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yb2 -> scanning and altering (4/24/2006 16:55:32)

Just wondering if anyone knows of software that allows you to edit scanned documents as if they were word-processor docs??

I can't think of or find any.



jaybee -> RE: scanning and altering (4/24/2006 17:29:27)

Yes there's loads out there but it can be pricey. You need OCR software. TextBridge used to be one of the best but I've not kept up with it.



yb2 -> RE: scanning and altering (4/24/2006 17:38:00)

thanks.

quote:

but it can be pricey


Luckily, it won't be my money![:)]



dpf -> RE: scanning and altering (4/24/2006 17:53:47)

oH i AM WORKING A CONSULTING PROJECT RIGHT NOW ON THAT SORT OF STUFF. oops, caps
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) has come a long way! There are very cheap packages (sorry jaybee) that look at scanned documents - google OCR



yb2 -> RE: scanning and altering (4/24/2006 18:00:54)

how good are they at caps??[:D]

cheers Dan.

found a free linux ocr called GOCR, going to try out their new Windows distro, see if it's any good.



jaybee -> RE: scanning and altering (4/24/2006 18:11:00)

Like I said, I've not looked at it for a long time. Last one I bought was years ago and it cost me over £100 then and it was, to put it politely

carp.

So I gave up. Never need to use it these days anyway.



Kitka -> RE: scanning and altering (4/24/2006 19:05:11)

We have to scan user manuals for conversion to PDF. Some years ago we tested what was on offer and found "Presto! OCR Pro 4.0" to be the best. We still use it. I imagine that more recent versions would be even better.

I understand that Presto! was a rebadged version of "ABBYY Fineprint OCR", which is highly regarded.

http://www.abbyy.com/company/success_stories.asp?param=32149



dpf -> RE: scanning and altering (4/24/2006 19:43:40)

quote:

years ago
and years ago we used DOS 3.1 too...[:D]



jaybee -> RE: scanning and altering (4/24/2006 19:55:06)

Not that many years ago.



dankos -> RE: scanning and altering (4/25/2006 1:57:16)

You can try Newsoft's Presto PageManager. It uses the Twain interface to the scanner and has an OCR program, which is pretty good. It's so convenient that I prefer it over Nuance's Omnipage, a pricey OCR program.

http://www.newsoftinc.com/products/product-main.asp?productid=NAI0020
Strangely, Newsoft says little of the capability of PageManager to be used as a generalized graphics scan program, but it does.

http://www.nuance.com/omnipage/

Check to see that your scanner is Twain compatible.

Believe it or not, Twain is short for "Technology Without an Interesting Name," seemingly showing it was developed by a modest programmer. Actually it's derived from from Kipling's poem "The Ballard of East and West" - "...and never the twain shall meet...".



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