Thanks all, I'll give the demo a try. I don't have a webcam, so I'll have to get some images of text to try out, or see if I can get the scanner hooked up and working. Should be an adventure, and one I can't start for a few weeks (not until I get home). Did I ever mention what a bad idea getting a Mini over a MacBook was?
On 7/2/12, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > As Kirsten said, if you visit the web site you can download a trial demo. > I'll paste in the information in a post from April, which would also come up > immediately if you did a search of the Mail Archive site for this list, and > type into the text box something like: > ABBYY Finereader trial sort:newest > then press return. (Alternatively, a search like "from:Esther ABBYY trial" > would also bring this up as the first result). > > Here's the link to the page where you can get a trial download of ABBYY > Finereader Express: > http://www.abbyy.com/finereader_for_mac/trial/# > You can also just purchase it from the Mac App Store for $99.99 (but there's > no available trial download when you use that site): > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/abbyy-finereader-express/id412310371?mt=12 > > The price is standard, although I was surprised to see that they dropped the > Mac App Store price to $49.99 on Black Friday (the Friday after > Thanksgiving) last year. It was either just for that day, or possibly the > weekend, and I've never known them to do that before. > > By the way, using the Mail Archive for this list to search for information > is a wonderful resource. You can also read the posts on that site if you > just want to keep tabs on what's going on: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/ > > I'll also comment to Kirsten that I've been able to read off protected PDF > forms created with Adobe Reader software with ABBYY FineReader by screen > capturing the window for each page and then opening the images in ABBYY > FineReader. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jul 2, 2012, at 12:28 PM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: > >> You can demo this one. It's called abbyyfine reader express. That's the >> app I mean. But you can download a demo, I think from their website, which >> allows you either 15 days, I think or 15 tries, whichever comes first. It >> only allows you to do a page at the time for this, but it gives you a good >> idea of how it works. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 2 Jul 2012, at 23:20, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Great, thanks. Too bad there's no way to demo an app before you >>> actually buy it. Still, good to know it's there; this is one more >>> thing Windows no longer has to itself with Open Book or Kurzweil. >>> >>> On 7/2/12, irid domnori <irid.domn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> Yes it works with scanners as well and you can find this application in >>>> the >>>> app store. >>>> It costs 100$. >>>> >>>> Il giorno 03/lug/2012, alle ore 00:12, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> ha >>>> scritto: >>>> >>>>> Is this a mac app from the app store, or from a third party? What is >>>>> the cost? Will it work with scanners? I didn't realize the mac had an >>>>> OCR option, and I'd love to know more. >>>>> >>>>> On 7/2/12, Kirsten Edmondson <kirsten.edmond...@btinternet.com> wrote: >>>>>> Wow, I can't believe how well this conversion works. Hardly any >>>>>> mistakes, >>>>>> and certainly none that hinder understanding! >>>>>> I've had experience of FR on Windows but I don't think I ever >>>>>> converted >>>>>> JPEG, just PDF, but this is great! >>>>>> I love Fine Reader and I love the versitility of the Mac!!!! >>>>>> Thanks for confirming what I had to do! >>>>>> >>>>>> On 1 Jul 2012, at 01:36, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you Ann! I hoped it would be this easy! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kirsten >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 30 Jun 2012, at 06:43, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello Kirsten, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Just place yourself on the JPG file you want to convert, press >>>>>>>> VO-Shift-m >>>>>>>> to get a contextual menu, go down to Open with, go right and select >>>>>>>> ABBYY >>>>>>>> FineReader and it will do the job. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Anne >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 30 Jun 2012, at 05:30, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have some JPG files on my computer, e-mailed to me by work. >>>>>>>>> Obviously >>>>>>>>> these are inaccessible ordinarily, but I wondered if I open them >>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>> my >>>>>>>>> Mac, through fine reader, could I convert them? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Kirsten. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>>> > > -- > 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. > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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