[mac4theblind] Re: Good OCR solutions for the mac outside of DocuScan?

I may give Iris a try. Thank you all for your suggestions!

Scott
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Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Good OCR solutions for the mac outside of DocuScan?
You need a version of Iris or some other OCR package. If you installed the printer drivers on the Mac, it's probably just image stuff. You can use image capture, or HP has some kind of image scanning facility. However, the OCR part would need to be done by another application. If you have a Mac version of Read Iris, that will do, or you can go with another one. 


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On Sep 24, 2011, at 8:34 PM, Valiant8086 wrote:
The hp laser jet 1415 we just bought includes iris, though I'm not sure whether the scan I did yesterday used iris or something else. It's not clear. Iris was on a separate CD, I installed it on one PC, then downloaded an installer from hp for full functionality and used that instead of the CDs to install it on the other computers because the CD was a bit painful. I can do OCR scans, but I have no idea if it's iris on those computers or if it's something else. The installer was 222mb in size and included print and scan and fax drivers.
I wanted to scan something to OCR with my mac, but I can't figure out how to do it. Can anyone tell me? I mean, I can't even scan a picture with it, no idea where to go to do it. I bet that IRIS CD I got with my printer will install a mac specific version on my air if I tried, but how do you scan? Lol.
I'd sure like to scan books with mine for bookshare maybe. That scanner has an auto feeder and a flatbed. I'd guess k1000 would be best, don't know if there's anything on the mac that's great for scanning books. Would a month of Docu scan do the trick? 

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On 9/20/2011 11:31 PM, Justin Harford wrote:
I wonder what happened to read iris? Does anyone still use that? Are some of these other programs mentioned better? 

Justin
El 20-09-2011, a las 15:47, John Panarese escribió:
DocuScan Plus is worth the money if you really need a solution and are willing to pay the $299. It's not K1000 as far as features go, but it gets the job done quite well. I have scanned eight books now with it and the results have been quite remarkable.
There is Abby FineReader as a lower cost solution or, VueScan for an even less expensive one. It comes down to your needs and what you are willing to pay. Also, results will, of course, vary from person to person. VueScan, for example, does not seem to get the results for me that it does for others.
Finally, you do have the Boot Camp option as well. However, to me, surrendering to Windows is not something I have needed to do for myself. Nevertheless, that is an option that can easily be set up. 

On Sep 20, 2011, at 6:37 PM, scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I think the subject says it all. I see several cheeper OCR solutions on the app store, but didn't know if the Serotek product would be worth paying $299 for. It's a lot less than Openbook or Kurzweil 1000 I know, but I'm always looking to save money where I can. I've also considered the BootCamp or fussion options, since I have Openbook, but I'm not advanced enough for that at this time. 

Thanks,
Scott

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