Firstly, thanks to Anne R for posting her VueScan settings and to Sandy T for setting a good example of tenacity when it comes to mastering a scanning / OCR application. I've spent some time with Vuescan now and am liking the results so far. I'm using the 64 bit trial on a 1.6GHZ MBA with 4GB ram, SL, and a USB connected HP Photosmart C6150.
Upon first launch of the Vuescan app it automatically recognized my HP Photosmart. While entering Anne's suggested settings I noticed I had a few additional options which I assume are unique to each different scanner model. One of my input options was to select either Flatbed or Doc Feeder as this device has a document feeder on top of the lid covering the flatbed. I know from experience that the scanning hardware associated with the doc feeder does not produce nearly as high quality scans as the flatbed, but I decided to try the doc feeder first just to see if it might be acceptable. It quickly scanned a 3 page document and created my target RTF file, but the text was garbage. I then closed and relaunched Vuescan, went back through the settings and this time chose flatbed, and the results were very good. I tried a few pages from various types of printed material and they all gave similar results. I've pasted below what I think was probably the most challenging document. It's a page from an insurance policy that was faxed to me. I've replaced all sensitive info with xxxxxxx but all of the replaced text, including policy numbers and dollar amounts, had been interpreted correctly by the OCR engine. BTW- TextEdit did not automatically launch for me either, as others have noted, and when I installed the demo of BBEdit and set it as the editor of choice, it too did not open automatically. I imagine this is a small bug that the developer can easily fix in a future update. Cheers, Bryan POLICY NUMBER: xxxxxxxxx ZND OF 2 PAGES POLICY NUMBER: xxxxxxx ZND OF 2 PAGES ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD ANY INSURANCE COMPANY OR OTHER PERSON FILES AN APPLICATION FOR INSURANCE OR STATEMENT OF CLAIM CONTAIN- ING ANY MATERIALLY FALSE INFORMATION OR CONCEALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MISLEADING, INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY FACT MATERIAL THERETO COMMITS A FRAUDULENT INSURANCE ACT; WHICH IS A CRIME AND SUBJECTS SUCH PERSON TO CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES. » J I HAVE RECEIVED AND READ A COPY OF THE "xxxxxxx INSURANCE PRIVACY STATEMENT". BY SUBMITTING THIS APPLICATION, I AM APPLYING FOR ISSUANCE OF A POLICYfOF INSURANCE AND, AT ITS EXPIRATION, FOR APPROPRIATE RENEWAL POLICIES ISSUED EY xxxxxxx INSURANCE COMPANY AND/OR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE xxxxxxx OF INSURANCE COMPANIES. I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ME THAT IS CONTAINED IN, OR THAT IS OBTAINED IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS APPLICATION OR ANY POLICY ISSUED TO ME MAY BE USED BY ANY COMPANY WITHIN THE xxxxxxx TO ISSUE, REVIEW, AND RENEW THE INSURANCE FOR WHICH I AM APPLYING. I HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE FACTS STATED IN THE ABOVE APPLICATION ARE TRUE AND REQUEST THE COMPANY TO ISSUE THE INSURANCE AND ANY RENEWALS THEREOF IN RELIANCE THEREON. T AGREE THAT IF MY PREMIUM REMITTANCE IS NOT HONORED BY THE BANK NO COVERAGE WILL BE BOUND. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT MISREPRESENTATION OF INFORMATION ON THIS APPLICATION COULD VOID SOME OR ALL OF MY COVERAGES. *** REFER TO POLICY AND DECLARATIONS FOR CO LETE C0 E 1 E FORMATION *** Sain PREMIUM $123.45 V 1). AMT PAID $0.00 . DATE /WUS7 BE RSON -’ OF APPLICANT ‘ A l I ,,I_ _____, ~ 3/ I / 1 __,_C_,___,_ _H____ _,L_ xxxxxxx INSURANCE AGENCY xxxxxxx xxxxxxx AGENT #xxxxxxx DATE iB.*?"SIGNATURE -- 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.
