Hello Eric, Readiris does a great job on OCR but is rubbish for scanning. I use a combination of VueScan with Readiris and the results are excellent.
You can find a set up guide and user guide for VueScan with Readiris on: <www.lioncourt.com> or on: <www.icanworkthisthing.com> VueScan and Readiris work seamlessly together. After scanning, VueScan launches Readiris which then launches TextEdit. The whole process is explained in the user guide. Cheers, Anne On Jun 12, 2009, at 3:47 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > > Hi friends. I'm interested in trying Read Iris. I know it's been > discussed before, so if you want to leave me any comments or > suggestions off list, that's fine. > > Fraid I've gotten off to a bad start. I found the company's web site > alright. I clicked downloads. Then I clicked demos, then I clicked > the download link beside trial version for mac OSX. So far so good. > > Then I filled in my country of origin and my email, and I got a nice > little email offering me a link to a flash movie demo showing how to > use read iris, which is, quite frankly, not what was advertized, and > sertainly not what I asked for. Then reading the fine print at the > bottom I discover I've been cavoleerly subscribed to a company mailing > list and I'll have to take action to get myself unsubscribed which is > most disconserting. > > So, I am tourn. The email is offering me read iris for half price, > and it's not all that expensive to begin with. Money is always tight > here though, and I'm not sure I want to invest in a company that > impresses me as being just a tidge high handed. This especially since > I can't try the product for free before I buy it. > > I'm still semi-interested. To be honest, it would be nice not to have > to go to windows every time I want to read something, which again to > be honest isn't really often enough to justify having a copy of > kurzweil around all the time. Plus, I'd like to demonstrate that > there is a good scanning and reading solution for the mac. One of the > companies I work for sells a fare amount of apple, and it would be > nice to show this as part of the mac experience. > > I'd be greatful for simple reassurance if nothing else, preferably > from actual users of the program. > > Best, > > > erik burggraaf > A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. > Phone: 888-255-5194 > Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
