There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than  the one that comes with JAWS?

i would just do a quick test with both and see wich one works best for you.
On 7/5/2022 12:43 PM, Gene Warner wrote:

Hi Loy!

From my experience, Freedom Scientific doesn't always use the best OCR engines, I am not sure what OCR engine is used if you leave this turned off, but I have found that it is often dependent on the document you are scanning as to which engine is the best to use, the JAWS default, or the Microsoft engine. I wish I could give you a more definitive answer, sorry.

Gene...


On 7/5/2022 1:07 PM, Loy wrote:

There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than  the one that comes with JAWS?

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There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than  the one that comes with JAWS?

Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes for free.
On 7/5/2022 12:07, Loy wrote:

There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than  the one that comes with JAWS?

Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes
for free.



On 7/5/2022 12:07, Loy wrote:

There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with
JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than the one that
comes with JAWS?

Curious,
I wonder if simply the act of switching straightens out the OCR process.
So if someone has poor results, you could try switching to Microsoft's
engine, but don't use it, and switch back to FS's engine, and see if it
works better.
Or scan with Microsoft's, and then go back to the FS engine and see if it
starts working right on the same file.
Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...>
To: <main@jfw.groups.io>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR
Maybe so, but I've gotten pure garbage from the JAWS default engine but
got decent results from the same document from the Microsoft engine.
And then again I've also gotten garbage from Microsoft's engine and got
good results from the default engine.
So I prefer to think that it depends on what you are scanning.
Gene...
On 7/5/2022 1:56 PM, Chris Hill wrote:

Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes
for free.



On 7/5/2022 12:07, Loy wrote:

There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with
JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than the one that
comes with JAWS?

Curious,
I wonder if simply the act of switching straightens out the OCR process.
So if someone has poor results, you could try switching to Microsoft's
engine, but don't use it, and switch back to FS's engine, and see if it
works better.
Or scan with Microsoft's, and then go back to the FS engine and see if it
starts working right on the same file.

Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...>
To: <main@jfw.groups.io>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR


Maybe so, but I've gotten pure garbage from the JAWS default engine but
got decent results from the same document from the Microsoft engine.

And then again I've also gotten garbage from Microsoft's engine and got
good results from the default engine.

So I prefer to think that it depends on what you are scanning.

Gene...


On 7/5/2022 1:56 PM, Chris Hill wrote:

Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes
for free.



On 7/5/2022 12:07, Loy wrote:

There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with
JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than the one that
comes with JAWS?

I have found that OB does a better job than the convenient OCR.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...>
To: <main@jfw.groups.io>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR
I don't know as I usually don't have time or inclination to fool around
with it. I usually just use Open Book for all my OCR work, it uses the
Abby Fine Reader engine and of the three engines, it consistently gets
the best results.
Gene...
On 7/5/2022 2:27 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:

Curious,
I wonder if simply the act of switching straightens out the OCR process.
So if someone has poor results, you could try switching to Microsoft's
engine, but don't use it, and switch back to FS's engine, and see if it
works better.
Or scan with Microsoft's, and then go back to the FS engine and see if it
starts working right on the same file.

Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...>
To: <main@jfw.groups.io>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR


Maybe so, but I've gotten pure garbage from the JAWS default engine but
got decent results from the same document from the Microsoft engine.

And then again I've also gotten garbage from Microsoft's engine and got
good results from the default engine.

So I prefer to think that it depends on what you are scanning.

Gene...


On 7/5/2022 1:56 PM, Chris Hill wrote:

Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes
for free.



On 7/5/2022 12:07, Loy wrote:

There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with
JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than the one that
comes with JAWS?

I have found that OB does a better job than the convenient OCR.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...>
To: <main@jfw.groups.io>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR


I don't know as I usually don't have time or inclination to fool around
with it. I usually just use Open Book for all my OCR work, it uses the
Abby Fine Reader engine and of the three engines, it consistently gets
the best results.

Gene...


On 7/5/2022 2:27 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:

Curious,
I wonder if simply the act of switching straightens out the OCR process.
So if someone has poor results, you could try switching to Microsoft's
engine, but don't use it, and switch back to FS's engine, and see if it
works better.
Or scan with Microsoft's, and then go back to the FS engine and see if it
starts working right on the same file.

Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...>
To: <main@jfw.groups.io>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR


Maybe so, but I've gotten pure garbage from the JAWS default engine but
got decent results from the same document from the Microsoft engine.

And then again I've also gotten garbage from Microsoft's engine and got
good results from the default engine.

So I prefer to think that it depends on what you are scanning.

Gene...


On 7/5/2022 1:56 PM, Chris Hill wrote:

Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes
for free.



On 7/5/2022 12:07, Loy wrote:

There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with
JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than the one that
comes with JAWS?

Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes for free.

There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than  the one that comes with JAWS?


Hi Gene,
Here are steps on using Jaws Eloquence for Openbook:
These are steps on how you can turn sleep mode off or make any other changes in the Settings Center for any program installed on your computer without
the particular / target program running.  Below are steps using Openbook & turning off sleep mode as an example.  When you shift + tab into
the application list & find the application you want, you need to tab 1 time
into the Settings Center for that application.  Pressing enter on the
application closes the Settings Center.  So, here is how I accessed the
Openbook Settings Center:
1. While in Outlook Express I pressed Insert key + 6, on the number row
above the main keyboard to open the Outlook Express Settings Center.
2. I invoked the keystroke, shift + tab, to get into the application list.
3. I pressed the letter O, until I had Openbook highlighted.
4. I tabbed 1 time into the Openbook Settings Center.
5. I Typed, sleep, into the search edit field & waited a few seconds for the
list to populate & arrowed down to Sleep Mode ..... miscellaneous, & pressed enter.
6. Now, right here the spacebar needs to be pressed to toggle the options until Jaws reports, sleep mode Disable.
7. Tab to apply, press the spacebar, tab to okay, press the spacebar to save your changes & close.
8. Now start, Openbook, & press, Control + F5 to temporarily ttoggle speech off in Openbook.  The, Control + F5, keystroke is a toggle, so you can invoke
this keystroke to turn speech back on.  With speech off Jaws will now be your screenreading program.  If you want to make your change permanent, you need
to go into Openbook's settings with the keystroke, Alt + G, arrow up / down to, Save the Settings, press enter, tab to the, Okay button, press enter, &
press enter on the, Yes, option of the dialogue that comes up.  If you don't save the settings, your prior Openbook's default settings will be used the
next time you start Openbook, but Jaws will also be enabled.  So, you need to put Jaws back into Sleep Mode by following steps 1 thru 7 from above, but
the following option in step #6, needs to be changed to, Sleep Mode Enabled & Unload the Synthesizer.
Stay safe and take care.  Mike.
PSA Folks: You can still get gas for under a dollar fifty at Taco Bell!
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Gene Warner <mailto:genewarner3@...>
*To:* main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
*Sent:* Tuesday, July 05, 2022 11:58 AM
*Subject:* Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR
The one thing I'd like to see FS do is to allow OB to use JAWS instead
of its own TTS voice, it's annoying to have to adjust two voices when it
could all be done with JAWS.
Gene...
On 7/5/2022 2:53 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
> I have found that OB does a better job than the convenient OCR.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...
<mailto:genewarner3@...>>
> To: <main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 1:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR
>
>
> I don't know as I usually don't have time or inclination to fool around
> with it. I usually just use Open Book for all my OCR work, it uses the
> Abby Fine Reader engine and of the three engines, it consistently gets
> the best results.
>
> Gene...
>
>
> On 7/5/2022 2:27 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
>> Curious,
>> I wonder if simply the act of switching straightens out the OCR process.
>> So if someone has poor results, you could try switching to Microsoft's
>> engine, but don't use it, and switch back to FS's engine, and see if it
>> works better.
>> Or scan with Microsoft's, and then go back to the FS engine and see
if it
>> starts working right on the same file.
>>
>> Glenn
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...
<mailto:genewarner3@...>>
>> To: <main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 1:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR
>>
>>
>> Maybe so, but I've gotten pure garbage from the JAWS default engine but
>> got decent results from the same document from the Microsoft engine.
>>
>> And then again I've also gotten garbage from Microsoft's engine and got
>> good results from the default engine.
>>
>> So I prefer to think that it depends on what you are scanning.
>>
>> Gene...
>>
>>
>> On 7/5/2022 1:56 PM, Chris Hill wrote:
>>> Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes
>>> for free.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/5/2022 12:07, Loy wrote:
>>>> There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with
>>>> JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than the one that
>>>> comes with JAWS?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>
>
>
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>
>

Hi, Chris. The fact that Vispero gives us a choice between omnipage and the Microsoft OCR engine shows that at least at times, the Microsoft OCR engine may give better results. If this were not the case, Vispero would have no reason to include both OCR engines.
Bill White
billwhite92701@... <mailto:billwhite92701@...>
*From:*main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] *On Behalf Of *Chris Hill
*Sent:* Tuesday, July 5, 2022 10:57 AM
*To:* main@jfw.groups.io
*Subject:* Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR
Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes for free.
On 7/5/2022 12:07, Loy wrote:
There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine
with JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than  the one
that comes with JAWS?

Hi, Chris. The fact that Vispero gives us a choice between omnipage and
the Microsoft OCR engine shows that at least at times, the Microsoft OCR
engine may give better results. If this were not the case, Vispero would
have no reason to include both OCR engines.

Bill White

billwhite92701@... <mailto:billwhite92701@...>

*From:*main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] *On Behalf Of
*Chris Hill
*Sent:* Tuesday, July 5, 2022 10:57 AM
*To:* main@jfw.groups.io
*Subject:* Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR

Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes
for free.


On 7/5/2022 12:07, Loy wrote:

There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine
with JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than the one
that comes with JAWS?

I have found that OB does a better job than the convenient OCR.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...>
To: <main@jfw.groups.io>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR


I don't know as I usually don't have time or inclination to fool around
with it. I usually just use Open Book for all my OCR work, it uses the
Abby Fine Reader engine and of the three engines, it consistently gets
the best results.

Gene...


On 7/5/2022 2:27 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:

Curious,
I wonder if simply the act of switching straightens out the OCR process.
So if someone has poor results, you could try switching to Microsoft's
engine, but don't use it, and switch back to FS's engine, and see if it
works better.
Or scan with Microsoft's, and then go back to the FS engine and see if it
starts working right on the same file.

Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...>
To: <main@jfw.groups.io>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR


Maybe so, but I've gotten pure garbage from the JAWS default engine but
got decent results from the same document from the Microsoft engine.

And then again I've also gotten garbage from Microsoft's engine and got
good results from the default engine.

So I prefer to think that it depends on what you are scanning.

Gene...


On 7/5/2022 1:56 PM, Chris Hill wrote:

Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes
for free.



On 7/5/2022 12:07, Loy wrote:

There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with
JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than the one that
comes with JAWS?

Hi, Gene. They may not be licenced to use ABBY Fine Reader for both, and may need to pay to have both licences.
Bill White
billwhite92701@...
-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gene Warner
Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2022 12:32 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR
I wish they'd just use the ABBY Fine Reader engine for JAWS as well as
Open Book.
Gene...
On 7/5/2022 3:28 PM, Bill White wrote:

Hi, Chris. The fact that Vispero gives us a choice between omnipage and
the Microsoft OCR engine shows that at least at times, the Microsoft OCR
engine may give better results. If this were not the case, Vispero would
have no reason to include both OCR engines.

Bill White

billwhite92701@... <mailto:billwhite92701@...>

*From:*main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] *On Behalf Of
*Chris Hill
*Sent:* Tuesday, July 5, 2022 10:57 AM
*To:* main@jfw.groups.io
*Subject:* Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR

Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes
for free.


On 7/5/2022 12:07, Loy wrote:

There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine
with JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than the one
that comes with JAWS?

What happens in OB if you turn off speech?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...>
To: <main@jfw.groups.io>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR
The one thing I'd like to see FS do is to allow OB to use JAWS instead
of its own TTS voice, it's annoying to have to adjust two voices when it
could all be done with JAWS.
Gene...
On 7/5/2022 2:53 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:

I have found that OB does a better job than the convenient OCR.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...>
To: <main@jfw.groups.io>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR


I don't know as I usually don't have time or inclination to fool around
with it. I usually just use Open Book for all my OCR work, it uses the
Abby Fine Reader engine and of the three engines, it consistently gets
the best results.

Gene...


On 7/5/2022 2:27 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:

Curious,
I wonder if simply the act of switching straightens out the OCR process.
So if someone has poor results, you could try switching to Microsoft's
engine, but don't use it, and switch back to FS's engine, and see if it
works better.
Or scan with Microsoft's, and then go back to the FS engine and see if it
starts working right on the same file.

Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Warner" <genewarner3@...>
To: <main@jfw.groups.io>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: Microsoft default OCR engine with JAWS convenient OCR


Maybe so, but I've gotten pure garbage from the JAWS default engine but
got decent results from the same document from the Microsoft engine.

And then again I've also gotten garbage from Microsoft's engine and got
good results from the default engine.

So I prefer to think that it depends on what you are scanning.

Gene...


On 7/5/2022 1:56 PM, Chris Hill wrote:

Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes
for free.



On 7/5/2022 12:07, Loy wrote:

There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with
JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than the one that
comes with JAWS?

Jaws is using omnipage, likely a lot better than anything MS includes
for free.



On 7/5/2022 12:07, Loy wrote:

There is an option in JAWS to use Microsoft's default OCR engine with
JAWS convenient OCR. Is it a better OCR engine than the one that
comes with JAWS?