Hello Chad, On Apr 24, 2010, at 2:15 PM, chad baker wrote: > what's available for ocr software.
The best for accuracy is Abbyy FineReader Express. Only the Express version is available for Mac but it does a good job. Unfortunately, it doesn't support all scanners, so you may have to use another application for the scanning part. Then there is ReadIris Pro 12 which is due for an update to correct a bug that prevents the page orientation setting from being retained from one session to the next. It is also difficult to install and not so accurate as Abbyy FineReader. Finally, there is VueScan which produces beautiful scans but its OCR is mediocre. Neither does it manage page orientation. I use a combination of VueScan and Abbyy FineReader. I set VueScan to produce TIFF files, and set all TIFF files to open with Abbyy FineReader. This is as close to automation of the process I've been able to come. I chose TIFF format to avoid problems with my photo library which has only JPEG files in it. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
