Hi Annie, John, Jonathan, and Others, I think that Jon is talking about an organization system for a "Paperless" office that is based on a workflow using a fast scanner (the Fujitsu ScanSnap) and scanning software that is based on ABBYY FineReader. A license for ABBYY FineReader for the Mac is included in the purchase price of DEVONThink Pro. (Note that only the Pro version includes this license.). The Fujitsu ScanSnap itself comes (or came) with a custom version of the ABBYY FineReader Express OCR program. This was just about the time we were first able to purchase ABBYY FineReader Express for the Mac some years ago. The version of ABBYY's OCR program that was bundled with the first ScanSnaps was a custom early release from ABBYY that could not be used with other scanners. It was also not fully accessible, but was usable, as I recall. I think some Epson scanners later also had early custom versions of the ABBYY FineReader OCR programs bundled in.
DEVONtechnologies built a whole document management system around the Fujitsu ScanSnaps because they could do really fast, double-sided scanning in bulk. So their Pro version of the workflow included a license for the regular ABBYY FineReader Express license for OCR that could be used generally. But this workflow was, at least for the first few years, and maybe still, based on the specific Fujitsu ScanSnap scanner models. These are not flatbed scanners -- they are shaped a bit like FAX machines with their sheet feeders (as are the fast Epson scanners). The DEVONtechnologies GTD (or "getting things done") workflow models are based on getting documents into digital formats, and then filed in with their databases on your machines. The bundles go on sale periodically -- sometimes as part of other software bundles, where the price of the bundle has been less than the list price of an ABBYY FineReader Express license. most of the sales involve lower versions of their workflow software -- not the Pro version -- that don't include an ABBYY FineReader license. They also have educational discount pricing at their web site. The next big sale, according to their blog, will be between Black Friday and Cyber Monday with a 25 per cent discount on all their apps. The freeware downloads page at DEVONtechnologies has previously been linked to for the WordService download. This was especially useful back in Tiger and Leopard when the Services menus on the Mac weren't used or accessed very much, and you could set up neat shortcuts for text manipulation. (My only warning was that some of the shortcut assignments in those early version overrode standard shortcuts that I used for things like moving back and forward in web pages, so I had to sort which ones to disable of reassign shortcuts to. Again, this was back in Tiger (10.4) and Leopard (10.5) Their main web site is: http://www.devontechnologies.com This information is all written up from memory, so someone might want to check this. Jon was referring to a Take Control eBook (think the title was about "your Paperless Office"?) that described how to use the third-party apps from DEVONtechnologies. One comment: it is really confusing to read about DEVONthink Agent, Express, Personal, etc. I think you need either Pro or Pro Office to get the license for ABBYY's OCR program included, so check this before you buy! As I said, this is written up from memory. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 11:29:37 AM UTC-10, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > Hi. > > > I can still not figure out what you are talking about. Please forgive me and > give me a link. > > > Best regards Annie. > > > Den 26 Nov 2013 kl. 21:25 skrev John Panarese: > > OK, there is several versions of this product. Any idea which one I > should try? There are professional, personal and additional ones. > > > > > > Take Care > > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, [email protected] > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and LION > > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 25, 2013, at 9:53 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > > Sorry about being vague yesterday. I was thinking of DEVONthink but I did not > know how to spell it. There is a Take Control book on the product that came > out at the same time as Take Control of Your Paperless Office. Both books > were by the same author and shortly after they came out I got DEVONthink as a > demo and found the scanning worked but was confused as to how to actually > organize things. There have been several releases since. Also, I believe it > is one of the products that you can get a discount for if you are a > tidbits.com paid subscriber. > > > Can you let the list and myself know how well your trial with this works? > > > Thanks, > > > Jonathan Cohn > [email protected] > > > > > > > On Nov 25, 2013, at 1:05 PM, John Panarese wrote: > > How do you get a copy of this? > > > > > > Take Care > > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, [email protected] > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and LION > > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 25, 2013, at 6:57 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > > Hello, > > > A couple years back I looked a little at a document organization package > recommended by Tidbits.com (actually I think they sponser Tidbis tooo). It > includes a copy of ABBY Fine Reader as a OCR engine and indexes documents as > they are imported into the database. I never took the time to read the Take > Control of and could not fully appreciate the process. At that time the only > version with OCR was the professional priced around $150 I think now it is > included in more of their products. I doubt I could get another 30 day demo. > But perhahsp we should see if this is a solution that wourks for us. > > > Tidbits has also had great comments about some of the sheet feeder scanners > that can process 12 pages a minute. 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