Hi Mike Unfortunately, they no longer ofer a demo. They did several years ago, but they have removed it since then. I don't know why. Yes I use it, and do so regularly. I get much better results with it than any of the Windows OCR packages--particularly the so-called accessible ones such as Kurzweil and Openbook, as their engines are usually a bit dated by the time they are released. Naturally, OCR results vary depending on what you are scanning and what the quality of the image is, but I've scanned some pretty difficult things with Read Iris and it hasn't let me down in over three years of using it. I don't actually like to scan with it, I use VueScan and Read Iris together to perform my OCR--VueScan takes care of the scanning, and then passes it to Read Iris for recognition. What I like about this setup is I can use my scanner buttons, so I can scan multiple pages without touching the keyboard.
On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 17:11 -0900, Michael Babcock wrote: > hi; > i'm looking for this software and am curious of the following: > a: how can i get a demo? I can't find a downloadable demo file. > b: how well does it work to scan a file into textedit? > c: have you used it before and would you suggest it over the iwndows > based accessible software > and d: have you tryed any other mac apps for scanning? > I need something quickly. > mike > Michael Babcock > GW Hosting, Your Dedicated Home On The Web > Phone: +1-888-272-3555, ext 4121 > email: [email protected] > administrative e-mail: [email protected] > url: http://gwhosting.net > >
