Hello Donna, On Oct 22, 2009, at 10:51 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > So, if ReadIris 12 is a disaster, can one still get an older version? Not from the Iris people, but I think it's still available from Amazon and probably other places, too. Also, buying from anyone other than Irislink is usually cheaper. The version to get is Readiris 11.
> Also, if one does get an earlier version, is there any way to > initiate a scan that is slightly less complicated than the one > Krister seems to use? That's why I use VueScan to do the scanning and Readiris for the OCR. I launch VueScan, set it to either single- or multi-page scanning. For the first page, I press Command-I to do a preview. This lets VueScan calibrate itself. I then press Command-N to scan a page. The first time you do this you have to click OK on a dialogue box which reminds you to press Command- G after the last page is scanned. Command-G then launches Readiris where I press Command-R and it performs the OCR. When this is complete, the document opens automatically in TextEdit, and I can save it where I like and with the name I like, or discard it. It takes a bit of configuring to have things work like this, but once it's done, you can forget about it. I'm talking about Readiris 11 here, Readiris 12 doesn't have a short- cut for "Perform OCR". I've already pointed this out to them. There are other bugs, too. I wrote a setup and user guide for these two applications, and you can find them either on the Lioncourt site, or on: www.icanworkthisthing.com I think I forgot to mention in the setup guide that I have all TIFF files set to open with Readiris. This is essential to make the pass- off between VueScan and Readiris work properly. I chose TIFF files because I have photos as JPEGs. Cheers, Anne --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
