[sotd] June 30, 2004 [SimpleOCR - Software of the Month]
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SimpleOCR - Software of the Month
With the availability of low cost scanners, many computer users have added
this functional hardware to their home systems. While it may be used
primarily for image scanning, its ability to eliminate the tedium of typing
a print document is not to be overlooked.
One of the few and possibly the best of the freeware OCR - optical
character recognition - programs is SimpleOCR, for the Windows platform,
which is free for non-commercial use.
SimpleOCR, based on WOCAR by Cyril Cambien, performs both English and
French language recognition. With an extensive dictionary of over 100,000
words and the essential ability to add additional words, the program claims
to approach 99% accuracy. The application features a "Despeckle" capability
to improve the quality of scans of "noisy documents". A particularly handy
option is the application's ability to either include or omit document
images or to limit OCR to a user defined area. The text editor highlights
any suspect words, making minor corrections less of headache.
SimpleOCR will handle input from fully compliant TWAIN scanners as well as
TIFF files. Its output can be saved in text format, both TXT and RTF and
from there, imported into anything from an HTML editor to a word processing
program to an e-mail client. The program is compatible with Windows, from
95 to XP.
Skip over to the site for screenshots and the download load link at:
http://www.simpleocr.com/Info.asp
A.M. Holm
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