Scanning/OCR question again.

[Jim Noseworthy]

Is there an accessible scanning/ocr program out there suitable for scanning 
books?

Thanks all over the place gang.
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Re: Scanning/OCR question.

[Esther]

Hi Jim,

Dónal posted that there was a MacUpdate promo on ABBYY FIne Reader Express a 
week ago.  In keeping with the policy following many (but not all) mupromos, 
you can still purchase this application at  25% discount ($74.99) for the next 
7 days, although the 50% discount was only good last Monday:
http://www.mupromo.com/deal/13410/abbyy-finereader-express

I'm a bit confused about whether the free trial demo of this program has been 
updated to the latest version, 8.3, for Lion.  The information on the trial 
download site for ABBYY FineReader Express appears to state that this is good 
for Mac OS X through 10.7, but the numerous comments on the macupdate web page 
state that users who tested the trial all had to update their versions at the 
ABBYY web site before they could apply their serial numbers following purchase. 
 The developer claims you have to uninstall the 15-day trial version, then load 
the new version for 8.3 from the following URL in order for the serial numbers 
to work: 

http://www.abbyydownloads.com/FRMACLion/ABBYY_FineReader_Express.dmg
 
Of course, you could just go to the Mac App Store and pay the $99.99 for ABBYY 
FineReader Express, and not worry about the discount.  Purchases of MacUpdate 
promos do require you to create an account, and that requires a one-time 
negotiation of a CAPTCHA.

HTH.  Cheers,

Esther

On Nov 5, 2012, at 8:11 AM, Jim Noseworthy wrote:

> Hi Gang:
> 
> Thanks for your recommendations.  I thought of DocuScan but I would like a 
> stand-alone solution.  I might try the ABBY fine reader software.
> 
> Again, thanks all over the place.
> 

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Re: Scanning/OCR question.

[Jim Noseworthy]

Hi Gang:

Thanks for your recommendations.  I thought of DocuScan but I would like a 
stand-alone solution.  I might try the ABBY fine reader software.

Again, thanks all over the place.

On 2012-11-05, at 1:48 PM, stuart young  wrote:

> Hi Jim.
> have you taken a look at docuscan+ it is made buy a company called serotek, 
> the web address is: www.serotek.com/
> Regards.
> Stuart.
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Re: Scanning/OCR question.

[Anne Robertson]

Hello Jim,

If all your scanning is done in English, then the Docuscan solution would 
probably be the easiest to use, but not the cheapest.

Many people use ABBYY FineReader Express which handles quite a few languages, 
including up to three in the same document.

If you need a scanning solution for an iDevice, then Prizmo seems to get most 
people's votes. I certainly use it successfully and, once again, it handles 
quite a few different languages.

Cheers,

Anne

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Re: Scanning/OCR question.

[stuart young]

Hi Jim.
have you taken a look at docuscan+ it is made buy a company called serotek, the 
web address is: www.serotek.com/
Regards.
Stuart.
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Re: Scanning/OCR question.

[Sarah Alawami]

For mac I've heard of people using  abby fine reader an dvoo scan (excuse 
spelling) but I never do scanning on windows or mac as I have readers

for ios I am of no help as I don't do ocr on there either, not until the camera 
gets better.
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Scanning/OCR question.

[Jim Noseworthy]

Hi Folks:

Any recommendations for a good accessible Scanning/OCR program?

Thanks all over the place gang.

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