[bksvol-discuss] Re: Recommendations for OCR and Scan software
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:58:46 -0800
Hi Julia,
It's an online sort of trade thing. People post stuff that they have
that is still useful, but that they no longer need. And other people can
have it for free. I think you have to trade stuff that you no longer need
before you can get something that someone else no longer needs. They are
all over the U.S. but I don't know about in Canada. I know Jamie knows more
about it than I do. She's actually used it! I just read about it.
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Julia
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:31 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Recommendations for OCR and Scan software
Um, what's a freecycle?
Julia
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From: Jamie Yates, CPhT <mailto:jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 6:18 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Recommendations for OCR and Scan
software
Denise, try asking on your local freecycle for anyone who has either
scanning software you are interested in that they no longer use. You'd be
surprised at what people buy when they think they must have it, and then
find out they don't use it.
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--- On Tue, 2/10/09, Denise Wagner <denisecwagner@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Denise Wagner <denisecwagner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Recommendations for OCR and Scan
software
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 12:49 PM
Thanks, Virginia. I'll definitely check that out. So far, the best
I have
found (and, of course, it was free since I'm cheap, I mean, frugal)
is
FreeOCR. But, I still want to find something that will make the job
at
least a little bit easier LOL.
Thanks again for the suggestion!
Denise
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Virginia
Tallman
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:16 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Recommendations for OCR and Scan
software
Denise.
If you use a PC and Word, you may want to look at the Abbyy web
page. I also
could not justify the large expense for Finereader, but did get
"Scan to
Office". It is about $50 and does a really nice job of scanning. My
guess
is it is a smaller version of Finereader.
It is better than the one that comes with my scanner which made many
OCR
errors and was frustrating to use.
Virginia
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Denise
Wagner
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 6:03 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Recommendations for OCR and Scan
software
LOL Debee! And thank you for the warning!
I did some searching and really want to get Finereader. I found
some great
deals (or so I thought) at less than $200. Well, luckily, I noticed
these
were the "upgrades", not the real deal. Glad I noticed! And I
can't seem
to find anything second-hand either.
So, I doubt I'll be talking my husband into a $400 expenditure
anytime
soon,
so I think I'll have to stick with FreeOCR and limit my scanning
submissions. I think I can do children's books fairly easily, but
novels
would probably be too frustrating.
Denise
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Deborah
Armstrong
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 6:40 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Recommendations for OCR and Scan
software
Denise,
Be very careful when buying OCR software that you get a full
version,
especially on Ebay. Programs like OmniPage have a "limited"
version
that
often is bundled free with scanners but doesn't OCR as well as the
"professional" version. Some marketing folks say version, some say
edition.
Some programs call the full, complete version professional, or
Office,
Elite, enterprise, or some other fancy term. Often the limited or
Lite
edition is referred to simply by the product name, and buyer
beware!
For another example, when my husband gets a new digital camera it is
bundled
with a crippled photoshop or other image enhancement program. I've
seen
these products called XL or Basic, or some other mealy-mouthed term
that
implies the product is easier to use rather than the truth which is
that
it's missing crucial features. Like those computers you buy today
loaded up
with trial-ware.
I worked for Caere as the tech support lead for OmniPage at the end
of the
1990s and it was so frustrating the way they bundled the crippled
product
free with everything. Gave the average scanner consumer a completely
flawed
impression of OCR, which is exactly the opposite of what they were
trying to
do. But sometimes those arrogant guys in marketing, who have too
many
degrees and never talk to real customers are so clueless it's a
wonder
they
sell anything at all!!!
--Debee
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