Hello Mani, I'm afraid I didn't scan the book in ten minutes, it was the OCR that took that length of time. I spent a couple of hours scanning the book using VueScan.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. Cheers, Anne On Mar 24, 2010, at 4:18 PM, mani wrote: > Hello Anne and Esther: > I am going to be in the market for a scanner or one of those multi- > function printers. Since I will eventually be using the ABBY Fine > Reader Express software, do you have any recommendations for a good > scanner? > > Anne, I liked the thought of being able to scan a 200 page book in 10 > minutes. I could use that feature. > > Thanks, > mani > > On Mar 23, 9:31 pm, "James & Nash" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi Anne & Esther, >> >> Thanks so much for the confirmation on this. >> >> TC >> James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny >> On 23 Mar 2010, at 21:56, Esther wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi James, >> >>> ABBYY FineReader Express for the Mac is OCR software like Read Iris, and is >>> especially good at handling multi-language OCR and support. Excerpted from >>> the web page: >>> http://www.abbyy.com/finereader_for_mac/ >> >>> "ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac is a highly accurate and >>> easy-to-use multilingual OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software >>> designed specifically for Mac users. Based on ABBYY’s intelligent document >>> recognition technologies, FineReader Express for Mac quickly turns any >>> scanned paper document, PDF files and digital camera images into editable >>> and searchable formats while keeping the original layout and formatting >>> intact." >> >>> The one caveat is that you must have native drivers for your scanner, which >>> is not always available for old scanners under Mac OS X if the >>> manufacturers don't provide this. I just meant that since Josh is getting >>> a new scanner, it's possible that he can run FineReader on the Mac side, >>> and not just through Windows. >> >>> I've been meaning to post the trial link earlier, but have been backlogged. >>> (I did manage to send this link to the mac-access link before they went >>> through their recent upgrade to a new server and address.) Once again, the >>> 15-day free trial link is: >>> http://www.abbyy.com/finereader_for_mac/trial/# >> >>> HTH >> >>> Cheers, >> >>> Esther >> >>> James & Nash wrote: >> >>>> Hi list, >> >>>> Having read Esther's post on Abbey Fine Reader Express for Josh, I am a >>>> little confused. I have heard people mention Abbey Fin Reader Expres on >>>> here before, and was under the impresion that it was a fully functional >>>> all-singing al-dancing application which even provied multi-language >>>> support. Is this true, or am I having a bad memory day? >> >>>> Thanks >>>> TC >>>> James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny >> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
