Many thanks to all who responded to my second request. Lots of great suggestions! For the time being I think I will stick with FreeOCR recommended by GeneY which seems to work fine for my use. One question, Gene - is a tutorial available somewhere for FreeOCR? I'm figuring out a few things by trial and error but a users manual or tutorial would probably make it easier.
Thanks again for everyone's help - this is a great group! Bill R. On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Bill Rhodes <wlrho...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have somehow lost my original email and the replies to it, but I was told > by someone that to get scanned docs into Legacy I need Optical Reader > software (which makes sense) and that I could find free ones for download. > After a lot of searching on Google I was never able to find completely free > software - "free" usually becomes "free trial period" or "donation > required", etc. I finally ordered "SIMPLE OCR" - the free version with an > obligatory $25 donation. After downloading & installing - it does not work! > I called them and they do *not* support the free version. After some > discussion they agreed to refund the $25. So I am back to square one. I > really do not want to re-type all these records if there is a better way. I > would welcome and all any further ideas or suggestions. How do the rest of > you folks do it? > > Bill Rhodes >
