okay so i might need 2 programmes. before i do that though, ho) d i find my sca'nner and get it working? my scanner isn't even listed 9 abbyy.
On 1/29/11, Kaare Dehard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, just to add to your contribution, eyepal, anyone tried the mac version, > and with what resault? I'm in a hurry to get a solution, and am not sure I'm > fond of buying two programs, also, which scanners work best these days. As I > understand things things do shift from time to time depending on product > availability. > On 2011-01-28, at 12:45 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > >> Greetings Ann and others, >> >> Okay, so I gather the reason to get both VUEScan and FineReader is that >> the former will run the scanner and the latter provides a much better OCR >> result. Does finereader resolve the orientation? There are eight ways to >> put a page on the scanner and only one is correct. One would not need to >> run through all four iterations for the blank side, but for many items >> which are not always printed lengthwise, it could take as many as four >> scans to get it right. Mean time, when the orientation is not correct, it >> takes much longer to recognize, and you end up with a garbage result. >> >> So I will probably download VUEScan and see for myself but thought I'd ask >> here, because if ABBYY cannot determine orientation, I will stick with >> K1000 for the foreseeable future. >> >> Best regards. >> Geoff >> all four >> On Jan 28, 2011, at 10:29 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >>> Hello Erik, >>> >>> I can get ABBYY FineReader to recognise my Canon Lide 700F portable USB >>> scanner, but it's a bit fiddly. I find it much easier and more effective >>> to use VueScan to do the scanning and FineReader to do the OCR. >>> >>> VueScan produces beautiful images and FineReader does an almost perfect >>> job with OCR. >>> >>> I set VueScan to produce TIFF files and set TIFF files to always open >>> with ABBYY FineReader. >>> >>> In this way, I launch VueScan, scan as many pages as I need, then >>> FineReader is launched automatically. I've set a shortcut for "Convert to >>> Text Document", so all I then have to do is enter the file name and where >>> to put it. >>> >>> It all sounds much more complicated than it really is. >>> >>> I've demonstrated this scanning procedure to very sceptical Windows users >>> and they were impressed by its quality and efficiency. >>> >>> I'll send you my user guide off list so you can see for yourself. >>> >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- 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.
