I installed a demo of K1000 this morning, and I want to share that experience here. I have to admint that I'm a little shocked right now because while I knew there would be an improvement with K1000, I honestly believed that many people were exaggerating its abilities. Now that I see k1000 in action, I'm wondering why anyone would choose to go with Openbook by choice. I'm not saying that out of snobbishness. I mean that if people could compare them side by side with the same machine, scanning the same book, few people would by Openbook. If anyone is on this list and is debating which program to go with, please insist on trying both programs yourself instead of assuming that your local technology salesperson knows what's best for you. You may end up liking OB, but please make sure of that for yourself. As for me, I didn't insist on a comparison, believing that Openbook had to be good if that's what others in my area were using. I feel a little sick realizing that I made a dumb choice. Kurzweil will give you a free demo to try if you ask. I think ignorance is what keeps OB around right now. I was able to proofread a book in roughly 12 minutes, a book that took me several hours in Openbook. Vocational Rehab counselors need to know that there's such an enormous difference in software ability. Our state is exclusively Freedom Scientific, and I think it's time to change that at least with regard to OCR software. I'm going to sit down and write my former counselor a letter and describe my experience with K1000. Maybe that will help someone else. I'm just shaking my head in bewilderment, wondering why nobody locally has even seen a comparison between the two systems. This is how scanning should be... fast, reliable, and configurable.
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