On 13/04/2011, at 1:07 PM, cm wrote:
> > Hi Ray, > > I have only ever used free OCR products that come bundled with scanners so > far, so I can't give a personal recommendation, but I read with interest the > review that Brian provided of ABBYY Fine Reader Express. I just wanted to > point out that if you bring up the Mac App Store and enter the search term > "OCR", the result is eleven programs that includes ABBYY Fine Reader. The > price range is $18 to $160 -- with ABBYY costing $150. ABBYY appears to cost > $100 from the web site. I am not sure how this is possible as I thought the > terms of the App Store required that the cost be the same or less than the > cost on linked web pages. > > Cheers, > Carlo > Thanks for this tip, Carlo. As a keen Omnipage user, and having been disappointed with alternatives I have tried, I see titles on the App Store that I didn't realise even existed. Going for "the best", I have downloaded a demo copy of ExactScan from the publishers' site. I'll try it out and report back. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
