[bksvol-discuss] Re: Abby Fine Reader Sprint 5

Thanks, Dan. I'll look for those and see if they work
for me.

Cindy

--- Dan Beaver <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Cindy,
> 
> Ok, here is what I have been able to determine.
> 
> In the options there is a setting that says
> something like multiple pages. 
> If my wife has that checked then she can open the
> book and scan both pages 
> at once.  FineReader will then split the 2 pages and
> place them one after 
> the other instead of being side by side.
> 
> We have also now figured out how to get it to let
> her continually scan and 
> save in one file.  There is a manual setting, I
> can't remember the exact 
> name of the setting.  She changed it from Automatic
> to manual and now it 
> works the way we wanted.  I don't know why we didn't
> notice it before.
> 
> I hope this helps you some too.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 7:00 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Abby Fine Reader Sprint 5
> 
> 
> > Not that I know of--and that's a problem I've been
> > having with Fine Reader Sprint 5. How does she get
> to
> > do two pages at once nd convert?
> >
> > When I had an older ABBY OCR I could scan and
> convert
> > up to 12 pages at a time and save them as a single
> > document. I forget the setting for that. Sometimes
> he
> > OCR would freeze or crash and I'd have to do fewer
> > pages. Theoretically it could do 20 pages at once
> but
> > practically I was never able to do that.
> >
> > When I got a new scanner, though, and even the old
> > scanner with a new OS (I use a Mac) I have the
> Fine
> > Reader Sprint 5. In some ways it's quicker than
> the
> > older OCR but I can only scan and save one page at
> a
> > time. Timewise, however, that seems quicker than
> then
> > I was saving 10 or 12 pages. I create a new folder
> and
> > save the pages in that folder. Then, when I'm
> > finished, I copy them one at a time onto a single
> > document.
> >
> > NOW--this may be because I don't have the complete
> > Fine Reader. I noticed in the upper right-hand
> corner
> > that it says Upgrade Now. When I open that I'm
> told
> > that I'm working with a "version distributed with
> > scanners or multifinctional devices" and I should
> > download a trial version of Abby Fine Reader Pro
> for
> > the Mac. But after a two-week trial, I'd have to
> pay
> > for it. I went to the site--if you don't have a
> Mac
> > you could probably get a Fine Reader 8. I didn't
> look
> > long enough to find the one for the Mac, but the 8
> > upgrade is $180, and a new 8 is $400. I think when
> I
> > checked for myself last time an upgrade for me
> would
> > cost a couple of hundred, too, and for the little
> > scanning I do--just missing pages for people,
> though
> > once that ended up being a third of the book--I'd
> > rather not spend the money.
> >
> > If you find a way to scan and save several pages
> at a
> > time, please let me know. smile
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > --- Dan Beaver <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> My wife asked me to see if anyone out there has
> any
> >> ideas for her.
> >>
> >> She is working on scanning the meritbadge
> pamphlets
> >> and is also working on scanning the Anne Perry
> book
> >> "Tathea" that I have been interested in.
> >>
> >> Her question is this:
> >>
> >> When she scans FineReader is scanning 2 pages at
> >> once just fine.  However,  when it is ready for
> the
> >> next pages it is forcing her to save what she has
> >> scanned to that point in a file.  Is there a way
> to
> >> get FineReader to scan all the pages of a book
> into
> >> one file instead of many files?
> >>
> >> We are using Abby FineReader Sprint 5.0.  I know
> >> this is a fairly old version of FineReader but we
> >> can't afford a new version at this time.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >
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