A real no no for me is the lack of languages other than English. VueScan has improved enormously. It now does quite reasonable OCR and is really fast.
Cheers, Anne On Jun 7, 2011, at 6:49 AM, David Tanner wrote: > Remember you can download DocuScan Plus from the Mac App store for free and > sign up for a free 7 day test drive. Frankly, that is probably what I would > do if I were you. That way you get the chance to try it on your machine, > with your scanner, and decide for yourself after trying it whether it is for > you or not. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Goodin" <goodi...@msu.edu> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 9:55 PM > Subject: Re: Abisee? > > > Hi David, > > Thanks for all this. I wasn't taking DocuScan that seriously, but after > reading your messages, I'll give it a closer look. My MacBook Pro is two > years old, and the thing that's prompting all this is that I need a new > scanner, because Fujitsu hasn't written Windows 7 drivers for my current > scanner (long sigh, it still works great!) > > Please do post an announcement when you're demo is up, I'd love to give it a > listen. > Cheers, > Donna > > On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:45 PM, David Tanner wrote: > >> Right now I am using a Canon Lide 200, and a almost 3 year old MacBook Pro. >> And, I am happy enough about the speed with those, but my employer will be >> buying me a new MacBook Pro come October with me supplying them with the >> specs that I want. >> >> If you have not heard a demo/review of DocuScan Plus I can post an >> announcement here, if you wish, as to when my review of it comes up on >> MainMenu. The review has already been submitted, but I'm not sure when >> Jamie plans on airing it. I would say probably before the end of June. I >> do the biggest part of the demo in Windows, but I do show off doing a few >> things using the Mac version too. I think it should be enough for you to >> have a fairly good idea how well it does on a 3 year old MacBook Pro whose >> processor is much slower than a newer Mac, and it sounds like your scanner >> is much faster than mine. I went for portability since I need to carry >> laptop and scanner to clients homes or jobsites from time-to-time. >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Goodin" <goodi...@msu.edu> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 8:49 PM >> Subject: Re: Abisee? >> >> >> Hi David, >> >> My current scanner is a Fujitsu FI4220C. It scans approx 1 page every 5-7 >> seconds. I tend to scan books, rather than single page documents. What's >> the speed like with DocuScan? Also, what scanner are you using? >> TIA, >> Donna >> >> On Jun 6, 2011, at 9:41 PM, David Tanner wrote: >> >>> Yes, I have used it, but since I now have DocuScan Plus I think I would opt >>> for DocuScan Plus and if you want the digital camera you could get the >>> Hover Cam. If you get both the DocuScan Plus and the HoverCam you will >>> still pay a lot less than Eye-Pal and be able to do much much more than you >>> can with Eye-Pal for a higher price. I also discovered that the dpi on the >>> Eye-Pal camera is only 219, which is very low compaired to 300 or higher >>> dpi with a flatbed scanner. I believe the dpi would be at least 300 with >>> the HoverCam. >>> >>> Of course, at this time, all the recognition in DocuScan Plus for Mac is >>> done on the Seratek server. So, you do have to have an internet connection >>> to make it work. Of course you could always use your iPhone hotspot for >>> that. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Goodin" <goodi...@msu.edu> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 8:42 AM >>> Subject: Abisee? >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have to make a decision about what I'm going to do to upgrade my scanning >>> setup. As I recall, when last discussed, the consensus seemed to be that >>> Abisee wasn't quite ready for prime-time. Just wondering if anyone is >>> using it, and if they are happy with the product? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any info. >>> Best, >>> Donna >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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