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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Norwich, Lorraine via athen-list<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 7, 2025 11:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] OCR with writing on the page<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was sent a document by someone today to OCR. It has writing on it and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to OCR it. We use Abby and Adobe.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any suggestions would be great.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lorraine<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS<br>
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Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services<br>
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25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215<br>
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<a href="mailto:lnorwich@bu.edu">lnorwich@bu.edu</a> (email)<br>
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617-353-9646 (fax)<br>
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<a href="http://www.bu.edu/disability">www.bu.edu/disability</a> (website)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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