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Title: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on April 29, 2004, 07:26:50 pm
OS Windows 2000 Pro or Win98SE,  Printer/Scanner Lexmark X75.  I am after a retail (for home use) OCR program, any advise on what to use or avoid based on your experiences would be useful.    
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on April 30, 2004, 07:03:28 pm
I'm surprised.  A computer topic and no one has an opinion.

 
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Sirgod on April 30, 2004, 07:18:12 pm
I might have some software for you to use this, I just saw this thread. Isn't OCR thought for Scanner Purposes though? I need to look through my File of old software Scanners/ Printers.

Stephen
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on April 30, 2004, 07:24:34 pm
Quote:

I might have some software for you to use this, I just saw this thread. Isn't OCR thought for Scanner Purposes though? I need to look through my File of old software Scanners/ Printers.

Stephen  



OCR = Optical Character Recognition.  Convert scanned images of text to text files.  I meant to include that definition with the original posting.  

There are several available locally I am planning to pick one up but have no actual experience with using them.   I was hoping for advise on which were known for quality and which were not.  
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Sirgod on April 30, 2004, 07:27:12 pm
OK I do have some software for that from a very old scanner I used to use. It will take me some time to find It, and to be honest, I could Propbably Mail It too you faster.

Stephen
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on April 30, 2004, 07:45:33 pm
I'm planning to pick up something current.  Hopefully the accuracy level will be better than the older versions.  Also the stand alone ones should be more capable than the bundled versions  (which may only work with the original bundled hardware).  Thanks for the offer though.  With luck I will pick something up Sunday.  

There are several programs locally available the only one whose name I remember off hand is TextBridge.  Anyone ever use it?  Can any of them use dual CPUs or is more memory more important?  
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Aldaron on April 30, 2004, 07:48:51 pm
You can try
http://www.ocr.com

I've found it works pretty good without having to do many corrections after the scan.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: E_Look on April 30, 2004, 08:37:08 pm
I use Paperport.

In fact, I chose my scanner on the fact that Paperport was bundled with it.  I had heard that it did a pretty good job and when I used to do more OCR scanning, it wasn't too bad, but I still had to VERY CAREFULLY proofread the file.  The problem is, even a 90-95% success rate is a pain, if you have to fish for every deviation.

I'd advise checking some of the Internet review sites (hey, I wonder if tomshardware or anandtech have reviews on OCR software!!) to get some kind of feedback.  I haven't looked into products here in a while.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Sirgod on April 30, 2004, 08:40:57 pm
Quote:

I use Paperport.

In fact, I chose my scanner on the fact that Paperport was bundled with it.  I had heard that it did a pretty good job and when I used to do more OCR scanning, it wasn't too bad, but I still had to VERY CAREFULLY proofread the file.  The problem is, even a 90-95% success rate is a pain, if you have to fish for every deviation.

I'd advise checking some of the Internet review sites (hey, I wonder if tomshardware or anandtech have reviews on OCR software!!) to get some kind of feedback.  I haven't looked into products here in a while.  



that's It, that's the one I have a few OEM copies of. Thank you Elook, I could not recall to save my life.

Stephen
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Stormbringer on April 30, 2004, 09:11:32 pm
Textbridge pro. Better page formatting, less spurious hidden format symbols and less text recognition errors and artifacts.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: E_Look on April 30, 2004, 09:55:25 pm
Really?  Storm, I'll check into it next time I get a scanner (which may be sooner than I'd like, as the one I've got, though it works fine, is really not supported for use in my new system, which runs XP).
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: jualdeaux on April 30, 2004, 11:05:20 pm
Another one that I have heard works well is Omnipage Pro. It is extremely expensive though.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Stormbringer on May 02, 2004, 11:34:48 am
I used a scanner on the old hard copy study aids we had at the school house and created a 600 page hand out book book. I started out using PaperPort. It was maddening and slow because of all the errors and mandatory format mangling it did. One of the other department directors brought his personal copy of Textbridge 9 in for me. It made that terrible job a breeze.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on May 02, 2004, 11:57:32 am
It appears to come down to Textbridge Pro and Omnipage Pro.  It most likely will depend on which I can find (semi)locally in a currrent version.

They seem to be the same company.  Business vs Home programs?  

Thanks guys.  
Title: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on April 29, 2004, 07:26:50 pm
OS Windows 2000 Pro or Win98SE,  Printer/Scanner Lexmark X75.  I am after a retail (for home use) OCR program, any advise on what to use or avoid based on your experiences would be useful.    
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on April 30, 2004, 07:03:28 pm
I'm surprised.  A computer topic and no one has an opinion.

 
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Sirgod on April 30, 2004, 07:18:12 pm
I might have some software for you to use this, I just saw this thread. Isn't OCR thought for Scanner Purposes though? I need to look through my File of old software Scanners/ Printers.

Stephen
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on April 30, 2004, 07:24:34 pm
Quote:

I might have some software for you to use this, I just saw this thread. Isn't OCR thought for Scanner Purposes though? I need to look through my File of old software Scanners/ Printers.

Stephen  



OCR = Optical Character Recognition.  Convert scanned images of text to text files.  I meant to include that definition with the original posting.  

There are several available locally I am planning to pick one up but have no actual experience with using them.   I was hoping for advise on which were known for quality and which were not.  
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Sirgod on April 30, 2004, 07:27:12 pm
OK I do have some software for that from a very old scanner I used to use. It will take me some time to find It, and to be honest, I could Propbably Mail It too you faster.

Stephen
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on April 30, 2004, 07:45:33 pm
I'm planning to pick up something current.  Hopefully the accuracy level will be better than the older versions.  Also the stand alone ones should be more capable than the bundled versions  (which may only work with the original bundled hardware).  Thanks for the offer though.  With luck I will pick something up Sunday.  

There are several programs locally available the only one whose name I remember off hand is TextBridge.  Anyone ever use it?  Can any of them use dual CPUs or is more memory more important?  
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Aldaron on April 30, 2004, 07:48:51 pm
You can try
http://www.ocr.com

I've found it works pretty good without having to do many corrections after the scan.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: E_Look on April 30, 2004, 08:37:08 pm
I use Paperport.

In fact, I chose my scanner on the fact that Paperport was bundled with it.  I had heard that it did a pretty good job and when I used to do more OCR scanning, it wasn't too bad, but I still had to VERY CAREFULLY proofread the file.  The problem is, even a 90-95% success rate is a pain, if you have to fish for every deviation.

I'd advise checking some of the Internet review sites (hey, I wonder if tomshardware or anandtech have reviews on OCR software!!) to get some kind of feedback.  I haven't looked into products here in a while.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Sirgod on April 30, 2004, 08:40:57 pm
Quote:

I use Paperport.

In fact, I chose my scanner on the fact that Paperport was bundled with it.  I had heard that it did a pretty good job and when I used to do more OCR scanning, it wasn't too bad, but I still had to VERY CAREFULLY proofread the file.  The problem is, even a 90-95% success rate is a pain, if you have to fish for every deviation.

I'd advise checking some of the Internet review sites (hey, I wonder if tomshardware or anandtech have reviews on OCR software!!) to get some kind of feedback.  I haven't looked into products here in a while.  



that's It, that's the one I have a few OEM copies of. Thank you Elook, I could not recall to save my life.

Stephen
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Stormbringer on April 30, 2004, 09:11:32 pm
Textbridge pro. Better page formatting, less spurious hidden format symbols and less text recognition errors and artifacts.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: E_Look on April 30, 2004, 09:55:25 pm
Really?  Storm, I'll check into it next time I get a scanner (which may be sooner than I'd like, as the one I've got, though it works fine, is really not supported for use in my new system, which runs XP).
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: jualdeaux on April 30, 2004, 11:05:20 pm
Another one that I have heard works well is Omnipage Pro. It is extremely expensive though.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Stormbringer on May 02, 2004, 11:34:48 am
I used a scanner on the old hard copy study aids we had at the school house and created a 600 page hand out book book. I started out using PaperPort. It was maddening and slow because of all the errors and mandatory format mangling it did. One of the other department directors brought his personal copy of Textbridge 9 in for me. It made that terrible job a breeze.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on May 02, 2004, 11:57:32 am
It appears to come down to Textbridge Pro and Omnipage Pro.  It most likely will depend on which I can find (semi)locally in a currrent version.

They seem to be the same company.  Business vs Home programs?  

Thanks guys.  
Title: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on April 29, 2004, 07:26:50 pm
OS Windows 2000 Pro or Win98SE,  Printer/Scanner Lexmark X75.  I am after a retail (for home use) OCR program, any advise on what to use or avoid based on your experiences would be useful.    
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on April 30, 2004, 07:03:28 pm
I'm surprised.  A computer topic and no one has an opinion.

 
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Sirgod on April 30, 2004, 07:18:12 pm
I might have some software for you to use this, I just saw this thread. Isn't OCR thought for Scanner Purposes though? I need to look through my File of old software Scanners/ Printers.

Stephen
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on April 30, 2004, 07:24:34 pm
Quote:

I might have some software for you to use this, I just saw this thread. Isn't OCR thought for Scanner Purposes though? I need to look through my File of old software Scanners/ Printers.

Stephen  



OCR = Optical Character Recognition.  Convert scanned images of text to text files.  I meant to include that definition with the original posting.  

There are several available locally I am planning to pick one up but have no actual experience with using them.   I was hoping for advise on which were known for quality and which were not.  
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Sirgod on April 30, 2004, 07:27:12 pm
OK I do have some software for that from a very old scanner I used to use. It will take me some time to find It, and to be honest, I could Propbably Mail It too you faster.

Stephen
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on April 30, 2004, 07:45:33 pm
I'm planning to pick up something current.  Hopefully the accuracy level will be better than the older versions.  Also the stand alone ones should be more capable than the bundled versions  (which may only work with the original bundled hardware).  Thanks for the offer though.  With luck I will pick something up Sunday.  

There are several programs locally available the only one whose name I remember off hand is TextBridge.  Anyone ever use it?  Can any of them use dual CPUs or is more memory more important?  
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Aldaron on April 30, 2004, 07:48:51 pm
You can try
http://www.ocr.com

I've found it works pretty good without having to do many corrections after the scan.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: E_Look on April 30, 2004, 08:37:08 pm
I use Paperport.

In fact, I chose my scanner on the fact that Paperport was bundled with it.  I had heard that it did a pretty good job and when I used to do more OCR scanning, it wasn't too bad, but I still had to VERY CAREFULLY proofread the file.  The problem is, even a 90-95% success rate is a pain, if you have to fish for every deviation.

I'd advise checking some of the Internet review sites (hey, I wonder if tomshardware or anandtech have reviews on OCR software!!) to get some kind of feedback.  I haven't looked into products here in a while.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Sirgod on April 30, 2004, 08:40:57 pm
Quote:

I use Paperport.

In fact, I chose my scanner on the fact that Paperport was bundled with it.  I had heard that it did a pretty good job and when I used to do more OCR scanning, it wasn't too bad, but I still had to VERY CAREFULLY proofread the file.  The problem is, even a 90-95% success rate is a pain, if you have to fish for every deviation.

I'd advise checking some of the Internet review sites (hey, I wonder if tomshardware or anandtech have reviews on OCR software!!) to get some kind of feedback.  I haven't looked into products here in a while.  



that's It, that's the one I have a few OEM copies of. Thank you Elook, I could not recall to save my life.

Stephen
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Stormbringer on April 30, 2004, 09:11:32 pm
Textbridge pro. Better page formatting, less spurious hidden format symbols and less text recognition errors and artifacts.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: E_Look on April 30, 2004, 09:55:25 pm
Really?  Storm, I'll check into it next time I get a scanner (which may be sooner than I'd like, as the one I've got, though it works fine, is really not supported for use in my new system, which runs XP).
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: jualdeaux on April 30, 2004, 11:05:20 pm
Another one that I have heard works well is Omnipage Pro. It is extremely expensive though.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: Stormbringer on May 02, 2004, 11:34:48 am
I used a scanner on the old hard copy study aids we had at the school house and created a 600 page hand out book book. I started out using PaperPort. It was maddening and slow because of all the errors and mandatory format mangling it did. One of the other department directors brought his personal copy of Textbridge 9 in for me. It made that terrible job a breeze.
Title: Re: What OCR program do you suggest?
Post by: IKV Nemesis D7L on May 02, 2004, 11:57:32 am
It appears to come down to Textbridge Pro and Omnipage Pro.  It most likely will depend on which I can find (semi)locally in a currrent version.

They seem to be the same company.  Business vs Home programs?  

Thanks guys.