Thanks Ann, I am going to test it out since it is free and see how it does. Of course, I didn't get any mail today. HA. Thanks again On Jun 11, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote:
> Hello Brian, > > I can't speak about Docuscan, but ABBYY FineReader does an excellent job of > scanning and OCR. There's also VueScan which can also do OCR. It isn't as > good as FineReader, but you can use it for free if you don't mind the > watermark it leaves on each image. You have to get VueScan from the developer > as it isn't in the Mac Appstore. The URL is: > <http://www.hamrick.com/#download> > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 11 Jun 2013, at 16:42, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Regarding all these scanning software programs, can anyone tell me if they >> will produce better results than just using the software that comes with a >> Canoscan. Currently I am scanning into PDF and using Preview to read what >> has been scanned. Just using the scanner for mail, any a lot of the time >> things come out scrambled which is a pain when scanning for a phone number >> or account number. Do these programs produce a higher quality scan? Thanks. >> On Jun 11, 2013, at 2:54 AM, Nicholas Parsons >> <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Yeah, I'm not sure what the add to documents feature is about to tell you >>> the truth. When scanning a new document, you have the choice of a simple >>> scan or a batch scan. A simple scan allows you to scan multiple pages into >>> one document. After you've scanned a page, it gives you the option to >>> rescan the page or to scan the next page. I guess batch scan is for a >>> scanner with an automatic feeder. So I don't know what the add to document >>> button is about exactly, but I guess it allows you to combine documents. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
