[macvoiceover] Re: Scan-to-Text OCR App
- From: covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 19:47:09 -0500
I wonder the plustech bookedge scanner has a driver for the MaAC? It is
a great scanner and you can scan a book without destroying its bindings.
Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This printer is $79. It says it has a touchscreen display. Do you find this
> accessible and are you able to use it?
>
> Nicole
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> > On Dec 6, 2013, at 7:01 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > 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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