Hello Anowk,

On Jul 19, 2009, at 10:37 PM, a radix wrote:
> I am not doubting that readiris is very reliable and I indeed wont use
> it on the mac. I just wonder if it is as good (and then i mean with  
> text
> recognition( as omnipage 16 pro for the pc.
I can't answer this as I've never used a PC, but it works at least as  
well as Omnipage for the Mac.

> Yes I know its a heavy, clunky
> sometimes unstable piece of software but it works great for what i  
> use it,
> which is scanning printed books (no handwriting) and then directly  
> exporting
> them to a text file without proofreading it first.
I do this with Readiris.

> As long as the scanned
> input is clear and nobody has written in the book with a pencil or  
> something
> the text is nearly perfect.
This is true for Readiris. I use it in both French and English.

>
> Do you know if readires is able to scan/ocr multiple pages at once/ 
> export
> them all to one file (i have a sheetfeeder that can scan  
> approximately 25
> pages at once)
Yes, it can.

> I am also not sure if the fact that I can scan both sides of
> a page is built-in to my scanner (it does this mechanically) or if i  
> have to
> rely on the software to tell it to do this.
It must be built into your scanner. It's physically impossible for my  
scanner to scan both sides of a sheet without turning the paper over.

I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Anne


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