Singing the praises of FineReader Pro

2019-02-26 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello list, My husband bought me a rather obscure double CD recently and I wanted to be able to read the very extensive information in the enclosed booklet. The print is very tiny, pale on a dark background and printed over photos of landscapes. To complicate matters further, some of the songs

Re: Finereader Pro

2017-02-22 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Usually the defaults work for me very well. Once you press the button to either scan images to new document, you can hear the scanner perform one scan. This I assume is some kind of a preparatory / exploratory thing. It also causes a new window open. If you look at the window, you can see

Re: Finereader Pro

2017-02-22 Thread ernest mccullough
Thank you, it does. What are the optimal settings overall for fine reader pro? On 2/22/17, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > I'm not aware of a tutorial for FineReader. > > As for your second question, once the document has been scanned and > processed, the only way to hear it is to

Re: Finereader Pro

2017-02-22 Thread Andrew Lamanche
I'm not aware of a tutorial for FineReader. As for your second question, once the document has been scanned and processed, the only way to hear it is to save it in one of the formats available through the export dialog. Once it's saved, it will open in an appropriate application for you to

Re: Finereader Pro

2017-02-22 Thread ernest mccullough
Is there a tutorial I can listen to so that I can learn fine reader pro? Like, for example, after the document is scanned and processed, how does one hear it back? Any help would be appreciated. On 2/21/17, Terje Strømberg wrote: > You can also after the first scan,

Re: Finereader Pro

2017-02-21 Thread Terje Strømberg
You can also after the first scan, like suggested, convert without scanning again every time. 1. Open Fine Reader Pro 2. Interact with the first table where mac and scanner is named. Make sure the voice over focus is on the mac. Not the scanner. 3. Chose a formatø pdf, word, excel etc. 4. Fine

Re: Finereader Pro

2017-02-21 Thread E.T.
Hi Andrew, Yes the export was what I needed, was looking for a convert option which is why I did not think to try export. Works wonderfully and tried 2 different formats to see which was the best. I keep the Finereader documents until i know they are no longer needed. From E.T.'s

Re: Finereader Pro

2017-02-21 Thread Andrew Lamanche
I don't think there's any need to rescan the document provided the finereader formated file has not been discarded. The original post seems to suggest that he has a copy in finereader format in which case there's no need for rescanning. > On 21 Feb 2017, at 16:37, Scott Berry

Re: Finereader Pro

2017-02-21 Thread Scott Berry
Hello there, You need to rescan the original document and choose a different option for what type of document you want it to scan in to. > On Feb 20, 2017, at 7:44 PM, E.T. wrote: > > After a document is scanned and saved as a Finereader document, how does > one

Re: Finereader Pro

2017-02-20 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Once the document is scanned and recognised, you can press command+s key combination to export the document This will open a dialog window with all the available formats you can export into. Once you choose one and the document has been exported, you can press command+s again and choose a

Finereader Pro

2017-02-20 Thread E.T.
After a document is scanned and saved as a Finereader document, how does one go back and convert to a different format? The format I had chosen did not produce the desired results. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the

Re: Abbyy Finereader Pro

2016-07-06 Thread E.T.
Terje, It will become easier the more I work with Abbyy. Bought a long time ago and now I am starting to use it. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 7/5/2016 9:24 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote: Don’t think that is possible. If it is possibnle,

Re: Abbyy Finereader Pro

2016-07-05 Thread Terje Strømberg
Don’t think that is possible. If it is possibnle, i am also interested to know how. My scanner Canon DR-C225 opens Fine Reader Pro with a push of a button. Still i have to chose the convert format in Fine Reader. Take care > 5. jul. 2016 kl. 20.31 skrev E.T. : > >

Abbyy Finereader Pro

2016-07-05 Thread E.T.
I have started looking at this app and would like some pointers.Main use I think will be to scan documents to a file, either MS Word or txt format. I did not see an option for this, is it possible to set a default document type? From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe?

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-05-17 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
No not in my opinion, I also hate noisy scanners. Best regards Annie. Den 16/05/2014 kl. 23.11 skrev Dionipher Presas Herrera dionip...@gmail.com: does this scanner sound ver loud? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-05-16 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
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Strange behaviour in FineReader Pro when recognising into .rtf format

2014-05-01 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Listers, For a couple of weeks now, when I try to recognise into text images of files taken scanned with Vuescan, and I use FineReader Pro to do the recognition, and when I choose to convert to .rtf format, I get no text which I could read in TextEdit. And yet, when I convert the same image

Re: Strange behaviour in FineReader Pro when recognising into .rtf format

2014-05-01 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
of files taken scanned with Vuescan, and I use FineReader Pro to do the recognition, and when I choose to convert to .rtf format, I get no text which I could read in TextEdit. And yet, when I convert the same image into .docx or .pdf, the text is there. Why could it be? I'm totally

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Trey Bradley
Where do I go to buy this app? Also how much is it? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 29, 2014, at 7:24 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I was quite happy with abbyy finereader express but decided to buy pro. Only I am having problems. First of all, I don't see an option to scan to

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Anne Robertson
You get the app from the Appstore. As for the price, I think it costs EURO 89 but if you look for it in the Appstore, you'll see the price for yourself. Cheers, Anne On 30 Apr 2014, at 08:22, Trey Bradley treyma...@gmail.com wrote: Where do I go to buy this app? Also how much is it? --

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Apr 30, 2014, at 12:49 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Cheryl, Here’s something I put together for FineReader Pro. I hope it helps. Cheers, Anne To scan multiple pages : • Select your scanner; • If you don’t see the output

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Anne Robertson
Cheryl, Here's something I put together for FineReader Pro. I hope it helps. Cheers, Anne To scan multiple pages : * Select your scanner; * If you don't see the output format you want, click Show All; * Click the Scan Images to New Document button; * Once the preview has finished

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Apr 30, 2014, at 12:49 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Cheryl, Here’s something I put together for FineReader Pro. I hope it helps. Cheers

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Cheryl, Here’s something I put together for FineReader Pro. I hope it helps. Cheers, Anne To scan multiple pages : • Select your scanner; • If you don’t see the output format you want, click Show All; • Click the Scan Images to New

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
together for FineReader Pro. I hope it helps. Cheers, Anne To scan multiple pages : • Select your scanner; • If you don’t see the output format you want, click Show All; • Click the Scan Images to New Document button; • Once the preview has finished, click Scan; • If the multi-page check

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Apr 30, 2014, at 12:49 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Cheryl, Here’s something I put together for FineReader Pro. I hope it helps. Cheers, Anne To scan multiple pages : • Select your scanner; • If you don’t see the output format you

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Phil Halton
love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Apr 30, 2014, at 12:49 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Cheryl, Here's something I put together for FineReader

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Cheryl, Because FineReader Pro isn't localised into French, I had to go through it with a fine-tooth comb and write a document explaining all the buttons and other fields so that French users could relabel the important ones. Cheers, Anne On 30 Apr 2014, at 15:01, Cheryl Homiak cah4

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-04-29 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
. CanonScan 9000F works well with FineReader Pro and Mavericks. Flat bed with cover you lift up, so i don`t know if it is usable to scan books. If you buy a 7kg Kettle Bell in a fitness training shop you can put it on the book or the scanning cover perhaps. To save a lot of shoulder problems. Just

A question about finereader pro and sending text to an aplication.

2014-04-29 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi all. I really love working with the finereader pro for mac. There is one thing that annoys me. I have been using the windows version of finereader for many years, a function that I really like is the send to function, but this function is not included in the mac version. I wonder if you

finereader pro

2014-04-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I was quite happy with abbyy finereader express but decided to buy pro. Only I am having problems. First of all, I don't see an option to scan to text which is what I often do. Secondly, my scanner runs but I get no pages when it's done and also I notice my scanner is dimmed in the actual scan

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-29 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Cheryl, Here's something I put together for FineReader Pro. I hope it helps. Cheers, Anne To scan multiple pages : * Select your scanner; * If you don't see the output format you want, click Show All; * Click the Scan Images to New Document button; * Once the preview has finished

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-04-16 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Alwine. Unfortunately you can not use the pearl scanner for anything else than open book. I will hope that there will be a camerascanner available in the future that works and that can work with finereader in some way. Unfortunately there are not many camera scanners that we can use. Let's

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-04-16 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Terje. I think I will try a canon scanner, it is not an expensive one, so let's try to see how it works. Best regards Annie. Den 15/04/2014 kl. 16.52 skrev Terje Strømberg terjestrmb...@gmail.com: For scanning documents. CanonScan 9000F works well with FineReader Pro and Mavericks. Flat

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-04-16 Thread Alwine Hardus
Hi Annie, Thank you for your answer. It is a pitty indeed, but perhaps there will be a good solution in the future. Alwine Op 16 apr. 2014, om 16:28 heeft Annie Skov Nielsen het volgende geschreven: Hi Alwine. Unfortunately you can not use the pearl scanner for anything else than open

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-04-15 Thread Terje Strømberg
For scanning documents. CanonScan 9000F works well with FineReader Pro and Mavericks. Flat bed with cover you lift up, so i don`t know if it is usable to scan books. If you buy a 7kg Kettle Bell in a fitness training shop you can put it on the book or the scanning cover perhaps. To save a lot

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-04-15 Thread Alwine Hardus
Hai Everyone, Is it possible to use the pearl camera scanner from freedomscientific with abby finereader? I use it with openbook. Alwine Op 15 apr. 2014, om 01:51 heeft Donna Goodin het volgende geschreven: On the Apple webpage, there are a ton of Epson scanners listed. You can get to that

A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-04-14 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. Can any one recommend a good scanner to work with finereader pro on the mac. I am scanning a lot of books, so I would like a quick scanner. I have an opticbook pro 4800, but I am having a lot of problems with it both on the mac and in windows. Best regards Annie. -- You received

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-04-14 Thread Mary Otten
like to know the same thing. There are no drivers for the opticbook line of scanners for Mac outside of a beta that they produced that didn't work except with their proprietary and inaccessible buttons on the scanner itself. So far as I know, these are the only bookedge scanners on the

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-04-14 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Mary. I am not interested in a scanner where I need to cut up books, it is to difficult. I can not find the list of scanners on abbyy's site, could you give me a link. The u.s. site and the european is not the same. Be aware that a lot of epson scanners only are supported in mountain lion,

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-04-14 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Annie, I admit I have not checked on the abbyy site since upgrading to mavericks, which I did a few weeks ago. I saw the link when the FR pro app first came out on the app store. This was the U.S. app store and the U.S. abbyy site, and as I said, since upgrading, I haven't checked back. I

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-04-14 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
I think I found a link now, but what works on mavericks is a question. I am not sure this list has been updated, I was directed to apples list of scanners and it looks old. I would be interested in the link from the u.s. store, maybe it has been updated. Best regards Annie. Den 15/04/2014 kl.

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-04-14 Thread Donna Goodin
On the Apple webpage, there are a ton of Epson scanners listed. You can get to that page from the AABBYY Fine-Reader Pro for Mac webpage. Best, Donna On Apr 14, 2014, at 5:55 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Annie, I admit I have not checked on the abbyy site since upgrading to

FineReader Pro and supported scanners

2013-12-30 Thread Phil Halton
Here are links to both the ABBYY webpage for FineReader Pro for Mac, and the Apple support article referenced there for supported scanners. The scanner list is extensive, and it looks like there are nearly 800 scanners of various manufacture and models listed. FineReader Pro: http

FineReader Pro and supported scanners

2013-12-30 Thread Adrienne Sinclair Chalmers
Christina, I recently bought Fine Reader Pro from the App Store and with that version there is no need to buy any separate app to perform the scan, such as Vue Scan. It is capable of handling multi page scans, either manually or by sheet feed Regards Adrienne -- You received this message

Re: FineReader Pro discounted upgrade

2013-12-12 Thread Terje Strømberg
Hi Where can i find the uppgrade purchase? I have Abby Fine Reader Express. Last time i searched in App store i could not find it. Take care 11. des. 2013 kl. 22:31 skrev Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com: Well, I was hanging back on purchasing FRPro and it paid off. I have ABBYY FR Express

FineReader Pro discounted upgrade

2013-12-11 Thread Phil Halton
Well, I was hanging back on purchasing FRPro and it paid off. I have ABBYY FR Express which entitled me to $20 off the price of $99. Then they sent me a email with an additional $20 off the upgrade price - total $59.99. Too good to pass up - I am downloading the massive .6GB app now. Finally,

Re: FineReader Pro discounted upgrade

2013-12-11 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Phil, I assume you purchased Express via the web? Or does Abbyy’s site detect you have it on the system? I purchased Express via the app store and the app store are asking £69.99 for the pro. I do wish to purchase the pro version but would like to get any discounts that are available.

Re: FineReader Pro discounted upgrade

2013-12-11 Thread Phil Halton
I bought the express version from the website. I'm having a little trouble getting the pro version working, but I'm sure I'll get it figured out - others are using it successfully, so I will too. On Dec 11, 2013, at 5:54 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello Phil, I assume you

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-07 Thread Phil Halton
I know what you mean about pressing the lid down to flatten the pages of a book. I use to keep a five pound weight handy and place it on the lid to save me the arm strain. But, I suppose picking up and placing the weight for each turn of the page could also get tiresome. On Dec 6, 2013, at

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I experience the new finereader as very accessible. If you have a supported scanner, you can scan directly from a supported scanner without vuescan, this is a major step forward. There could be unlabled buttons but the helptags works, but most of the buttons are labled correct. In my

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, Do you know if Finereader Pro supports wireless scanning? The Express version didn’t but if the pro version does, then i’ll have to go grab it. /Krister 6 dec 2013 kl. 10:09 skrev Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com: Hi. I experience the new finereader as very accessible

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Annie, Which scanner do you have that is not supported by find reader? I was doing some looking, and it appears they don't support any of the Plustek scanners. I also found that there is apparently a driver for the plustek 3800 that works Onamac, but I guess it is only with plustek

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Mary.. I have an opticbook 4800, I can not find a driver that works on the mac exept for vuescan, but it is very slow, and I get terrible scanning results with vuescan I do not know why. I also love book edge scanners, and there are not many of them on the market. If you have a plustek

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. Where do you get onformation about which scanners is supported. Best regards Annie. Den 06 Dec 2013 kl. 14:47 skrev Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com: Hi Mary.. I have an opticbook 4800, I can not find a driver that works on the mac exept for vuescan, but it is very slow,

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Mary Otten
I found a link on that Abby site but took me to the Apple Store. And there was an extensive list of supported scanners. Plus tech was not in there. I'm on an iPhone right now, so I don't have that link. But you can probably find it by going to the bbyy.com site. Mary Sent from my iPhone On

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Phil Halton
I followed the links to the abbyy website from the app store. on the page for the pro version of abbyy finer reader, under the tab for tech specs in the hardware section is a link to the apple website for supported ICA scanners. I think this is it. see the list on the Apple web-site On Dec

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Annie, I do not have an optic book 3800. I have a 3600, which I have been using a long time with Kurzweil 1000 on Windows. But I would like to move to the Mac if I can find a scanner I like with this new find reader. I saw a knowledgebase article on the plus tech website which had a link to

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Can anybody tell me what the difference is between Finereader Express and finereader pro? Since I already paid for the Express version before it was in the app store, I would like to know what added benefits I am getting before I pay for the Pro version. I don't object to paying something; I

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. You can scan multipage documents directly from finereader pro, and you can convert to a wide range of formats, and the quality is exelent. You can also split double sided scannings automatic, and it works quite good. Best regards Annie. Den 06 Dec 2013 kl. 17:04 skrev Cheryl Homiak cahom

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Phil Halton
You know, Epson scanners are supported and work quite well in my opinion. Also, you can pick one up for around $120 or so. There are many other supported and cheap scanners that will do a good job. Basically any scanner that apple sells will work for you. On Dec 6, 2013, at 10:44 AM, Mary

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Phil, Yes, I know that a lot of scanners are supported. But when I scan a book on a flat-bed the old-fashioned way, i.e. pressing the book down so as to get a good view of both pages, I pay for it with all kinds of muscle pain in the shoulders and arms. Too much typing for too many years and

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-05 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi again. Ok I took the chance and bought the new finereader for mac. In my opinion it is an amazing peace of software. Best regards Annie. Den 05 Dec 2013 kl. 20:46 skrev Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com: Hi. Today abbyy has released a pro version of finereader for mac. You

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-05 Thread Mary Otten
This is very exciting about fine reader your Pro. The Windows version has always have excellent reviews. How is it with voiceover? Is there somewhere a list of directly supported scanners? Mary Sent from my iPhone On Dec 5, 2013, at 4:18 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-05 Thread Phil Halton
I have the express for mac version and it is section 508 compliant, as is the pro version (according the the website). If the pro version is as accessible as the express version then I assume it is probably highly accessible. Also, there is a $20 discount for upgrading from the express version,

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-05 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Thanks, Annie, this is very useful information. I will get it too. Andrew -- 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