[Athen] alternatives to Abby Fine Reader

[Susan Kelmer]

I have been using Omnipage for 23 years.  I am not a fan of Abbyy, although it does a good job of making a PDF more readable, I am usually not interested in spending time making a PDF accessible.  If a PDF is inaccessible, I'm going to be converting to MS Word or HTML instead.  Omni works great and has rarely failed me.  It also has a "quick convert" function to take the PDF to an ASCII text file within a few seconds, allowing me to jump in and start editing that resulting text file into a really nice Word or HTML file. You don't even have to open Omnipage, the quick convert shows up on your right-click context menu.

How to do this is covered in my Alternate Format Production Manual, which I'm happy to share with anyone who sends me an email asking for it (susan.kelmer at colorado.edu<mailto:susan.kelmer at colorado.edu>).

Susan Kelmer
Alternate Format Production Program Manager
Disability Services
Health and Wellness Services
T 303 735 4836
www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices<http://www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices>


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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Hegney, Shaun
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2023 1:17 PM
To: athen-list at mailman12.u.washington.edu
Subject: [Athen] alternatives to Abby Fine Reader

Hello all, with Abby Fine Reader moving to a subscription model I've been looking for other options to OCR trouble textbooks and documents. I'm just curious what you're using for fixing docs and books where Adobe Pro OCR isn't enough.

Thank you all,

Shaun H
SFCC

Shaun Hegney  (He / Him)
Program Specialist 2
Disability Access Services
Spokane Falls Community College
P: (509).533.3544
E: Shaun.Hegney at sfcc.spokane.edu<mailto:Shaun.Hegney at sfcc.spokane.edu>


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