Converting Printed Text to Digital Text: Optical Character Recognition In the Office and On the Go
June 23, 8:00-10:00 a.m.
Optical character recognition (OCR) has been around since the seventies, but it has only recently started to resemble the convenient, no-holds-barred conversion from a slice-of-tree page to a digital file that makes it live up to what was imagined back then. Technology companies are still working on image and handwriting recognition, but in the meantime you have at your fingertips all the options you need to convert hardbacks to more portable and screenreader-friendly versions, to read the label on a package, and to make sure that you don’t ever have to carry conference materials home with you again. Join us for an overview of the power and the glory of OCR.
If you are interested in attending this boutique, RSVP to cvangerven@nfb.org; space is limited.
The event will be held at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute at:
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, MD 21230 United States
