[bksvol-discuss] Re: Thoughts On K1000
- From: "Katie Star" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 01:29:32 -0700
Hi Monica,
Our local agency does push Openbook but I had a good friend who said to
insist on Kurzweil because it was a much better program. Honestly, I have
never worked with Openbook but from all I hear there is not a lot of reasons
to for me.
Katie Hill
No one is given a dream without also being given the power to make it come
true.
Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica Willyard
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 5:05 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Thoughts On K1000
>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.
Monica
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