On 11/06/2008 20:35, Dotan Cohen wrote:
2008/6/11 Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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Which gadgets and peripherals, specifically? I'd like to write to the
manufacturers and request support.
Well, for example, an HP Scanjet 3770 with ReadIris Pro 9 OCR software that
scans into MS Word's .doc format and then invokes MS Word so you can
view/edit the result. Under Linux, how would I use it to scan into an
OpenOffice document and invoke OOo, for example? Feel free to propose a
different solution using the same hardware, free software and the same
ease-of-use. Oh, and the whole thing is started by pressing a button on the
scanner; in other words that button generates an interrupt of some sort that
some piece of software recognises.
Is the OCR performed in the scanner or by software on the computer? In
any case, I'll write to HP and ask them first hand.
The scan is done by software that came in the box with the scanner. The
box contained two CDs: one for Windows and one for Mac [not sure which
flavour(s)]. I think a piece of that software runs as a "service" which
is how the scanner's hardware button's interrupt is detected.
Or a Linksys WPC54G PCMCIA wireless network card?
Have you written to Linksys? I'll write to them, and I suggest that
you do the same. The more letters they get, the more serious they will
take Linux.
No. I personally don't consider it worth the time.
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