

> from anyone who has had that issue (and solved it!) since none of the

> settings we've tried so far have fully solved the issue.

>

> Susan (and all), we are actually working on updating our step-by-step

> ABBYY materials this term! (We have some now, but they are pretty brief and

> tend to be most useful in an in-person training setting - that's why we are

> updating to standalone documents.) When we have those done, I'd be happy to

> share!

>

> Thanks all,

> Mary

>

> *Mary Popish*

> Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator

> Disability Resource Center

> Portland State University

>

> Phone: (503) 725-9119

> Fax: (503) 725-4103

> Email: drc at pdx.edu

> URL: http://www.pdx.edu/drc

> Pronouns: she / her / hers

>

>

>

>

> On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 12:42 PM Karlen Communications <

> info at karlencommunications.com> wrote:

>

>> I’d be interested in this as well. I just bought Fine Reader to access

>> PDF documents instead of using acrobat Pro DC…yes, it has come to that…but

>> don’t think I’m using it to its full potential.

>>

>>

>>

>> Cheers, Karen

>>

>>

>>

>> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

>> Behalf Of *Susan Kelmer

>> *Sent:* Monday, March 9, 2020 2:40 PM

>> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

>> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

>> *Subject:* [Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes

>>

>>

>>

>> Greetings.  I’m home with a nasty virus, so catching up on some old

>> topics and trying to learn something new.

>>

>>

>>

>> Does anyone have a written procedure for using Abbyy to scan and OCR

>> files to multiple outputs (word, PDF, etc.)?  We are and have always been

>> an Omnipage shop, but I feel like we need Abbyy in our toolbox as well.

>> I’m most interested in step-by-step type materials, if you have them.

>>

>>

>>

>> Thanks in advance for keeping me occupied during my incarceration (I’ve

>> been stuck in the house since Friday, and I’m starting to get restless…).

>>

>>

>>

>> *Susan Kelmer *

>>

>> Alternate Format Production Program Manager

>>

>> Disability Services

>>

>> Division of Student Affairs

>>

>> *T* 303 735 4836

>>

>> *www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices

>> <http://www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices> *

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