Re: ? About OCR Software

by Dave Doeppel <dave(at)davesdesign.com>

Date:	Wed, 20 May 1998 13:06:06 -0700
To:	Mark Miller <mgm(at)brooktrout.com>, hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
Cc:	mgm(at)brooktrout.com
In-Reply-To:	brooktrout
	todo: View Thread, Original

I use Omnipage Pro.  I think the current version is 8.  It does a great job
although I have not had to any thing incredibly complex with it, it does work.

No particluar reason that I am using it over anything else other than it is
an upgrade of the software that originally came with my scanner.


Dave Doeppel
http://www.davesdesign.com

At 12:34 PM 5/20/98 -0400, Mark Miller wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>I am wondering if any of you have any experience with OCR sw -- I have a
>UMAX Astra 1200S scanner (with a PC).  I need to scan Word docs, etc.
>and need a good utility for this. I downloaded PageGenie98 from
>www.shareware.com, but it doesn't recognize columns (or at least I can't
>figure out how to make it recognize them), plus it's a little klunky for
>my taste.
>
>Can anyone recommend a good program that will recognize docs and easily
>transport them into Word, HTML, etc? Since it's for work, price is no
>object >:-> although I don't really wanna spend more than I need to.
>
>Any advice/pointers will be appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
> mm
>-----------
>Mark Miller
>Electronic Communications Manager
>Brooktrout Technology
>781-433-9543
>MAILTO:mgm(at)brooktrout.com
>www.brooktrout.com
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>The nice thing about standards is
>that there's so many to choose from.
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>
>
>
>

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