[macvoiceover] Re: Abbyy Fine Reader with scanners or Isight.
- From: John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:47:08 -0400
You don't necessarily have to use an HP scanner, but from what the
technical support people told me, the scanner must have TWAIN compatible
drivers installed. I'd assume that if you install all of the drivers that come
on your CD, you will have them. I do not know if relying simply on Mac OS X to
get the drivers will do it. I had to actually get my HP drivers from the HP
website, or, should I say, I needed sighted assistance to locate them as the HP
support site is an adventure at best to navigate with either Mac or Windows.
Keep in mind, however, that my scanner is some 5 years old and that is probably
why the TWAIN drivers were not readily available in Snow Leopard.
Take Care
John
On Mar 20, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Nicole Hutchins wrote:
> Do you have to use an HP scanner? I have a lexmark but haven't bought abbyyy
> yet because I'm not sure if my printer/scanner is compatible.
> Nicole
> On Mar 19, 2010, at 9:21 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
>
>> As I understand it, Finereader doesn't scan by itself on the Mac. either you
>> use vuescan or it takes you to the scan facilities installed with your HP.
>> As for its recognition, it does as well as if not better than readiris,
>> which is the other program people are using. You will perhaps still want to
>> use vuescan for the scanning part though some people don't; you'll have to
>> experiment and decide. Be careful with readiris; they've called me four
>> times to advertise and I've told them twice not to call this number again or
>> i'll notify the Better Business Bureau since I had told them to take me off
>> their calling list. The latest version (12 I believe) isn't as friendly and
>> useable as 11 was; that's partly why I switched to Abbyy. That and the fact
>> that Abbyy worked for me so well on Windows. I hope they will come out with
>> a full version for the Mac eventually instead of just the express version.
>> Right now I mostly scan with finereader; if I don't like the way it scans
>> something, then I try it with readiris and see if that is any better. One
>> thing I like about finereader is that it doesn't give you a limit on the
>> number of pages it will allow you to process at a time; readiris gives you a
>> limit of 50 unless you buy the more expensive version. This isn't a huge
>> problem since you can actually scan as much as you want at a time using
>> vuescan and then pick the pages you have readiris process.
>>
>> Vuescan is at w.hamrick.com
>>
>> Readiris is at www.readiris.com.
>>
>> Hth.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Cheryl
>> "Let the words of my mouth,
>> and the meditation of my heart,
>> be acceptable in thy sight,
>> O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer."
>> (Psalm 19:14 Bible KJV)
>>
>>
>>
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