Hi Denise, Fine Reader and OmniPage are the two I've heard of sighted folks using most. If I were looking to buy one of them, I'd try ebay for a used copy. Just a thought. Carrie uses Fine Reader, and Jamie uses OmniPage. They both produce stellar scans! I adore working on either of their books! Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Denise Wagner Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 1:30 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Recommendations for OCR and Scan software Hi all, I've seen many software titles mentioned here in the discussion group and my head is spinning. I'm currently in a position where I must be frugal, so I downloaded a free program called FreeOCR to do some scanning and converting to get my feet wet. Where I was really enjoying the scanning and it was very easy, there were a few things missing from the software that I thought would make it easier. First, I could only scan one page at a time, convert it to OCR, then scan the next. The pages were not saved under the same document. I would have to scan and save each page and name them individually. This would be quite cumbersome and annoying. Second, I left my computer to come back in the afternoon, and all my work was gone. I'd love to be able to save as I go. Third, I was going to have to put the entire converted document into Word, then go back and put all the page breaks in after everything was done. So, free is nice, but my time is money. Can anyone recommend a good software that's relatively easy to use that has some good bells and whistles? I can't afford hundreds of dollars, but my budget will allow a little spending -- maybe less than one hundred? I am sighted, so I don't know if that makes a difference. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Denise To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.