[Athen] Abbyy Finereader Processes

[Doug Hayman]

Thanks

On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, Sean Keegan <skeegan at ccctechcenter.org> wrote:


> My understanding is that non-California entities should be able to

> register. You would have to specify your institution when you attempt to

> Enroll, but you should still be able to access the course once approved.

>

> Take care,

> Sean

>

>

>

> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 11:20 AM Doug Hayman <dhayman at uw.edu> wrote:

>

>> Sean,

>>

>> Is that open to non-California schools to try out?

>>

>> Doug

>>

>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:56 AM Sean Keegan <skeegan at ccctechcenter.org>

>> wrote:

>>

>>> 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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