RE: Good accessible OCR program?
- From: "Richard P. Kelly" <rpkelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 07:51:06 -0500
Yes, Kurzweil is a bit more expensive, but one does not need to worry about
the change of interface with each upgrade. It's quick for on the fly OCR
and very accurate. If you ever decide to take the plunge, inquire of
Kurzweil to see if they currently offer a competitive upgrade. This will
bring the initial cost down considerably.
I started out with something called Cat Scan in DOS. That was an expensive
and worthless investment. I then moved on to Word Scan V1 from Windows 3
from Calera Recognition Systems. Calera was the company that made the
hardware based OCR for the Arkenstone readers, which I think at the time,
added about $4,000 to the cost of a 80286 based PC. Adjusted for inflation,
all of our options are less costly now and far more accurate!
Cheers!
Cordially,
Richard P. Kelly
rpkelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.new-visions-network.com
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of bob jutzi
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 7:11 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Good accessible OCR program?
Never used Kurzweil but absolutely love Omnipage.
Plus, if you look hard enough, you can get an older version like 16 cheaper.
I can't imagine shelling out $900 for an OCR.
On 9/2/2010 7:13 AM, Richard P. Kelly wrote:
> Christian,
>
>
>
> We're running Omni page Pro 17 and Kurzweil 1000 here. The K1000 has the
> Scan soft and Fine reader OCR engines as options. I've run open book in
the
> past. K1000 and Open book offer the easier to use interfaces, but I think
> the Omni page offers, generally, superior OCR. Having said that, I prefer
> to use K1000 for daily OCR.
>
>
>
> Cordially,
> Richard P. Kelly
> rpkelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> www.new-visions-network.com
>
>
>
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Christian
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 2:26 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Good accessible OCR program?
>
>
>
> Hi all,
> I was just wondering what OCR software you are using. I have been using
> ABBYY Finereader version 10 and Omnipage before that.
> What programs do you use or how is Omnipage these days?
> Many thanks,
> Christian
>
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