Hi Chris: I just spent a good portion of my morning trying to get Vuescan to work for me. It is capable of scanning, and is supposed to be easy to use. However, this is my third time spending hours with it, and getting very poor results. I scanned a page, but could not set where it saved to, nor could I preview what I'd scanned. Also, it took at least 25 seconds to scan and recognize a page. I'd love my $$ back, but others have had better luck with this app. There's also Abbyy Fine Reader. Abut $100 us, which I'm told works well. But, it's very choosy which scanners it will accept. So, I'd have to say the offerings for scanning software for the mac could use some sprucing up, for sure. I actually committed the sacrelig of booting my Dell to use openbook. (which crashes about every 40 pages or so.
What a great day! Anyone want to develop some scanning software and make me happy?:) Carolyn On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > Hi Christopher. > > Thanks for explaining to me what IPal was. I assume that is a hardware > device, not a software only device? Speaking of which, are there any good > OCR recognition scanner software programs for the Mac? > > Chris. > > On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:40 PM, Christopher Peppel wrote: > >> Glad to know that the software is being rebuilt. To answer another >> question, Eye-Pal is a scanner for reading printed material. The speech is >> excellent and you get the results within seconds. Well worth the price. >> >> Chris >> On Apr 7, 2011, at 7:15 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: >> >>> I have one here, and I have to say the current hardware rocks my world. >>> The accuracy is outstanding. The software interface for the mac needs to >>> be completely rebuilt but I've been told they are working on it. Basicly >>> the mac software is just the windows software, only hacked to run in a >>> virtual environment. It's not pretty but it does get the job done. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Erik Burggraaf >>> User support consultant, >>> Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, >>> 1-888-255-5194 >>> http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >>> >>> On 2011-04-07, at 3:53 AM, Christopher Peppel wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Everyone: >>>> >>>> A little while ago, there was some discussion about the Eye-Pal and >>>> possible Mac software. I looked on the website and it is available by >>>> itself for$150.00. From what I can tell, the manual only mentions >>>> software for the PC. The website is: HTTP//WWW.absiee.com. As soon as I >>>> have the money, I will definitely get an Eye-Pal. Hope this helps. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. > -- 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.
