[bcab] Re: FineReader OCR

Hi Dorothy
I don't use Kurzweil - I am using FineReader directly. Re voice - I use Daniel. I find for leisure reading a combination of Daniel and SpeakOn is absolutely superb! 

Regards
Tony
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Ingram-Gorban" <dorothy.ingram-gorban@xxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:01 PM
Subject: [bcab] Re: FineReader OCR
Tony you could always Email Kurzweil and ask them. I found Version 8 of fine reader better on for example carbon copies. re the other engine Scansoft I think formerly the Engine Scansoft accurate was just as good. did you use same settings or the Optimise feature repeat scan? I am using an Epson 3490 It takes longer to warm up than I had hoped. I do put highly coloured things in my scanner. sadly I fear packets of Easy to eat meals and I usually know what I am having for lunch that way. Dorothy.
Ps wonder which voice you are using, what do you think of Emily, and the one called a Default voice that speaks in a loud stage whisper? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony M Dart" <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 2:31 PM
Subject: [bcab] FineReader OCR


Hi
I have recently been doing some tests with FineReader OCR on difficult to read material - text over coloured backgrounds and photographs. (Specifically the backs of paperback books).
I have been using both FineReader 7 and FineReader 8. Oddly enough, 7 performs this much better than 8 - it is faster and far, far more accurate (often 100%!).
I have also found that successive scans on my cheapo Xerox flatbed scanner give different errors, so I assume this is down to fluctuations in the scanner's physical performance. Successive photos with a digital camera do not give this problem.
I would be deeply interested to hear of anyone elses experiences, experiments and setups for OCR. 

Regards
Tony

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