Re: automatically opening and converting with Abby Fine Reader Express

2012-01-30 Thread Yuma Decaux
Yes, that's the cherry on the cake. Folder actions are very usefull, but if you have both imagescane interaction followed by the abbeyfinereader interactions, folder actions aren't needed. I've gathered all the UI elements on imagescan and will script the first half of this action and post it h

Re: automatically opening and converting with Abby Fine Reader Express

2012-01-30 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
YOu could go one step further with a dedicated folder and folder scripts. If you enable folder scripts and associate a script with the foler then you should be able to say something like on new folder ... end I have an example script somewhere that I can find if you can't figure it out. Jona

Re: automatically opening and converting with Abby Fine Reader Express

2012-01-25 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi Anne and others who might need this. I just whipped up an automation script that basically converts an opened pdf or image or whatever into the same file name and as a text. This will probably be usefull for anyone who doesn't want to bother with the entire process each time. Here is the scr

Re: automatically opening and converting with Abby Fine Reader Express

2012-01-25 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Ray, On 25 Jan 2012, at 09:45, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Thing is, when I scan a file now, Fine reader will not open by itself. > And, even when I do open a file using command+o and it opens in Abby Fine > Reader, I still have to go in to Aby Fine Reader and press the convert to > text but

Re: automatically opening and converting with Abby Fine Reader Express

2012-01-25 Thread Krister Ekstrom
What i wish would happen with this method is for the trash to go away, that is, you don't need that tiff file for anything else than to get a text one time, so i would like for that tiff file to automagically get deleted after having been used, rather as if it was a temporary file. This doesn't

Re: automatically opening and converting with Abby Fine Reader Express

2012-01-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Many thanks for that. Turns out I did most of it already. Thing is, when I scan a file now, Fine reader will not open by itself. And, even when I do open a file using command+o and it opens in Abby Fine Reader, I still have to go in to Aby Fine Reader and press the convert to text button. D

Re: automatically opening and converting with Abby Fine Reader Express

2012-01-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Ray, Here are the set up instructions for using VueScan with ABBYY FineReader. Cheers, Anne Configuring VueScan 1) Open VueScan and read carefully the initial message which informs you as to whether your scanner has been recognised. If it has, carry on, otherwise follow VueScan's inst

automatically opening and converting with Abby Fine Reader Express

2012-01-24 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Anne, You said you had VUe Scan create .tif files and have Tif files always open with Abby fine reader. What I'd like to do is that when I press command+g to tell vue Scan that I am done scanning the final page, I want Abby Fine Reader to automatically open and convert the file. Is there any