The cloud issue is valid but, you don't need a camera.  My photo smart all in 
one worked just fine.

hth

Ricardo Walker
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On May 19, 2011, at 7:34 PM, carolyn Haas wrote:

> I haven't yet.  I'm a lousy shot with a camera, and I thought that one needed 
> to use one.:)
> 
> And then there's the issue of the cloud for doing the interpreting.  I think 
> it's easy enough for my stuff to get compromised without sending mail to the 
> cloud for perusal.:)
> 
> Carolyn
> 
> On May 19, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Have you tried docuscan?
>> 
>> Ricardo Walker
>> [email protected]
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>> www.mobileaccess.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On May 19, 2011, at 12:20 AM, carolyn Haas wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Jenny:
>>> I have a canon mp160, and an hp photosmart d10.  My canon scans far faster 
>>> than the HP, which surprised me. That was using Openbook.  Working with 
>>> Vuescan was very slow with both scanners I used up my trial of Abbyy before 
>>> I could do much with it.  But, I hear it's pretty persnickety about which  
>>> scanners it will work with.  I'm looking for scan times under 30 seconds, 
>>> and I sure didn't have that with vuescan.'It's been disappointing to have 
>>> to go back to that other OS for serious bouts of scanning.:)
>>> But, so far, that's the most efficient way to get things done.
>>> Take care
>>> 
>>> Carolyn
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On May 18, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Jenny Wood wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Carolyn,
>>>> 
>>>> Just out of curiosity, what type of scanner do you have?  I think you may 
>>>> have told me before, but I think I need a refresher. :-)  I will say that 
>>>> as a follow-up to our docuscan discussion, I really started digging 
>>>> further into scanning possibilities for my mac.  I tried a program called 
>>>> Exactscan Pro, which was sort of okay, but I was disappointed with the 
>>>> quality of the recognition.  However, I also downloaded a trial version of 
>>>> Abby Fine Reader, and I actually wound up purchasing it within the first 
>>>> couple of days.  I am very impressed with the recognition, and it works 
>>>> very well with my scanner and scanner software.  My only complaint at all 
>>>> about this program, is simply the fact I have to launch the scanner 
>>>> software separately to begin the scanning process, and that Abby asks you 
>>>> to save the file before reviewing it.  Having said that, it really comes 
>>>> down to an extra button push or two difference from what I might get out 
>>>> of K1000.  I have used it intensely since having bought it.  I intend to 
>>>> continue using it even once I get Fusion up and running.  I will use K1000 
>>>> primarily for larger scanning projects, since it will allow me to scan 
>>>> repeatedly without necessarily having to save anything.  As far as going 
>>>> through the daily mail or random papers around the house, Abby does the 
>>>> job perfectly.    
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> 
>>>> Jenny Wood
>>>> Phone:     (972) 989-3894
>>>> Email:     [email protected]
>>>> Facebook/Twitter/Skype:    kc5gni
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On May 18, 2011, at 1:52 PM, carolyn Haas wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi John:
>>>>> That's one reason I haven't made that little investment.  If I'm going to 
>>>>> buy that app, I don't want to have to jump through lots of hoops to use 
>>>>> it.  I have to say this is one area where accessibility really could use 
>>>>> a proberveal kick in the pants--Ok, upgrade.:)
>>>>> 
>>>>> I absolutely hate having to tell people I need to use the PC to scan most 
>>>>> conveniently.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you for your input.
>>>>> Carolyn
>>>>> 
>>>>> On May 18, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Jon Cohn wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have done this with TIFF and PostScript files.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Even though I got a copy of Abby (old version) with my scanner, the new 
>>>>>> Abby does not recognise my Epson Perfection scanner.  
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On May 18, 2011, at 1:21 PM, carolyn Haas wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi:
>>>>>>> I'm debating about purchasing Abbyy for my Mac to access it's ocr 
>>>>>>> capabilities.  I am wondering from someone who uses it whether I can 
>>>>>>> upload an image to it from, for example, an email attachment and have 
>>>>>>> it convert to text.  TIA for any input.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Carolyn
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