Thanks Dane.  I'm going to give it a try this weekend so i'll let you know how 
I go.

Penny

On 30/09/2011, at 6:24 PM, Dane trethowan wrote:

> Howdy!
> 
> Yep, K1000 is very expensive but for an all-in-one scanning, reading and 
> research/study/reference  solution I would have to say that its probably 
> worth it given the way the software behaves now and I'm glad I bought it 
> though I dread to think what the upgrade cost to say version 13 might be 
> <smile>.
> 
> No, I didn't get K1000 with my scanner though I wish I had <smile>, that 
> would have possibly saved a lot of money.  I got read Iris Pro for Windows - 
> Standard edition - with my HP Officejet Pro 8500A Plus device and I upgraded 
> this to the read Iris 12 Pro edition not long after for $89.00 Australia.
> 
> I've done some tests with Read Iris and OCR on the whole seems to be very 
> accurate and fast though I do have some doubts regarding the reliability of 
> Read Iris to handle multi column pages? Must get a copy of my favourite 
> electronics magazine and see how we go, K1000 is a good reference here as I 
> know it to handle multiple columns extremely well, probably one of the best 
> OCR applications when it comes to pages with multiple columns.
> 
> 
> 
> On 28/09/2011 8:25 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote:
>> Hello Dane
>> 
>> I'm pleased you like the upgrade. Actually I think Gillian is looking to buy 
>> that when she's able. it is, as you say, very expensive.
>> 
>> I must say though; i'm puzzled as to how you'd get a main stream article 
>> like a scanner/printer with K1000. But well, so be it.
>> 
>> Lynne
>> 
>> On 27 Sep 2011, at 19:13, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>> 
>> Well worth the upgrade, recognition is not only more accurate than it was 
>> but its far faster, recognition has been very accurate in versions 10 and 11 
>> so the status quo is welcomed!
>> 
>> Software is far more stable than its ever been, well on my computer system 
>> at any rate.
>> 
>> Haven't done all that much digging round the product so if there are any new 
>> features then I haven't found them yet.
>> 
>> Yes, I admit that the product is costly but I certainly wouldn't say its not 
>> worth the money as its all dependent on your circumstances, if you want to 
>> "Dive Right in" and scan a 400 page book then this product is probably one 
>> you'll enjoy using for the task as it requires no real need to learn the 
>> Windows operating system, no complex keystrokes or shortcuts to get your job 
>> done and not even a Screen Reader though at the price it damn well ought to 
>> come with one<smile>.
>> 
>> I coupled Kurzweil with my newly acquired HP Officejet 8500A Plus, scanning 
>> and recognition results were speedy, had 4 A4 pages of print scanned and 
>> recognised in around 30 seconds.
>> 
>> Anyone else using K1000 v12? What do you think?
>> 
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