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Subject:
How much is decent optical character recognition (OCR) software for Mac?
Category: Computers Asked by: fieldlily-ga List Price: $10.00 |
Posted:
10 Aug 2005 18:18 PDT
Expires: 09 Sep 2005 18:18 PDT Question ID: 554257 |
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Re: How much is decent optical character recognition (OCR) software for Mac?
From: exileonmain-ga on 10 Aug 2005 18:35 PDT |
Hey, Since this just a comment, just take it as that. It seems to me that the OCR software business has and is still very undeveloped. It seems a small circle online. I'm going to post two links below, one that has been on the net forever and is most likely the biggest around. Second is freeware (free completly) and claims to be good. Oh and to answer your question, last time I was at Kinko's, I don't think they offered it. Could be wrong -- but hey, they're open 24/7 so give'em a call. 1) Omnipage - http://www.scansoft.com --- They have been in the OCR business since I can remember. I'm sure it will fit your every needs, however, it carries a hefty price of $500.00 2) Simple OCR - http://www.simpleocr.com --- Completly Free. You have nothing to loose and giving it a shot. Shall be it for me. |
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Re: How much is decent optical character recognition (OCR) software for Mac?
From: fieldlily-ga on 10 Aug 2005 19:15 PDT |
thanks a bunch! I will check out both of them. |
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Re: How much is decent optical character recognition (OCR) software for Mac?
From: elids-ga on 11 Aug 2005 08:16 PDT |
Buy a Lexmark scanner/printer/fax machine it comes with OCR features among many others I got mine from Walmart for about $100.00 it does a very good job at character recognition. http://www.lexmark.com/uncomplicate/product/home/39/0,7044,204816596_379811319_331705383_en_0_1,00.html |
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Re: How much is decent optical character recognition (OCR) software for Mac?
From: elids-ga on 11 Aug 2005 08:17 PDT |
I'm sorry, that was the previous model I got this one from HSN for about $250 |
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Re: How much is decent optical character recognition (OCR) software for Mac?
From: fatpie-ga on 13 Aug 2005 11:59 PDT |
For PC: Microsoft Office 2003, the Picture Manager application can perform OCR, I can't say how accurate it is having only used it on a short document once (did a good job though). |
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Re: How much is decent optical character recognition (OCR) software for Mac?
From: justinplayfair-ga on 13 Aug 2005 20:37 PDT |
I've never tried it, but the software of choice used by folks who scan books for ... um, archival purposes ... seems to be ABBYY FineReader. There is a Mac version (ABBYY FineReader 5 Pro for Mac) that appears to be available for around $150. A Froogle search should present you with a selection of sources. |
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Re: How much is decent optical character recognition (OCR) software for Mac?
From: fieldlily-ga on 15 Aug 2005 12:49 PDT |
Thanks, everybody, for your input! I will follow up on all of it. Oh, and just for anybody else who reads this string in the future: exileonmain-ga, I took your suggestion and called kinko's, and it turns out that they *will* do OCR, although it's very expensive. But it's also possible to do OCR yourself on their design computers, at the more-or-less reasonable rate of 40 cents a minute. I think I will try that route in order to get the hang of it all, and then set about finding a machine/software solution for the office. Thanks again! Audrey |
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Re: How much is decent optical character recognition (OCR) software for Mac?
From: bradburyrobotics-ga on 17 Aug 2005 07:32 PDT |
This is great OCR software for mac from IRIS: Price: $130! http://www.irislink.com/opt/uk/products/readiris/mac/index.html |
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