[macvoiceover] Re: Scan-to-Text OCR App
- From: Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:01:10 +1300
It is bundled but in the sense that I had to download the drivers for the
printer, scanner and control centre from the Brother site, not too difficult.
I am now checking out a ‘NuSoft’ control centre called ‘Presto’ which is also
available free to Brother users, initially I did not find it so easy to
navigate but just noticed it has installed basic commands in the ‘Menus Extra’
to ‘scan-to-email, scan-to-print and scan-to-OCR..
So, this is providing interest on a rainy day.
The Brother machine is DCP-j152w, probably about US$70.
It printed so much faster than my previous Epsom I thought it had not printed
at all !
It also has a feeder tray inside the base which makes it a bit more compact for
me, plus physical buttons as well as computer controlled.
TF
On 7/12/2013, at 12:29 pm, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
is the bundled software proprietary or a 3rd party package like Omni Page or
MP Navigator? I’ve been fighting with my old Cannon scanner trying to get it to
talk to my Mac, and it would be good to have some options for an off the shelf
solution for OCR.
Ian
On Dec 6, 2013, at 3:54 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just a final post regarding my search for a scan-to-text solution, may be
> useful to someone.
> Firstly, none of the Online options worked for me.
> Secondly, the Apps were expensive for my minimal requirements.
> With the installation of Mavericks my simple Epsom printer became redundant
> and I purchased an inexpensive Brother wireless printer/scanner. It cost less
> than my previous epsom printer only, impressive what you now get for the
> price.
> Exploring the bundled software which I had to download from the Brother site
> as the included CD-ROm did not support Mavericks, there is a Control Centre
> from which printing and scanning can be initiated. Fairly accessible but not
> totally.
> Under the scanning options I am able to select several formats including
> .docx which when opened in Pages showed me that it incorporated OCR of some
> sort.
> I have scanned a page of text with excellent results and in Pages am able to
> add to it just like a text document.
> I have also scanned some postal documents such as Insurance notification and
> Tax returns, of which I am also impressed with the information I have access
> to.
>
> TF
>
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