[bksvol-discuss] Re: Recommendations for OCR and Scan software
- From: "Jamie Yates, CPhT" <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 16:05:17 -0800 (PST)
Freecycle is a local group (there are groups all over the country) where you
can offer things you no longer need to others for free, or you can find things
that someone else is no longer using. You could try groups.yahoo.com and search
for freecycle and the name of your city or county to see if there is a group
near you.
Then you can sign up for emails through the group and you'll get emails like
OFFER: hardcover books or ISO: (which means in search of) bunkbeds. There is
pretty much no limit to the type of things people give away on freecycle.
Jamie in Michigan
Currently Reading: A Lion Among Men by Gregory Macguire
My new website: http://www.michrxtech.com/books.html
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--- On Fri, 2/27/09, Julia <julia.kulak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Julia <julia.kulak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Recommendations for OCR and Scan software
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 6:30 PM
Um, what's a freecycle?
Julia
----- Original Message -----
From: Jamie Yates, CPhT
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.
Jamie in Michigan
Currently Reading: Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
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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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[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
-----Original Message-----
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[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
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[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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