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yb2
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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.
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dpf
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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
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Kitka
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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
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dankos
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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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