Greetings. I've just received a grant for a project that will involve scanning and storing a substantial number (e.g., around 3000) of short documents. These documents will be analyzed as text, which means I'll have to use OCR software as well as a scanner with an automatic document feed.
The possibility exists of purchasing a new machine to do this with, but my preference is to buy a scanner and use software (free preferred, but will buy if necessary) that will work with my current machine. I would be grateful for any advice or experiences others have had with scanning and/or OCR under linux, particularly debian. Some specifics: Hardware: IBM NetVista, Pentium III/1Ghz, 512MB RAM, lots of storage space. USB is on-board, but I have not tried using it. Software: Debian Linux Potato, kernel 2.2.19pre17 (customized kernel), but I'd be willing to upgrade kernel and/or distribution to 2.4.x and/or testing if necessary. Thanks for any advice. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
