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Optical character reader software?.
Can anyone recommend an OCR package that works with olde WIN 2000 thats either not too expensive or possibly free;?.. Cheers.... -- Tony Sayer |
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"tony sayer" wrote in message news  Can anyone recommend an OCR package that works with olde WIN 2000 thats either not too expensive or possibly free;?.. Cheers.... -- Tony Sayer I've used FreeOCR : http://www.paperfile.net/ |
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In message , tony sayer
writes Can anyone recommend an OCR package that works with olde WIN 2000 thats either not too expensive or possibly free;?.. Cheers.... I don't know about 'recommend', but a quick Google on 'ocr freeware' comes up with quite a few possibles (in case no one comes up with a good suggestion). The subject of OCR freeware used to be discussed from time to time in the alt.comp.freeware NG. I got the impression that nobody found anything as good as the payware programs. However, a look at the alt.comp.freeware archives might be useful. I haven't bothered to try any of the OCR freeware myself, as I once lashed out on ABBYY OCR (cost £60!!!). -- Ian |
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On May 6, 10:29*pm, tony sayer wrote:
Can anyone recommend an OCR package that works with olde WIN 2000 thats either not too expensive or possibly free;?.. Cheers.... -- Tony Sayer Google Docs is supposed to do OCR now - just upload an image or a pdf and it'll convert it for you. I've not tried it so can't vouch for it's accuracy but it's free and easy to try. Tony |
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on 06/05/2011, John Rumm supposed :
On 06/05/2011 22:29, tony sayer wrote: Can anyone recommend an OCR package that works with olde WIN 2000 thats either not too expensive or possibly free;?.. Abbey FineReader Pro is very good (but not free) I agree - a copy of it was included with a combination fax/printer/scanner I bought a while ago. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk |
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On May 6, 10:29 pm, tony sayer wrote: Can anyone recommend an OCR package that works with olde WIN 2000 thats either not too expensive or possibly free;?.. http://www.free-document-management-software.com/ maybe? |
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tony sayer wrote:
Can anyone recommend an OCR package that works with olde WIN 2000 thats either not too expensive or possibly free;?.. Cheers.... I use ABBY Fine Reader which came free with the Mustek 1200 UB Plus flatbed scanner; runs in Win98Se and Win2K. |
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Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , tony sayer writes Can anyone recommend an OCR package that works with olde WIN 2000 thats either not too expensive or possibly free;?.. Cheers.... I don't know about 'recommend', but a quick Google on 'ocr freeware' comes up with quite a few possibles (in case no one comes up with a good suggestion). The subject of OCR freeware used to be discussed from time to time in the alt.comp.freeware NG. I got the impression that nobody found anything as good as the payware programs. However, a look at the alt.comp.freeware archives might be useful. I haven't bothered to try any of the OCR freeware myself, as I once lashed out on ABBYY OCR (cost £60!!!). I use ABBY and find it to be rather decent; did you have a problem with it? |
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Baer writes I use ABBY and find it to be rather decent; did you have a problem with it? Not really. It's pretty good - once you get the hang of it. To be honest, I haven't really used it all that much, and I'm sure I have not explored its full potential. I started with V4, which was a freebie with a computer magazine. It worked OK, but couldn't accept a PDF as an input file. V6 and later can. I think I first had V6 as a free trial download which, much to the consternation of one of my works colleagues, would accept a protected PDF, and effectively allow you to save it to an unprotected file. When the free trial expired, I downloaded the V6 pay-for version (which I still have), but found that they had removed the 'unprotect-a-PDF' function (not that it affected me). For a scanned document, it says it requires at least 300dpi. However, after a bit of titivating, I've successfully OCRed an existing image of an old WW2 document, where it was only 150dpi. ABBYY still keep sending me suggestions that I should upgrade to the latest version, but it's not free. It's at a 'special discount price' of around £50, so I'll be sticking with V6. -- Ian |
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In article , Andrew Holme
scribeth thus "tony sayer" wrote in message news Can anyone recommend an OCR package that works with olde WIN 2000 thats either not too expensive or possibly free;?.. Cheers.... -- Tony Sayer I've used FreeOCR : http://www.paperfile.net/ Yep tried that, doesn't run with WIN 2000 Simple OCR does tried that Job done!.,. Thanks to all who replied. By mail as well as via news, seems that the Abbvy one is very good for more demanding applications FWIW.. -- Tony Sayer |
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On Fri, 6 May 2011 22:29:03 +0100, tony sayer
wrote: Can anyone recommend an OCR package that works with olde WIN 2000 thats either not too expensive or possibly free;?.. Recent versions of Windows or Office (not sure which) have OCR built in. It's very basic and doesn't retain formatting but might be ok for light use. |
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On 06/05/2011 23:33, John Rumm wrote:
On 06/05/2011 22:29, tony sayer wrote: Can anyone recommend an OCR package that works with olde WIN 2000 thats either not too expensive or possibly free;?.. Abbey FineReader Pro is very good (but not free) Mine was! I use the version that came on the cover disc of PCPlus magazine - but that was a few years ago (2002, I think) so you'll probably not find that! -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. |
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On Fri, 6 May 2011 22:29:03 +0100, tony sayer
wrote: Can anyone recommend an OCR package that works with olde WIN 2000 thats either not too expensive or possibly free;?.. Cheers.... Have you had another look at your scanner installation CD? In the past it was quite common to include a "lite" version of OCR software. If you have the CD from a previous scanner it may be worth checking, although there is the possibility that the software is tied-in to the scanner model it was supplied with. km |
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In article , km ?@?.?
scribeth thus On Fri, 6 May 2011 22:29:03 +0100, tony sayer wrote: Can anyone recommend an OCR package that works with olde WIN 2000 thats either not too expensive or possibly free;?.. Cheers.... Have you had another look at your scanner installation CD? In the past it was quite common to include a "lite" version of OCR software. If you have the CD from a previous scanner it may be worth checking, although there is the possibility that the software is tied-in to the scanner model it was supplied with. km Thanks but that one, an early Canon, didn't have that but I've now been using Simple OCR which has done the job fine  ...-- Tony Sayer |
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