Do you want to buy a Brother Scanner with a network interface? Some scanners have text reading.
The mastersource for OCR is on Sourceforge. Can't remember the packages name. Maybe Ubuntu has an OCR package. I would be surprised if it didn't work. Modern scanners have PDF scan, like the <advert> one I want to sell for $55. - http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wolli-creek/printers/brother-mfc-6490cw-printer-fax-scanner-copier-ink-cartridges/1000928654 </advert>. You can read PDF pages on a modern tablet computer thus saving any of the bother of OCR. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
