[Athen] Screenshot Reader Alternatives

[foreigntype at gmail.com]

Hi Robert,

Abbyy FindReader has a screenshot reader available separate from the OCR
package. You can try it for free. It's a relatively small
investment ($9.99) and works fairly well. It does not use the same cloud
set up as Read & Write does. It might be worth it for your student to take
a look at this.

Here's a link: https://pdf.abbyy.com/screenshot-reader/#buynow


Wink Harner
Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production
The Foreign Type

Portland OR
foreigntype at gmail.com
480-984-0034

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On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 6:02 AM Robert Spangler <rspangler1 at udayton.edu>
wrote:


> 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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