Simple OCR used to be free. I guess they changed that. I don't type out
most of my historical documents. Very rarely. I can't even think of one.
What I do is scan them, crop and straighten them and attach them as
images into Legacy. Then I file the originals in my paper files.
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JL
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
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Bill Rhodes wrote:
I have somehow lost my original email and the replies to it, but I was
told by someone that to get scanned docs into Legacy I need Optical
Reader software (which makes sense) and that I could find free ones for
download. After a lot of searching on Google I was never able to find
completely free software - "free" usually becomes "free trial period" or
"donation required", etc. I finally ordered "SIMPLE OCR" - the free
version with an obligatory $25 donation. After downloading & installing
- it does not work! I called them and they do _not_ support the free
version. After some discussion they agreed to refund the $25. So I am
back to square one. I really do not want to re-type all these records if
there is a better way. I would welcome and all any further ideas or
suggestions. How do the rest of you folks do it?
Bill Rhodes
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