Re: Alternative to Abbyy FineReader Try SetApp

2024-12-30 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
   I had another app from Abbyy that was a bonus. It is almost identical in functionality but does not offer as many format choices. It works! I will stop tinkering for now. Cheers. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Ambivalent? Well yes and no. My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 12/29/2024 10:53 P

Re: Alternative to Abbyy FineReader Try SetApp

2024-12-29 Thread 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
Instant text was available in Ventura but you do require compatible hardware and it's much improved in Sequoia. Try interacting with the images. But, yes, unless you're really happy going the whole hog with Abbyy, I'd say Prizmo (or maybe VueScan, if you're happy tinkering) are probably your bes

Re: Alternative to Abbyy FineReader Try SetApp

2024-12-29 Thread 'Ian Robinson' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Have you checked to see if your scanner manufacturer offers free software? I’m using an HP scanner/printer. The software that was installed during setup didn’t do the scanning I wanted. So I installed HP Easy Scan and it allows me to scan documents and save them as images,, searchable pdfs,

Re: Alternative to Abbyy FineReader Try SetApp

2024-12-29 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
   What I need to do is put certain paper documents into a format that is accessible.  I tried Preview on Ventura to see what the results were. Just scanned images. Not useful. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Ambivalent? Well yes and no. My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 12/29/2024 8:13 PM, 'Sa

Re: Alternative to Abbyy FineReader Try SetApp

2024-12-29 Thread 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
I mean, Sequoia can technically do that already with built-in tools ImageCapture and Preview. Just how accurate do you need this to be? Are you going to use this for reference, or do you just need to take a peek at the important text of a letter to figure out what it is for instance? -- The f

Re: Alternative to Abbyy FineReader Try SetApp

2024-12-29 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
   Too expensive for what I need. Will keep looking. Mostly I want to scan a paper document and convert to a format such as PDF or Word. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Ambivalent? Well yes and no. My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 12/29/2024 4:59 PM, mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi

Re: Alternative to Abbyy FineReader Try SetApp

2024-12-29 Thread mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries
Hi E.T. I am still using PDF Pen 13. As long as It continues to work with Sequoia, I do not need to try the Nitro version. so I can’t say how well it works. But it seems to be really expensive. $250 to purchase one time $14 monthly $179 annually. They offer a 14 day free trial. Or like I said, Se

Re: Alternative to Abbyy FineReader Try SetApp

2024-12-28 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Robert,    Yes I have heard of PDF Pen and that Nitro took it over. How well does it work under Nitro? I don't mind subscriptions but only for apps that are worthy. Does this app offer an annual subscription? From E.T.'s Keyboard... Ambivalent? Well yes and no. My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@iclou

Re: Alternative to Abbyy FineReader Try SetApp

2024-12-28 Thread mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries
Hi, I use PDF Pen, But they sold out to Nitro. It is called Nitro PDF Pro and is a subscription. I know you don’t want suvscriptions, but have you heard of SetApp? It is like an app store that allows you to use any app that they offer for $9.99 per month. I used it for a while last year. Here are

Re: Alternative to Abbyy FineReader

2024-12-28 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
   Subscription? Interesting. When I launch the app, there is no clue regarding this. Perhaps this explains why the tasks are dimmed. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Ambivalent? Well yes and no. My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 12/28/2024 11:45 AM, 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries wrot

Re: Alternative to Abbyy FineReader

2024-12-28 Thread 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
Well, Abbyy did move to subscription, so there’s that. The only other contender would be Prizmo. It doesn’t do quite the same great job of extracting semantics from the print, but if you just want OCR for the text itself, it’s fine. -- The following information is important for all members of

Re: Alternative to Abbyy FineReader

2024-12-27 Thread Brandon Olivares
Is there any reason you don’t want to use Abbyy? It’s worked really well for me overall. > On Dec 27, 2024, at 9:45 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hello, >Looking for an alternative to scan documents to any format such as PDF or > Word. This would be for the Mac. > > From E.T.'

Alternative to Abbyy FineReader

2024-12-27 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Hello,    Looking for an alternative to scan documents to any format such as PDF or Word. This would be for the Mac. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Ambivalent? Well yes and no. My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list