hi anne, where did you get vuescan and how much was it? i heard abby fine reader is $199.00 in the app store.
thanks. On Nov 5, 2011, at 8:50 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Denise, > > ABBYY FineReader for the Mac does very good OCR, but as far as I can tell, it > only processes one scan at a time. I therefore use VueScan to scan as many > pages as I want into one file, which FineReader then processes with no > difficulty. The resulting text file opens automatically in TextEdit. > > I have VueScan set to create a TIFF file, and have set all TIFF files to open > with ABBYY FineReader, so that the handover from VueScan to FineReader is > automatic. > > The number of scanners supported directly by ABBYY FineReader seems limited, > but VueScan supports most scanners, including many that have been around for > a long time. > > Remember that ABBYY FineReader for Mac is an express version so not at all > tweakable. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 5 Nov 2011, at 13:12, Denise Avant wrote: > >> hello all, >> i am wondering if anyone uses abby fine reader on the mac? i want to know >> how good the scan quality is, and what scanners might be supported. i have >> one of the older pansoic portable scanners, which i have had for about 6 or >> 7 years. can i get a demo of the abby fine reader to try out on the mac? >> does one have to save the scanned document and then go to text edit to read >> it? >> thanks. >> i am an openbook user when in windows at work, and so i am looking at the >> comparison of the quality of the scan to this program. >> >> -- >> 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.
