[mac4theblind] Re: Good OCR solutions for the mac outside of DocuScan?
- From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:25:48 -0400
pdf is easy, scanning mail is harder. I recomend abby.
On Sep 20, 2011, at 7:14 PM, <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you David and John for your feedback.
I'm just looking for something that does decent OCR, and nothing else. As long
as I can use the OCR engine to recognize pdf immage files and to scan mail,
that's all I want.
Scott
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Panarese" <jpanarese@xxxxxx>
To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 6:47 PM
Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Good OCR solutions for the mac outside of DocuScan?
> 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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