> For scanning, xsane is the old standard, and in fact will view, save, > fax, email or copy (to the printer) from the gui.
Yes, it's usable, though I did have a few niggles with it (it didn't always let me control the basic scanning parameters - bit depth, threshold, colours) the way I wanted. I can also recommend vuescan (hamrick.com) for professional requirements. Vuescan features things like IT8 colour calibration - lack of this is pretty much a k.o. for the professional level. It also supports a bunch of scanners not supported by sane. It's not free though, but it's a fraction of the price of what professional ms-windows scanning software costs. In fact it gets very good reviews for ms-windows too. It also gives you the same GUI for any scanner you have, now or future. > OCR I have found to be a waste of time on any OS. I have heard that the cheap OCR software supplied with scanners for ms-windows is very good and gets most jobs done without too many errors. I can believe that - OCR technology has advanced quite a bit and scanner makers would be able to OEM basic versions of OCR software cheaply. (Like nero, though why anyone would want a Linux version of that dumbed down shite is beyond me, esp when k3b is similar and free.) Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
