Hi Jackie and Carol, Some time ago I switched from OpenBook and now use Abby FineReader. It's about £70 (about half the cost of an Openbook upgrade) and I'm wondering what the bespoke blindness products offer that I don't get with Abby? From my perspective, I think that following my switch, I got better recognition, and better access to PDF files. I lost text to speech (which I never used) but can't think of anything else off hand. I'd be very interested to know why people still seem to prefer the other products. Richard
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- From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 22:03:48 -0000
Hi Carol Like you, I haven't upgraded for some years either, and would like to do so if it's worth doing. I would like to be able to run it on Vista as well so I can use it on my laptop if need be, so if anyone is doing this at present, please also let me know your views. Normally, a version pops up every autumn, but I haven't heard anything for a long time. Thanks. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Access UK Mailing List" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 9:59 PM Subject: [access-uk] KURZWEIL 1000 UPGRADE? > Hi all, > > I'm still running Jurzweil 8.02 and am thinking I'd possibly like to > upgrade, if only because I've not done so for some while now, as you'll > note from the version number. However, as I don't want to upgrade just to > get the latest and greatest, I'd be interested to know what's happened > with this software Version 8 so that I can think further on this. > > Thanks for any feedback. > > -- > Carol > carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > since > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: > 269.15.20/1107 - Release Date: 03/11/2007 11:22 > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq __________ NOD32 2636 (20071103) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
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