Hi Kate, I'm only getting started with these tools myself Anne Robertson is probably one of the list experts on this and will know better.
The answer is that you can scan and recognise with ABYY but it's slow. What a lot of us (I think it's not just me) do is if we have a lot to scan, we just scan with Vuscan and then pass the recognition off to ABYY. If it's only a small amount though you can just use ABYY. Cheers, Dónal On 13 Mar 2013, at 11:09, cait furness <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I couldn't see the results of the scan. I suspect that I didn't quite > understand what I needed to do to get that to happen. Can you both scan and > recognize with abby? or do I need both programs for this? I thought I had > to scan with vu scan and then use abby to recognize the scan. It's been a > while since I tried. I finally gave up and went back to k1000 since I have > school to deal with and reams of texts to muddle through. > thanks heaps, > Cait > > On 2013-03-13, at 7:05 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie> > wrote: > >> Those two programs are all mac. What issues did you have? >> >> You're essentially spending 2K on a webcam that talks to (in my view anyway) >> only very average software. Interestingly, the mac version isn't even a >> genuine mac program it runs under WINE which needs X11. >> On 13 Mar 2013, at 11:01, cait furness <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hmmm, ok. I am used to kurzweil. I had a go with abby and vu scan and >>> couldn't get them to work and would just like an all mac solution. Perhaps >>> I'll give abby and vu scan another shot or just stick with running a >>> virtual machine then. >>> Thanks for the tips. >>> Cait >>> >>> On 2013-03-13, at 6:53 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi there, >>>> >>>> At over 2000 euro? not a chance. I only use it because the university for >>>> which I work had it lying around and I borrowed it until a student comes >>>> in and gets it back. I would honestly say to spend a couple of hundred of >>>> whatever currency you operate in, and buy a decent scanner, Vuscan and >>>> ABYY FineReader Express. You'll get the same results for a fraction of >>>> the cost. >>>> >>>> Dónal >>>> On 13 Mar 2013, at 10:49, cait furness <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Besides this weirdness, would you say that i pal is worth the purchase? >>>>> Curiously, >>>>> Caitlyn, who is thinking of getting it later this year >>>>> >>>>> On 2013-03-12, at 7:57 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi David, >>>>>> >>>>>> Oops my apologies I thought I had followed up with the list on this one. >>>>>> >>>>>> I did some work with the developers, in the form of feedback and beta >>>>>> testing on ML last year. They were actually unaware it wouldn't work >>>>>> till I pointed it out and, I must say, reacted reasonably promptly. >>>>>> >>>>>> With your permission I will let them know of the flicker issue. Can you >>>>>> give more details on what you had to change? >>>>>> >>>>>> Again my apologies I thought I had sent a mail to this effect. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best and glad it's working, >>>>>> >>>>>> Dónal >>>>>> On 12 Mar 2013, at 23:47, David Griffith <d.griff...@btinternet.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I am pleased to say that after upgrade to Mountain Lion the EyePal >>>>>>> scanning software continues to function. >>>>>>> I rmember that there was some concern that this would not be the case >>>>>>> under Mountain Lion. >>>>>>> There is a little setting up that needs to be done. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I did not do a clean install of Mountain Lion which I suspect may have >>>>>>> helped me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Basically I went to the X11 utility in the Utilities folder. It did not >>>>>>> appear to run but after I selected open from the context menu I got a >>>>>>> message inviting me to learn about awn open source version of X11 as >>>>>>> Apple were no longer developing it. >>>>>>> I followed the link and downloaded the open source version of X11. >>>>>>> After running the install package I Had to restart my Mac. >>>>>>> When I then tried EyePal it opened with the new version of X11. >>>>>>> Curiously the camera was now misbehaving and flickering. I went into >>>>>>> settings and changed the flicker rate from US to Europe. 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