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The OCR need not necessarily be connected to the scanner. You can purchase ABBYY Fine reader which does a very good job with OCR text Scanners sometimes come with some OCR software, for instance Epsom provide Sprint light. I would rather use specific OCR software Kind regards Annette le Roux ________________________________________ From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of mcn-l-request at mcn.edu [[email protected]] Sent: 24 September 2014 02:00 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: mcn-l Digest, Vol 109, Issue 15 Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to mcn-l at mcn.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to mcn-l-request at mcn.edu You can reach the person managing the list at mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Recommendations for document scanners w/ OCR? (Rich Cherry) 2. Proposed update to MCN-L (Matt Morgan) 3. Re: Recommendations for document scanners w/ OCR? (Fishman-Armstrong, Susan E.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 09:51:36 -0700 From: Rich Cherry <[email protected]> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Recommendations for document scanners w/ OCR? Message-ID: <CAKBdew_e7Lx0=kiJcEUTgUEArArn-+65AwdcFLDjCPdPGvS9_Q at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I would recommend looking at rapid capture using a high end digital camera and stand... we used a Canon 5D as noted here: http://www.slideshare.net/aclavatelli/balboa-park-commons-a The speed of these rigs out performs the flatbeds and thus reduces costs. Omni page is one of the better consumer OCR packages but in general OCR has improved so much even the built in tools in adobe acrobat work pretty good. A lot of flatbeds come with a lite version of Omni Page but they wont have all the workflow options. On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Shyam Oberoi <SOberoi at dma.org> wrote: > We are looking to purchase a pair of document scanners for a long-term > project that will involve digitization of papers, books, physical labels > etc in order to extract text, and so was wondering if anyone had hardware > recommendations for flatbed scanners? We are less concerned about images > and image quality and more concerned about ability to OCR text as well as > to accommodate physical material of a number of different sizes. > > Thanks in advance and please feel free to contact me off list for > additional details, > > Shyam > > > SHYAM OBEROI > Director of Technology & Digital Media > > Office: 214-922-1206 > > DMA > Dallas Museum of Art | 1717 N. Harwood St. | Dallas TX 75201 > > > > > NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail message and any > attachments hereto is intended only for the personal and confidential use > of the designated recipients. This message and any attachments hereto may > contain confidential information and communications. If the reader of this > message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for > delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you > have received this message in error, and that any review, dissemination, > distribution, use or copying of this message and any attachments hereto is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > notify the sender immediately. > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/ > -- Rich Cherry Co-chair, Museums and the Web @richcherry www.museumsandtheweb.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:01:46 -0400 From: Matt Morgan <[email protected]> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Proposed update to MCN-L Message-ID: <542055FA.7060605 at concretecomputing.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Hi everyone. I've been working with Liz Neely, Vicki Portway, and Eric Longo on a change to MCN-L that would result in * a more searchable (i.e., comprehensively-indexed) archive of messages * an easy way to generate RSS feeds of new messages. The proposal is that we'd add MCN-L, and any archives that we can, to mail-archive.com. That site would keep a permanent record of all messages, indexing them for searching, and provide an RSS feed of new posts. While there are other ways to achieve these goals, mail-archive.com is a single stable, no-cost, and maintenance-free method that provides both. Nothing about how you use the list will need to change as a result of this. The only noticeable difference will be that the post archive is fully-indexed, so it will be easier to find past discussions as a way of investigating topics. If there are any questions, comments, or concerns, please reply to the list! Should this update meet with community approval, I hope to begin the switchover around midnight on October 31st, as a way of tempting fate. Thanks, Matt ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:20:51 +0000 From: "Fishman-Armstrong, Susan E." <[email protected]> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Recommendations for document scanners w/ OCR? Message-ID: <19B83C977AED6A4484E43153EA4AFE076F835162 at it-athena.sooner.net.ou.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I am in love with my 2-sided Fujisu scanner. It is very fast and worth every penny. I don't use it for fragile material, but it works great and easy to use. Thanks, Susie +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Susie Fishman-Armstrong, M.A. Collections Manager, Archaeology Division Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History The University of Oklahoma 2401 Chautauqua Avenue Norman, Oklahoma 73072 405-325-1199 (office) http://www.snomnh.ou.edu -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shyam Oberoi Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 11:47 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Recommendations for document scanners w/ OCR? We are looking to purchase a pair of document scanners for a long-term project that will involve digitization of papers, books, physical labels etc in order to extract text, and so was wondering if anyone had hardware recommendations for flatbed scanners? We are less concerned about images and image quality and more concerned about ability to OCR text as well as to accommodate physical material of a number of different sizes. Thanks in advance and please feel free to contact me off list for additional details, Shyam SHYAM OBEROI Director of Technology & Digital Media Office: 214-922-1206 DMA Dallas Museum of Art | 1717 N. Harwood St. | Dallas TX 75201 NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail message and any attachments hereto is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipients. This message and any attachments hereto may contain confidential information and communications. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this message in error, and that any review, dissemination, distribution, use or copying of this message and any attachments hereto is strictly prohibited. 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