[macvoiceover] Re: Scan-to-Text OCR App
- From: Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 19:59:43 -0500
It sounds like a nice unit. I am going to look into this more and maybe get one
for myself. Thanks.
Nicole
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> On Dec 6, 2013, at 7:57 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It is not a touch-screen display, there is a screen and physical buttons, but
> I don’t need to use them as I can control operations with the computer.
> I got sighted help to install the ink cartridges and describe the display and
> I will get sighted assistance to set up the wireless network, but other than
> this I have been able to get familiar with all operations.
>
> TF
>
>
> On 7/12/2013, at 1:42 pm, 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
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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