[guispeak] Re: Fw: Kim Komando tip

"david poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:38:54 -0500

The problem is and what she doesn't make a point of telling folk is that the 
ocr that comes with most scanners is either a demo of the software are an 
inferior ocr product and that to get this to work properly you need good 
ocr.  I know that this is not for those who relie on speech and I know it's 
just a sort of novelty thing, but I also know that a lot of people are going 
to be disapointed if they try it at all.

Johnnie Apple Seed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Weichbrodt" <gerald.g.weichbrodt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 9:01 AM
Subject: [guispeak] Re: Fw: Kim Komando tip

She does mention that.  She talks about a scanner converting the material
into a picture.  Then she mentions that most scanners come with some form of
OCR.  The order of operations isn't spelled out quite as clearly as it might
be, but it's in there.

Cheers,
Jerry

----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 8:53 AM
Subject: [guispeak] Re: Fw: Kim Komando tip

> she's rong, first you have to ocr it.
>
> Johnnie Apple Seed
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