Hi Anne, Is it possible to perform the OCR using vuescan or do you also need Fine Reader?
Thanks, Ed On 11 Jul 2013, at 21:51, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ed, > > Many of us use a combination of VueScan and ABBYY FineReader because it's > easier to scan multiple pages with VueScan then pass the file containing > multiple images to FineReader for the OCR. ABBYY FineReader is available in > the Appstore and will work directly with a scanner, but VueScan has to be > purchased from the developer at: > www.hamrick.com > > You can use VueScan without a license but it leaves a watermark which upsets > ABBYY FineReader. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 11 Jul 2013, at 22:45, Edward Green <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Gigi, >> >> I'm not looking for something like Ipal, a commercial app is fine for my >> needs. Do you have a preference over Bootscan or Abbyy Fine Reader? I've >> used Abbyy in the past under Windows. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ed >> On 11 Jul 2013, at 21:39, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ed >>> I guess it depends on what you need to do. I have VueScan together with >>> Abby Fine Reader. That works fine for me. >>> >>> There is one that I have seen that, if I needed to tons of scanning, I >>> would consider. I saw it once, and I was impressed. HOwever, it's >>> expensive. It is called iPal and it runs with a camera device that takes >>> pictures of the page and gives it back, almost immediately. >>> >>> the first two I mentioned are considerably less money and can be gotten >>> from the app store. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Gigi >>> >>> On Jul 11, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Edward Green <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> The subject line says it all really. >>>> >>>> Many thanks, >>>> >>>> Ed >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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.
