THanks Esther, I think I may have to try the demo out and see how that works.It is time to get a sollution that will do the job. On Sep 21, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Esther wrote:
> Hi Scott, > > Yes, ABBYY will OCR from a file. I'll paste in part of an off-list post > reply to a question about how to OCR an mailed PDF (image) file, which > outlines how you can do this with ABBYY FineReader: > > <begin quote> >> What I do in the Quick Tasks window is Navigate (VO-Right Arrow) to set Get >> Images From: "File" (pop up button you VO-Space on -- usually set to a >> specific scanner), and then VO-Right past Document Language of "English" to >> the "Convert to Text" button option (first of the options). Then a dialogue >> window opens and I navigate to the PDF document I want. You can use all the >> usual finder shortcuts for Command-Shift-H your home directory, >> Command-Shift-D for desktop, Command-Shift-O for Documents, etc. You're >> prompted for where you want to save the output, and whether you want to open >> the document when the OCR is completed. > <end quote> > > The downloadable 15-day trial of ABBYY FineReader Express is available from: > http://www.abbyy.com/finereader_for_mac/trial/# > > Anne's had more experience with scanner software, including ReadIris (which I > think is at version 12), and maybe she can comment. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Sep 21, 2010, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Folks, >> >> I was curious if anyone has used the most recent subject software. In >> particular does it do well with scanning the text out of a tiff, jpeg, or >> pdf? I have a network scanner and previously ABBYY did not work with this >> type of arrangement. However, I understand it will perform OCR on files, >> which would be find for my purposes. There also was an issue with the >> software in terms of setting up the preferences. If this is not the best >> solution, can someone recommend one? I did get Readiris with the scanner, >> but it is 11.0 and only works with HP scanners. I suspect this version is >> not only old, but might be completely inaccessible, so no point in >> installing junk. >> >> Thanks, >> > > -- > 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.
