Presenter: Stephen Baum, Vice President, Kurzweil Educational Systems. 800-894-5374 Ext. 618
Email: steve@kesi.com. Web: http://www.kesi.com
The Accessible World Tek Talk event this week focused on optical character recognition (OCR), one of the major technologies that has played a significant role in providing access to the printed page for those with disabilities. Leading the discussion will be Kurzweil Vice-President Stephen Baum, a recognized OCR authority.
He will begin by discussing , what optical character recognition is and what else it should be. Then, following a technical and corporate history of OCR, he will describe the state of the art today and its future direction. A question and answer period will follow the presentation.