Hi, I'll answer your question about why people are using VueScan, but Anne or someone else may correct me. The OCR process involves both running a scan and then performing character recognition on the scanned results. Both functions are usually included in the software you buy. However, you may not be able to easily and accessibly complete a good scan using the purchased software and in addition it may not have support for your scanner driver, especially if you are using an old scanner. VueScan fills in the scanning portion, and has excellent support for old scanner drivers where many OCR programs break down. That's why, despite using ReadIris software for OCR, Anne and others are using VueScan to accomplish the first scan step. Even if you used the ReadIris interface for scanning (prior to the OCR step), you might find that your scanner is not supported by that software. Also, I gather that the latest Read Iris release (Version 12) is less accessible than the previous version.
Cheers, Esther Christina wrote: > > Why is this program necessary? I've been confused. Right now we do > not have a scanner but I would like to get a scanner and OCR software > so voiceover can read the scanned text to me. I've been confused as > to why people are using this software along with read iris. > > Thanks so much, > Christina > On Oct 13, 2009, at 4:34 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > >> >> Hello Will, >> >> VueScan is not free but the trial version is not time limited. >> However, it leaves a watermark on every image which can interfere >> with >> the OCR. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> On Oct 13, 2009, at 11:40 AM, william lomas wrote: >> >>> >>> hi is vuscan a free program, or paidfore? >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
