Hi, I don't see why you couldn't set something like that up in services, but not for finereader since it's only the express version. You would need something a bit more high end. Unless I'm dead rong. I've set up a few services myself to do chores on the advice of the group, but haven't really explored the concept to it's fullest.
Best, Erik Burggraaf This month in Ebony Promos: Two new gps systems for demo. Mac OS Lion When will it be supported? Ebony Consulting at accessibility Unconference Toronto. To read more and subscribe, Visit: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/mailman/listinfo/ebony-promos_erik-burggraaf.com Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-09-21, at 1:57 AM, Søren Jensen wrote: > Hi Anne. > Thanks much for your reply. > In Omnipage in Windows, you can configure it to pop up in the menubar in Word > or any other texteditor. that means you just open up your texteditor, go into > the menubar and choose scan. Omnipage will then open, scan the paper, put it > in your texteditor and then finally closes again so the only opened window is > still your texteditor. That feature is an awesome feature for people who > aren't very good at computers. > Regarding the preferences in Finereader I just got confused because I saw the > Preferences was dimmed. > Best regards: > Søren Jensen > Mail & MSN: > s...@coolfortheblind.dk > Website: > http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ > > Den 20/09/2011 kl. 23.24 skrev Anne Robertson: > >> Hello Søren, >> >> ABBYY FineReader for the Mac is an Express version and has no preferences. >> However, I find it does a very good job for French and English, and it >> automatically rotates the image if necessary. >> >> Which Canoscan Lide have you got? I can make FineReader work with my >> Canoscan Lide 110, but it's much messier and less effective than using >> VueScan to get the images. Also, I haven't found a way to scan more than one >> page at a time with FineReader, whereas VueScan can scan I don't know how >> many images into one file, which FineReader can then OCR in one go. I find >> this an efficient way of working. >> >> As for adding either of them to the menu bar, this is a concept that is >> alien to me. I've never used Windows so don't understand the question. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >> On 20 Sep 2011, at 22:15, Søren Jensen wrote: >> >>> Hi Anne and others. >>> I've just tried the latest demo of FineReader and I'm really surprised how >>> well the OCR works. It works really very well when converting into html, >>> and VOiceover reads all tables as shown on the paper. That's awesome! >>> I have some questions about the program: >>> 1: Would it automatically rotate the image if the paper is placed wrong in >>> the scanner? >>> 2: Is it possible to add Vue scan or Finereader to the menubar in Textedit >>> like Omnipage in Windows? >>> 3: Why can't I access the preferences in FineReader? Because I'm running >>> the demo? >>> It looks as FineReader is really worth the money, but it's a shame it won't >>> work with my old Canoscan Lide. It's great that it ignores the watermarc >>> from Vuescan though. :) >>> Best regards: >>> Søren Jensen >> >> -- >> 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.
