Re: FineReader OCR Pro vs. OCR Kit

[Bill Gallik]

Thanks to Ray and Andrew for their posting to this thread. They’ve made a very 
good case for choosing FineReader!


- Bill
- "That I have no sight, does not mean I have no vision."
- Bill Gallik, Northern Wisconsin Curmudgeon, 1952-20?? (I am NOT delusional)??

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Re: FineReader OCR Pro vs. OCR Kit

[Andrew Lamanche]

I use FineReaderPro a lot, and I feel it's worth the money.  You can scan and 
recognise documents , it has automatic page orientation feature, scans multiple 
pages, and you can convert to various formats: pdf, dox, rtf, txt, excel, html. 
 It also recognises documents in up to 3 different languages in one document, 
which is helpful for multilingual documents.

Andrew
> On 13 Feb 2017, at 10:16, Ray Foret jr  wrote:
> 
> I have had some success with Abby Fine Reader in this regard.  I’d go ahead 
> and get it because many here use it and find it perfectly satisfactory.  As 
> for the other, I reckon you should be able to try it and, if it fails to meet 
> your needs, you could ask Apple for a refund.  However, before going that 
> rout, I’d contact the app developer first and see what they have to say about 
> its accessibility.  You can use their answer to decide what you will do.
> 
> 
> Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind 
> built-in
> 
> Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray,
> 
> Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon Wireless 
> iPhone7+ and Apple TV user!
> 
>> On Feb 13, 2017, at 3:03 AM, Bill Gallik > > wrote:
>> 
>> I’m looking to install an OCR package on my Mac Mini to facilitate scanning 
>> paper documents and photocopy generated PDFs.  In searching in the MacOS 
>> store for “FineReader” I got two results.  The first is “FineReader OCR Pro” 
>> ($119.95) and “OCR Kit” ($35.95); my question to this list is this; is the 
>> first worth almost $85.00 more than the second?
>> 
>> Have any of you had experience with Finereader OCR Pro or OCR Kit?
>> 
>> Has anybody had experience with both?
>> 
>> Or, possibly, there are yet other OCR packages that my search didn’t render; 
>> other packages that may very well to be a “better bang for the buck” than 
>> either of the two I’ve identified in this e-mail?
>> 
>> I can afford the $119.95 for the ABBY product, but I don’t really care to 
>> pay for functionality that will likely never be used. I’m looking for this 
>> for my personal home use so “state of the art” isn’t really essential.  But 
>> then, I don’t want to buy the less costly option only to find that it will 
>> not offer functions such as letting me open image files online to convert to 
>> something a screen reader can recognize.
>> 
>> I hope I’ve outlined my dilemma here satisfactorily and would appreciate any 
>> thoughts, suggestions and related experiences in this matter.
>> 
>> Sincer thanks (in advance)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bill
>> - "Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."
>> - Originator Unknown -- but I'm sure any one of a number of us could claim 
>> it as our own!
>> 
>> 
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Re: FineReader OCR Pro vs. OCR Kit

[Ray Foret jr]

I have had some success with Abby Fine Reader in this regard.  I’d go ahead and 
get it because many here use it and find it perfectly satisfactory.  As for the 
other, I reckon you should be able to try it and, if it fails to meet your 
needs, you could ask Apple for a refund.  However, before going that rout, I’d 
contact the app developer first and see what they have to say about its 
accessibility.  You can use their answer to decide what you will do.


Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind 
built-in

Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray,

Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon Wireless 
iPhone7+ and Apple TV user!

> On Feb 13, 2017, at 3:03 AM, Bill Gallik  wrote:
> 
> I’m looking to install an OCR package on my Mac Mini to facilitate scanning 
> paper documents and photocopy generated PDFs.  In searching in the MacOS 
> store for “FineReader” I got two results.  The first is “FineReader OCR Pro” 
> ($119.95) and “OCR Kit” ($35.95); my question to this list is this; is the 
> first worth almost $85.00 more than the second?
> 
> Have any of you had experience with Finereader OCR Pro or OCR Kit?
> 
> Has anybody had experience with both?
> 
> Or, possibly, there are yet other OCR packages that my search didn’t render; 
> other packages that may very well to be a “better bang for the buck” than 
> either of the two I’ve identified in this e-mail?
> 
> I can afford the $119.95 for the ABBY product, but I don’t really care to pay 
> for functionality that will likely never be used. I’m looking for this for my 
> personal home use so “state of the art” isn’t really essential.  But then, I 
> don’t want to buy the less costly option only to find that it will not offer 
> functions such as letting me open image files online to convert to something 
> a screen reader can recognize.
> 
> I hope I’ve outlined my dilemma here satisfactorily and would appreciate any 
> thoughts, suggestions and related experiences in this matter.
> 
> Sincer thanks (in advance)
> 
> 
> 
> Bill
> - "Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."
> - Originator Unknown -- but I'm sure any one of a number of us could claim it 
> as our own!
> 
> 
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FineReader OCR Pro vs. OCR Kit

[Bill Gallik]

I’m looking to install an OCR package on my Mac Mini to facilitate scanning 
paper documents and photocopy generated PDFs.  In searching in the MacOS store 
for “FineReader” I got two results.  The first is “FineReader OCR Pro” 
($119.95) and “OCR Kit” ($35.95); my question to this list is this; is the 
first worth almost $85.00 more than the second?

Have any of you had experience with Finereader OCR Pro or OCR Kit?

Has anybody had experience with both?

Or, possibly, there are yet other OCR packages that my search didn’t render; 
other packages that may very well to be a “better bang for the buck” than 
either of the two I’ve identified in this e-mail?

I can afford the $119.95 for the ABBY product, but I don’t really care to pay 
for functionality that will likely never be used. I’m looking for this for my 
personal home use so “state of the art” isn’t really essential.  But then, I 
don’t want to buy the less costly option only to find that it will not offer 
functions such as letting me open image files online to convert to something a 
screen reader can recognize.

I hope I’ve outlined my dilemma here satisfactorily and would appreciate any 
thoughts, suggestions and related experiences in this matter.

Sincer thanks (in advance)



Bill
- "Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."
- Originator Unknown -- but I'm sure any one of a number of us could claim it 
as our own!


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