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Speakers
Joaquim Rocha
Schedule
Day Sunday
Room AW1.121
Capacity 81
Start time 11:00
End time 11:55
Duration 00:55
Info
Track Accessibility devroom

Making the printed world accessible: A11y in OCRFeeder

A11y in OCRFeeder

Even with all the existing alternatives nowadays a lot of information is still printed on paper. OCRFeeder is an application for the GNOME desktop that makes it easier to convert document images (scanned documents) into digital/editable formats (such as ODT) by using a segmentation algorithm and OCR engines. Because of this, OCRFeeder is also a useful tool for the visually impaired who can use it together with Orca to be able to convert and read printed documents.

Even with all the existing alternatives nowadays a lot of information is still printed on paper. OCRFeeder is an application for the GNOME desktop that makes it easier to convert document images (scanned documents) into digital/editable formats (such as ODT) by using a segmentation algorithm and OCR engines. Because of this, OCRFeeder is also a useful tool for the visually impaired who can use it together with Orca to be able to convert and read printed documents.

In the year 2010, the main focus of OCRFeeder's development was the improvement of its accessibility, from the basic UI correction (widgets' accessible names, mnemonics, keyboard shortcuts, etc.) to the development of new features related to the contents detection and processing.

In this talk I will give an overview of OCRFeeder and present in more detail the accessibility work mentioned above.

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