Hello Paul, I first scan all pages with VueScan which puts all the images into one file. That's why it's so efficient.
Cheers, Anne On 1 Jul 2013, at 14:05, Paul Erkens <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Anne, > > What is your workflow when scanning with vuescan and fineReader express? Do > you first scan all pages with vueScan, and then hand them all off to > FineReaer to do the OCR? If so, would VueScan store all pages in one big > image document such as pdf, or will I get 80 loose files out of vuescan that > I'll feed into FineReader? > > Kind regards, > Paul. > On Jun 29, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Donna, >> >> I haven't got a scanner with an automatic document feeder so I can't test >> this. However, ABBYY FineReader for Mac is an express version so doesn't >> have all the options. >> >> For those of us with simple scanners, the advantage of VueScan is that it's >> much more efficient than FineReader for scanning. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >> On 29 Jun 2013, at 14:47, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Anne, >>> >>> so I have a scanner with an automatic document feeder that holds approx 50 >>> pages. Is it not possible to start a scan in ABBYY and just have it scan >>> continuously as long as there is paper in the document feeder? It is >>> possible to do this in Windows, so it seems like it ought to be possible on >>> the Mac as well. >>> Best, >>> Donna >>> On Jun 29, 2013, at 1:30 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Christina, >>>> >>>> It isn't actually necessary to use VueScan with FineReader, but it makes >>>> scanning multiple pages much easier and quicker. You can scan multiple >>>> pages with ABBYY FineReader, but you have to perform several actions >>>> between pages whereas with VueScan, you can either set it to autorepeat or >>>> press Cmd-n for each scan, then Cmd-g to tell VueScan that you've scanned >>>> the final page, and it will close the file and open FineReader so that FR >>>> can perform the OCR. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Anne >>>> >>>> >>>> On 29 Jun 2013, at 03:24, Christina C. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Why do folks suggest that we buy both? What are the benefits to scanning >>>>> with vuescan and then using Abby fine reader for the OCR? Why can't we >>>>> just use fine reader for the scanning as well? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Christina >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
