[Athen] [EXTERNAL] Screenshot Reader Alternatives

[Willard,Amy L]

Hi Robert,
    Sorry I don’t know the ins and outs of Read and Write or have other suggestions, but I will say that Read and Write’s screenshot feature works when a lockdown browser is turned on, even when other features of Read and Write will not work.  It may be why his company is concerned about security depending on if his job has confidential information.

https://support.texthelp.com/help/using-readwrite-for-windows-with-respondus-lockdown-browser


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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Robert Spangler
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Subject: Re: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] Screenshot Reader Alternatives

Hello, thanks for this suggestion, but that is not quite the same thing as the screenshot reader.  The screenshot reader enables someone to draw a square around any portion of text on the screen to have it instantly processed and read out loud.

Thanks,
Robert


On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 11:12 AM Alexis Delevett <alexis_delevett at cuesta.edu<mailto:alexis_delevett at cuesta.edu>> wrote:
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Athen] Screenshot Reader Alternatives

Hello,

I had a student ask me for alternatives to Read and Write, and while I know of many, he was particularly interested in the screenshot reader feature.  I would imagine that Kurzweil 3000 would have this feature, but are there other alternatives, perhaps free apps, that have a screenshot reader feature?

The student just got his first position, and he said that his company might have security concerns.  In the case of Read and Write, does screenshot reader send images to Texthelp servers for processing, or is OCR processing done locally on the computer?  This would seem to be the most pressing security concern.

Thanks,
Robert


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