[bksvol-discuss] Re: OCR Software
- From: "Andy B." <sonfire11@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:31:45 -0400
1. Omnipage 17.1 doesn't have a frree downloadable demo, so I wouldn't pay
$1 for it since I can't try it out first.
2. ABBYY Fine Reader 10 Pro works wonders and is the most accurate I have
found to date. I wouldn't pay $400 for it since people on fixed income have
to reserve all of their money and some on top of that just to get by with
paying bills. Besides, even if it were only $10, I still probably wouldn't
pay for it since its performance on my computer isn't good. Takes about 1-2
minutes just to load a simple dialog box.
3. SimpleOCR 3.x isn't accessible for screen reader users for the most part.
What little I did get out of it didn't turn out as good as Office Document
scanning did.
4. Most of all of the other freeware OCR out there either
A. Hasn't been updated since the mid 90's
B. The project has been abandoned
C. Isn't screen reader friendly or
D. Gets sub standard results (Probably as a result from A-C).
Sorry for the somewhat negative report, but this is my opinion of what I
found. This was based on experience with a computer running 512 of memory,
2.00GHZ amd64 with an Epson 3200 perfection scanner and JAWS 11.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Debby Franson
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 2:13 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OCR Software
Hi everyone!
Recently, one or two people have been asking about OCR packages that aren't
as expensive as Kurzweil or OpenBook. I'm an OpenBook user, so I'm pretty
unfamiliar with anything else. I tried OmniPage maybe ten years
ago. Although it worked with Window-Eyes, it didn't work the way I work,
so I couldn't figure out how to use it. I think I didn't give it a chance
either. Just because I didn't find it intuitive due to my not being able
to get out of the OpenBook frame-of-reference, I don't mean that it's bad
software.
I did a search and found some possibilities. I suggest you try any demos
to see how they work for you.
I'll give a description of the page that is found on each web site as well
as the link to the page I am on.
OCR Guide
compares desktop and
server OCR solutions
from several major engines, including
ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Professional (Download)
ABBYY
,
IRIS
,
Nuance
(formerly Scan Soft) and more.
Our imaging solutions website,
ScanStore.com
offers demo downloads and online ordering for all these applications with
your
ScanStore User Account
. We encourage you to try the Simple
OCR
freeware and see how it works with your documents. If you need better
features
and accuracy for more demanding applications, please come back and find
your solution
at
ScanStore
http://www.simpleocr.com/
SimpleOCR 3.0 (formerly WOCAR) by ScanStore
This page lists the features of this package:
http://www.spyfind.com/ocr.html
Free OCR software
Asked by
dbrunton
in Miscellaneous Software
Tags:
ocr
,
software
,
free
Is there any free OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software out there
for download
and if so where?
By free, I mean, there are no restrictions on the length of use on the
software,
because I have run across some time limited stuff.
I didn't click on any of the expert's answers, so I don't know what there
answers were.
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Applications/Q_20405038.html
GOCR
GOCR logo
open-source character recognition
GOCR is an OCR
(Optical Character Recognition) program, developed under the GNU Public
License.
It converts scanned images of text back to text files.
http://jocr.sourceforge.net/
This page gives a description of the free packages.
http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/ocr.shtml
Ocr Free Download
FreeOCR
2.6
FreeOCR is a totaly free Scan and OCR program that ocr gratis.
Download now
http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/ocr.html
I am not sure how much software on this page would meet your needs, because
I didn't wade through all of it. There is something, I think amongst the
packages that you can use to convert images to PDF documents.
http://downloads.zdnet.com/search.aspx?kw=OCR
OmniPage 17 Imaging Software
$149.99
http://www.nuance.com/imaging/omnipage/omnipage-standard.asp
If you are interested in one of the well-known commercial packages such as
FineReader or OmniPage, you might want to look for it on sale from sites
like www.nextag.com, www.shopping.com, www.pricegrabber.com, and the
like. There is also Newegg, Amazon and eBay.
Finally, here is an article about scanning tips that could be useful. I
only read the first paragraph.
OCR Tips for Better Results - Using OCR Software
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/ocr/a/ocr.htm
I hope I have helped anyone who is looking for a free or relatively
low-cost solution to find something that works wel for your needs. Please
let us know what works for you. It would be useful information for the
list.
Debby
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