Re: OCR applications

John Hill <nemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Chris Ridd <chrisridd@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On 30/1/06 8:46, in article 447c94Fp63tU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Rexx Magnus"
> > <trascan@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Ink is just appalling for handwriting recognition. Anyone know of a
> > > (free) replacement? Windows XP has wonderful recognition in Office, it
> > > can even understand when I scrawl.
> > >
> > > Try as I might, I can't get Ink to not rAndoMly capItalise Words.
> >
> > That would be useful for ex-NeXT people, I suppose!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Chris
>
> This prompts me to ask, what applications do members of this group use
> for OCR and what to they think of them?
>
> I may have a need looming over the horizon...
>
ABBYY Finreader Pro 5 for Mac. It only works on OS9 though and I notice
that they don't seem to sell it any more, so presumably they don't
intend to make an OSX version. That's a great pity because it's the best
I've used. I have a second computer which I keep in OS9 for this sort of
thing.

I had a registered version of Omnipage Pro (v.7) before I got this but
this was a lot better. I don't know how Omnipage has fared since.

Maire Black
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