thanks for this,
my latest version of winfax lyte, came with my xircom, pci card, modem. I
think it was version 4.X of winfax lyte.
thanks for the info I'll have to have a look around for something new.
simon.
At 17:57 11/03/99 -0500, you wrote:
>simon no you do not need a scanner, plus i think wind fax is using a much
>newer engine, i say this because the version in win fax 8 was all 32 bit code
>with multi threading.
>at that time only the very best programs in the o c r market had those
>features.
>like omni page 8.
>remember this, when arkenstone first released its product people bought o c r
>that was 98 percent accurate on good docs.
>the fax was only 75 percent back then, translation not good enough for the
>blind.
>of course those programs where win 3.1 aps.
>today omni page is 93 percent for fax and 99 for good docs.
>so while use able it will depend on how the fax was scanned into the machine.
>today fax machines are 150 dot per inch, some day when scanning stuff gets
>real cheap they will improve this.
>when it happens blind people will be able to enjoy better ability to use o c r
>engines on the material from faxxes.
>by the way some say 95 percent is the line where o c r becomes use able for the
>blind.
>so with certain high quality faxes you will be in that ball park, with others
>you will not.
>with that said, i did not want you to be disappointed.
>good luck.
>oh yeah one other thing, all o c r packages are not equal on all types of text.
>in the past omni page sucked when it came to fax documents.
>word scan used to be the best here.
>but omhni page 9 is in the same ball park with its competition.
>mainly because of improvement in its ability to look at stuff that is not
>perfectly straight on the paper.
>most people making faxes just throw the doc on, and could care less about
>alignment.
>now realize that faxes one can download from companies with info about
>products are usually scanned in with a flat bed, like the h p, then maybe even
>touched up once in the p c.
>these docs are of the highest quality, and should offer better success rates.
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>>I have no ocr software, but I can get hold of omni page 5, but wouldn't I
>>need a scanner to go with it.reall?
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>>simon.
>>At 06:43 11/03/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>>simon you can perform o c r on the document to read it.
>>>be aware that faxes do not usually convert over as well as some other
>>types of
>>>text.
>>>i think the version you pay for has o c r built right in, or you can use omni
>>>page or what ever you use to scan with.
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>>>bill cameron
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>>>At 10:18 PM 3/11/99 +1300, you wrote:
>>>> all this talk about fax software, and it reminded me of my problem
>>>>with winfax lyte.
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>>>>and that is when I receive a fax then go into the receive log, to read it, I
>>>>can't as it comes through as a bit map. or tif g3, or fxs winfax file. non
>>>>of these seem to be able to be read with jfw3.2, or am I doing something
>>>>wrong somewhere.
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>>>>thanks for any help people can give.
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>>>>simon.
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>>>>Simon Fogarty
>>>>Dunedin, NZ
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>>Simon Fogarty
>>Dunedin, NZ
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