OCR Systems: Bringing Accessibility Where It’s Missing
summary
Overview of OCR tools from Microsoft and Google’s open-source Tesseract, explaining their capabilities. Demonstrates these OCR systems inside a software that creates scripts to add accessibility and interaction to otherwise totally inaccessible user interfaces.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00OCR introduction
- 1:49Windows OCR accessibility
- 3:14Demo: Inaccessible virtual synthesizer
- 5:30Demo: Autonomous control with OCR
- 11:09Image contrast and readability
- 13:18Word recognition and mouse positioning
- 21:36Demo: OCR navigation in inaccessible software
- 24:12Demo: Accessible music browser for blind users
- 27:08Building accessible apps with OCR
- 31:25Custom interface for blind users
- 36:52OCR API potential and limits
- 38:45Q&A: OCR and PDF enabling
- 41:18Conclusion
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