Hi, for scan to email most scanner drivers are adequate. Simply try to avoid using an all in one printer scanner and you will have a button on the front that scans to a file and attaches it to an email.
The situation regarding scan to OCR using your mac as a reading machine is a bit unfortunate. There is the eyepal which is very nice in it's way despite some pitfalls, but is overpriced even after they nocked the price down by about 800 bucks. Then there is docuscan for about $400 which is OK except that it requires a cloud and an internet connection to be getting on with. It would be a steel at 400 bucks if the software did the OCr right onboard. Then there are abby finereader and readiris. Some people love these solutions. I am not one of them. They are heavily dependent on accessible scanner software from the manufacturer which as you rightly observed is hit an miss. They require a daisy chain of 2 to 4 programs for the scan and read process depending on the combination you choose. And the results of my tests on abby fine reader with the cannon lide90 were OK generally speaking but much slower than kurzweil 1000 under windows and not nearly as accurate. Best, Erik Burggraaf This month in Ebony Promos: Two new gps systems for demo. Mac OS Lion When will it be supported? Ebony Consulting at accessibility Unconference Toronto. To read more and subscribe, Visit: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/mailman/listinfo/ebony-promos_erik-burggraaf.com Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-09-05, at 7:07 AM, Mark Colman wrote: > Hello all, > > Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion if > this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to send by > email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility or app for > working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's own > drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit and > miss as far as accessibility is concerned). > > Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR to > get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? > > Cheers, > > Mark > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
