Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
Hi Anne. I like that finereader pro simply splits the pages. That sometimes is of great value to me. Finereader express does not do it the same way, you are correct for the most it is correct enough, but I have seen finereader mix pages up, but for me worse is that I can not get finereader express to split double pages as the pro version do. I also have the paid version of vuescan. How can you see if vuescan has the correct serial number and activation code installed. Cheers Annie. Den Jul 12, 2013 kl. 8:45 PM skrev Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk: Hello Annie, When you say that ABBYY FineReader doesn't handle double-sided pages, do you mean that it mixes up the order? I scan the left and right sides at the same time, and it always gets them right. However, I don't use FineReader to do the scanning, I use the paid version of VueScan which does not leave a watermark. The watermark left by the unpaid version of VueScan confuses FineReader to the point where it produces rubbish. Cheers, Anne On 12 Jul 2013, at 19:49, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Anne. Ok this is interesting. I recognized a cookbook with prizmo some time ago, and it was quite good 1/2 where correct an so on, that will not happen with finereader. I contacted prizmo a while back, and they will allow a3 scanning on the mac in a future release. I am not getting quite good results with vuescan, I think it is because of something we can not see. What I do not like about finereader express on the mac is that it not always handles double sided scannings correct, I like that fact that finereader 11 can split double pages. I also dislike that finereader for mac only can scan 1 page at a time. Interesting to see if the next release of finereader professional will be released for the mac, I would love it if that happened. Cheers Annie. -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
Hello Annie, FineReader Express has never got double pages in the wrong order for me. In VueScan, if the correct information is present, the About window will say OK for each field. Cheers, Anne On 14 Jul 2013, at 22:14, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Anne. I like that finereader pro simply splits the pages. That sometimes is of great value to me. Finereader express does not do it the same way, you are correct for the most it is correct enough, but I have seen finereader mix pages up, but for me worse is that I can not get finereader express to split double pages as the pro version do. I also have the paid version of vuescan. How can you see if vuescan has the correct serial number and activation code installed. Cheers Annie. Den Jul 12, 2013 kl. 8:45 PM skrev Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk: Hello Annie, When you say that ABBYY FineReader doesn't handle double-sided pages, do you mean that it mixes up the order? I scan the left and right sides at the same time, and it always gets them right. However, I don't use FineReader to do the scanning, I use the paid version of VueScan which does not leave a watermark. The watermark left by the unpaid version of VueScan confuses FineReader to the point where it produces rubbish. Cheers, Anne On 12 Jul 2013, at 19:49, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Anne. Ok this is interesting. I recognized a cookbook with prizmo some time ago, and it was quite good 1/2 where correct an so on, that will not happen with finereader. I contacted prizmo a while back, and they will allow a3 scanning on the mac in a future release. I am not getting quite good results with vuescan, I think it is because of something we can not see. What I do not like about finereader express on the mac is that it not always handles double sided scannings correct, I like that fact that finereader 11 can split double pages. I also dislike that finereader for mac only can scan 1 page at a time. Interesting to see if the next release of finereader professional will be released for the mac, I would love it if that happened. Cheers Annie. -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
HI. if you do, can you please post the results to the list? Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 12/07/2013, at 2:50 PM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Ed, VueScan can do OCR but it isn't as good as ABBYY FineReader. If all you need is to read printed mail, then VueScan will probably work for you. I must admit, I haven't tried it in English for a long time, but I do know that in French, VueScan is horrible. If I have time, I'll give the English VueScan OCR a try. Cheers, Anne On 11 Jul 2013, at 23:02, Edward Green ergreen1...@gmail.com wrote: 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 a...@anarchie.org.uk 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 ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 gigifi...@me.com 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 ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
Hello, Here are two examples of OCR. They are both done from the same scanned image. The first was scanned By VueScan which then did the OCR. The second used the same scan, but it was processed by ABBYY FineReader. Notice that VueScan has treated the double page as just one page thereby producing utter rubbish. Cheers, Anne VueScan 'Utd Á?? dñil ScIñãWfiW '**' f ' * i ity (0 diSCz\S¢. llfltlt nrc' directed at Llmlclïlitmlllig how μvnvtlc vawlutlon 'llicsc nutrient signals ln turn induce robust hormonal responses that explains differences in the dietary responses of lndlvldtmls. l*`«›r example, further impact regulatory control over a broad range of physiologic pro- suppose that you and your co-worker agree to eat the exact saine diet for cesses, and these responses can differ greatly depending on both the mac- one month. Results of laboratory work indicate your eo-workers cho- ronutrient and micronutrient compositions of the diet. Moreover, there lesterol increased while yours decreased. A nutrigenetic approach would are important interactive effects that change the way the body processes look at just a few gene candidates (“suspects') and aim to determine the ge- nutrients. For example, iron is handled very differently by the body when netic differences between you and your co-worker and how those genetic consumed with vitamin C, and saturated fat intake has a variable effect in variations (alleles) relate to your distinct cholesterol responses. the body depending on how much carbohydrate is consumed along with it. And finally, when you add other variables like dosage and timing of Nutrigenomics, on the other hand is concerned with discovery. _. it looks ingestion that Can also change the Signal dynamics) the Vast permutations at many genes at Once' A nutrigen0miCS approach might involve extract' of nutrient signals impacting physiologic outcomes become an extraordi- ing a small piece of adipose tissue from you and your co-worker before narny Complex system t 0 Study and after your 1-month diet to measure the activity of an array of hun- dreds of genes to see which ones were responsive to the diet. Sometimes the gene products (proteins, metabolites) are measured, so nutrigenom- C°mPleXitY °f the Genome ics is tighdy linked With lproteomicsl and cmetabolomicsl' In Short nu' The genome consists of over 3 billion base pairs made up of long chains of trigenetics analyzes how genetic variation among people allows them to adenine guanine Cytosine and thymine on the 23 Chmmosûmest Humans respond diñerently to the Same diet Or the Same Supplement' whereas have about 21 000 genes, each encoding a protein, scattered around the nutrigenomics refers to how nutrients alter gene expression. Sometimes enome Theltength of DNA that contains a t ical ene extends about distinguishing between the two is not clear-cut and some experts prefer îo 000 Éase pairs of Which only a fraction Sšpl 00š__a~CtuanY encode to use a catch all term like nutritional genomics to describe any effort that the protein Sequence. This means the majority of the genome (~98%) probes the relationships between genes and diet' consists of expanses of DNA whose function(s) remain unknown. This is sometimes called 'junk' DNA. Interestingly, functions are being found Complexity of Nutritional Signals for some of this junk. Por example some noncoding DNA sequences are genetic “switches” that regulate when and where genes are expressed. Nutrients are broadly classified into 4 macronutrient categories (carbo- One expert estimates that 5% of the nOn_COding DNA has a function S0 hydrate, fat, protein, alcohol) that provide energy. We also need a regular Whether a DNA Variant is found in a gene Or in a nOn_C0ding expanse of source of several essential micronutrients (vitamins, minerals) that our DNA, it may have meaning for some yet unknown dietary response. body cannot make and we therefore must obtain from food. There are also a host of other nonessential chemicals in food broadly referred to as Any one person's DNA is about 99-99.5% identical to any other person°s phytonutrients that can elicit important effects on metabolism and health. DNA. There are two major causes of person-to-person genetic differenc- Therefore when we eat typical meals consisting of multiple foods, the body l es. The major cause is named copy number variants. These are many must process potentially a hundred or more different chemical signals. different places in the DNA where the number of copies of a gene can vary from one to many hundreds. For instance, on average, people from cultures that historically have high starch diets (such as Japanese and Eu- l 136 137 i ABBYY FineReader Th$ Art aM ScJtnctof ity to disease. Both are directed at understanding how genetic variation explains differences in the dietary responses of individuals. l;or example, suppose that you and your co-worker agree to eat the exact same diet for one month. Results of
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
Hi there I have the combination of fine reader and VueScan. I tried doing the OCR with ViewScan by itself, and I didn't like it. I'm doing English scanning. Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Jul 11, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Edward Green ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 gigifi...@me.com 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 ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
Have you taken a look at dock you scam plus? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 12, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi there I have the combination of fine reader and VueScan. I tried doing the OCR with ViewScan by itself, and I didn't like it. I'm doing English scanning. Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Jul 11, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Edward Green ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 gigifi...@me.com 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 ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
Hi. Yesterday or the day before, there was an update to prizmo for mac. There are some VoiceOver improvements and some improvements with scanners and scan and recognize multiple pages. I have not had the time for testing it out. But maybe there will be something useable in the near future. I will have to say, that I do not like the finereader for mac. I am using vmware and finereader 11. I would have loved it, if OCR was good enough on the mac site, but I my opinion it isn't. But again let us see, how good prizmo will be in the near future. Cheers Annie. Den Jul 12, 2013 kl. 3:12 PM skrev Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com: Have you taken a look at dock you scam plus? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 12, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi there I have the combination of fine reader and VueScan. I tried doing the OCR with ViewScan by itself, and I didn't like it. I'm doing English scanning. Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Jul 11, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Edward Green ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 gigifi...@me.com 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 ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
Hello Annie, I tested Prizmo for Mac quite recently and the OCR results were dreadful! I don't know what your problem is with ABBYY FineReader for Mac as it produces really good results for me in both English and French. Although I must admit, the results are less good when I use FineReader to do the scanning rather than VueScan. After all, VueScan has been designed to produce the best possible images for people who work with images professionally. Cheers, Anne On 12 Jul 2013, at 18:12, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. Yesterday or the day before, there was an update to prizmo for mac. There are some VoiceOver improvements and some improvements with scanners and scan and recognize multiple pages. I have not had the time for testing it out. But maybe there will be something useable in the near future. I will have to say, that I do not like the finereader for mac. I am using vmware and finereader 11. I would have loved it, if OCR was good enough on the mac site, but I my opinion it isn't. But again let us see, how good prizmo will be in the near future. Cheers Annie. -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
Hi Anne. Ok this is interesting. I recognized a cookbook with prizmo some time ago, and it was quite good 1/2 where correct an so on, that will not happen with finereader. I contacted prizmo a while back, and they will allow a3 scanning on the mac in a future release. I am not getting quite good results with vuescan, I think it is because of something we can not see. What I do not like about finereader express on the mac is that it not always handles double sided scannings correct, I like that fact that finereader 11 can split double pages. I also dislike that finereader for mac only can scan 1 page at a time. Interesting to see if the next release of finereader professional will be released for the mac, I would love it if that happened. Cheers Annie. Den Jul 12, 2013 kl. 6:32 PM skrev Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk: Hello Annie, I tested Prizmo for Mac quite recently and the OCR results were dreadful! I don't know what your problem is with ABBYY FineReader for Mac as it produces really good results for me in both English and French. Although I must admit, the results are less good when I use FineReader to do the scanning rather than VueScan. After all, VueScan has been designed to produce the best possible images for people who work with images professionally. Cheers, Anne On 12 Jul 2013, at 18:12, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. Yesterday or the day before, there was an update to prizmo for mac. There are some VoiceOver improvements and some improvements with scanners and scan and recognize multiple pages. I have not had the time for testing it out. But maybe there will be something useable in the near future. I will have to say, that I do not like the finereader for mac. I am using vmware and finereader 11. I would have loved it, if OCR was good enough on the mac site, but I my opinion it isn't. But again let us see, how good prizmo will be in the near future. Cheers Annie. -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
Hello Annie, When you say that ABBYY FineReader doesn't handle double-sided pages, do you mean that it mixes up the order? I scan the left and right sides at the same time, and it always gets them right. However, I don't use FineReader to do the scanning, I use the paid version of VueScan which does not leave a watermark. The watermark left by the unpaid version of VueScan confuses FineReader to the point where it produces rubbish. Cheers, Anne On 12 Jul 2013, at 19:49, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Anne. Ok this is interesting. I recognized a cookbook with prizmo some time ago, and it was quite good 1/2 where correct an so on, that will not happen with finereader. I contacted prizmo a while back, and they will allow a3 scanning on the mac in a future release. I am not getting quite good results with vuescan, I think it is because of something we can not see. What I do not like about finereader express on the mac is that it not always handles double sided scannings correct, I like that fact that finereader 11 can split double pages. I also dislike that finereader for mac only can scan 1 page at a time. Interesting to see if the next release of finereader professional will be released for the mac, I would love it if that happened. Cheers Annie. -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
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 ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
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 gigifi...@me.com 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 ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
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 ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 gigifi...@me.com 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 ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
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 a...@anarchie.org.uk 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 ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 gigifi...@me.com 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 ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?
Hello Ed, VueScan can do OCR but it isn't as good as ABBYY FineReader. If all you need is to read printed mail, then VueScan will probably work for you. I must admit, I haven't tried it in English for a long time, but I do know that in French, VueScan is horrible. If I have time, I'll give the English VueScan OCR a try. Cheers, Anne On 11 Jul 2013, at 23:02, Edward Green ergreen1...@gmail.com wrote: 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 a...@anarchie.org.uk 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 ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 gigifi...@me.com 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 ergreen1...@gmail.com 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
