On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 03:21:03PM +0700, Roger Merritt wrote:
> At 08:07 PM 9/1/2005 -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > People,
> >
> > I want to scan ~400 pp of an out-of-print and out-of-copyright
> > book (from 1913) and need to know what the best scanner is
> > and if there has been substantial improvement in OCR
> > software in recent years. This book has few footnotes
> > or different typefaces, so it should make things easier.
> >
> > Oh, an if there is something that plugs into DOS/DOZE
> > and just works, super. I'lll use my W2K box. (Hopefully,
> > something that plugs into COM0 or COM1. USB okay too.)
> >
> > thanks for any clues; I've never used a scanner before!
> > --yea, no kidding:-)
>
> I happen to have some recent experience on a Windoze machine that may be
> useful. Of the several programs that Google found for me the one that met
> my needs best was Textbridge. The others put every paragraph into a
> separate text box, made correcting layout and formatting a nightmare.
> Textbridge (at least the current version) seems to do a good job as long as
> the print is reasonable clear. All the OCR programs I tried had problems
> putting pictures in the right place. I don't know what's available for
> FreeBSD, since I use my boxen for gateways, not even connected to printers.
> I should warn you, though, scanning isn't quick -- figure about two minutes
> per page (YMMV) plus any formatting fixup you have to do afterward. There
> are industrial-strength applications out there, but they cost.
>
> Can't offer advice about hardware -- I've got an Epson flatbed, pretty
> inexpensive but works good.
Doesn't sound very encouraging... :(
-gary
>
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> Roger
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