Universal Accessibility Interest Group

Hi all,
My library just got ABBYY FineReader and I just started using it.  I wondered if there's someone here who has experience with it who would be willing to give me some pointers? 

So far, it seems intuitive to run the OCR and to see where to correct errors but  I expect there's more I should know.  I'm using it to OCR PDFs for e-reserve.  Since there are zillions of them, I'm aiming to get them OCR'ed before thinking much about tagging, but suggestions about how to manage that are welcome.

I'm hoping to find someone who could meet with me on video chat for a little bit, but if you have pointers that you'd rather share by messaging, that's welcome too!

Thank you!
Adina

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Adina Mulliken
Social Work Subject Specialist & Associate Professor
Hunter College, CUNY
New York, NY
She/Her/Hers
am2621@hunter.cuny.edu
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Hi Adina!

I have some limited experience with ABBY. I discovered that ABBY is rated well for it's OCR abilities but not the best tool for improving the Accessibility of a document- when I learned that I didn't use it as much. I'll be watching this thread though for further suggestions!

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Anaya Jones She/Her/Hers
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Accessibility & Online Learning Librarian
Northeastern University
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Original Message:
Sent: Jan 07, 2023 09:07 AM
From: Adina Mulliken
Subject: help getting started with ABBYY FineReader

Hi all,
My library just got ABBYY FineReader and I just started using it.  I wondered if there's someone here who has experience with it who would be willing to give me some pointers?

So far, it seems intuitive to run the OCR and to see where to correct errors but  I expect there's more I should know.  I'm using it to OCR PDFs for e-reserve.  Since there are zillions of them, I'm aiming to get them OCR'ed before thinking much about tagging, but suggestions about how to manage that are welcome.

I'm hoping to find someone who could meet with me on video chat for a little bit, but if you have pointers that you'd rather share by messaging, that's welcome too!

Thank you!
Adina

------------------------------
Adina Mulliken
Social Work Subject Specialist & Associate Professor
Hunter College, CUNY
New York, NY
She/Her/Hers
am2621@hunter.cuny.edu
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Original Message:
Sent: 1/9/2023 11:03:00 AM
From: Anaya Jones
Subject: RE: help getting started with ABBYY FineReader

Hi Adina!

I have some limited experience with ABBY. I discovered that ABBY is rated well for it's OCR abilities but not the best tool for improving the Accessibility of a document- when I learned that I didn't use it as much. I'll be watching this thread though for further suggestions!

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Anaya Jones She/Her/Hers
___
Accessibility & Online Learning Librarian
Northeastern University
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Original Message:
Sent: Jan 07, 2023 09:07 AM
From: Adina Mulliken
Subject: help getting started with ABBYY FineReader

Hi all,
My library just got ABBYY FineReader and I just started using it.  I wondered if there's someone here who has experience with it who would be willing to give me some pointers?

So far, it seems intuitive to run the OCR and to see where to correct errors but  I expect there's more I should know.  I'm using it to OCR PDFs for e-reserve.  Since there are zillions of them, I'm aiming to get them OCR'ed before thinking much about tagging, but suggestions about how to manage that are welcome.

I'm hoping to find someone who could meet with me on video chat for a little bit, but if you have pointers that you'd rather share by messaging, that's welcome too!

Thank you!
Adina

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Adina Mulliken
Social Work Subject Specialist & Associate Professor
Hunter College, CUNY
New York, NY
She/Her/Hers
am2621@hunter.cuny.edu
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