Hello Paul, I have a Cannon Lide 110 USB-powered portable scanner which you should be able to find for around €70. I use it with VueScan to get the images, which are then handed to ABBYY FineReader Express. I scan books this way because I find it convenient to scan a whole book into one file, and then have FineReader perform the OCR.
I use VueScan to create a TIFF file containing all the images of double pages, and I have all TIFF files set to open with ABBYY FineReader by default. The results I get depend very much on how well I flatten out the book for scanning. Cheers, Anne On 7 Sep 2011, at 12:18, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi all, > I'm wondering in this regard, which scanner has proven to be a good device > with accessible and non intrucive drivers. If you listers own a scanner, and > you can work well with things like abbey fine reader, with image capture and > so on, without being disturbed by an inaccessible driver window popping up > while you work in those programs, then please share the brand and type of > scanner with me and others. I now have an old cannon lide 25 scanner, but its > latest drivers and add-on software, the older ones I have never seen, are not > really accessible. I would like to buy a usb powered one, but if another > choice is better, of course I'm also open to that. Any advice is much > appreciated. > > On Sep 7, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Anouk Radix wrote: > >> Hi Anne, >> Thanks a lot for this reminder. I too am an international user and would >> really appreciate it if people would point out wether or not a certain >> scanning/ocr solution is multilingual or just English. >> Thanks, >> Greetings, Anouk, >> On Sep 6, 2011, at 8:42 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >>> Once again, I must point out that DocuScan only handles English. If you use >>> any other language, this solution is not for you. Please remember that this >>> list is international! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>> On 6 Sep 2011, at 06:21, David Tanner wrote: >>> >>>> Your best and most accessible scanning choice for the price is DocuScan >>>> Plus. You can download a trial version from the App Store and register it >>>> for a 7 day trial period. The price is $299 and gives you both the Apple >>>> version and the QWindows version too, if you need it. It works well with >>>> VoiceOver, is simple to use, has lots of power features for all kinds of >>>> scanning, recognizing PDF files, and converting scanned text to RTF, TXT, >>>> create MP3 file of the text, saving as a formated Braille file, and turn >>>> scaned text into a Daisy book. >>>> >>>> It can be used with a variety of scanners or you can purchase the HoverCam >>>> digital camera that can be purchased along with the software from Sero >>>> Tech. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Colman" >>>> <mark.a.col...@googlemail.com> >>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:07 AM >>>> Subject: Scanners and OCR >>>> >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> Would like to get some advice on using scanners with a Mac (running Lion >>>> if this is relevant). I occasionally need to scan printed documents to >>>> send by email or for archival purposes. Does Mac OS have its own utility >>>> or app for working with a scanner or are we reliant upon manufacturer's >>>> own drivers/software (which, from past experience on Windows, is very hit >>>> and miss as far as accessibility is concerned). >>>> >>>> Also, what experience do people have of scanning a document and using OCR >>>> to get VoiceOver (or whatever) to read out the contents of the document? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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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