I think that this may be the way to go. BUt I was hoping that OCR might be able to do it. I did learn a lot about OCR so far. Also, thank to all who replied.
CLOSE Chris BONDE > For a small booklet, it might be quicker to give the booklet to a fast > typist to convert the contents to a text file, then simply relay it > out. Had this situation about 2 years ago. The 5.25 drive wasn't a > problem, but - after someone spent three days solid trying to track > down conversion stuff for an obsolete Phillips wordprocessor program, > one of the faster-fingered members of staff typed the lot up into a > text file in one day. Relay out took another. Was a good reminder to > look for the simpler answer before the complex one. > > Andy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G. Roderick Singleton" > Newsgroups: > gmane.comp.openoffice.questions,gmane.comp.openoffice.general Cc: > <[email protected]>; "Chris BONDE" Sent: Thursday, February 10, > 2005 1:19 AM Subject: Re: Old,old 2 b converted > > > > On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 15:27 -0800, Chris BONDE wrote: > > > Which forum? users, discuss. > > > > I think users. > > > > > > > > I belong to an organization that has a small booklet printed with > > > dot > matrix on > > > coloured paper 8.5 by 11. We need to set it up for a smaller > > > paper size > and a better > > > printer. > > > > > > I have tried my new inexpensive scanner, Canon with OmniPage SE. > However, the > > > dot matrix leaves many of the tails off hence a 'y' becomes a ' > > > v', 'p' > an 'o' etc. > > > Further the coloured paper and light print causes problems. But > > > why use > the > > > scanner when you have the disk you might ask. Well, if anyone can > suggest how I > > > can obtain info off a 5 1/4 disk with Apple works II e. Then > > > maybe I > can. I think > > > that I might be able to resurrect the disc drive for 5 1/4 on > > > windows > based machine > > > but the rest is something else. > > > > > > Any suggestions, please? > > > > > > Chris BONDE > > > > > > > > > > I would suggest that you try OCR. Here are some that are open source > > or free: > > > > http://jocr.sourceforge.net/download.html > > http://www.simpleocr.com/ > > http://www.xsane.org/xsane-win32.html (maybe) > > http://www.irislink.com/ps/uk/products/corporate/index.html (demo) > > > > I also found a couple on a French shareware site at one point but > > did not pursue them. -- Documentation Co-Lead > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 2005-02-07 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
