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Just Starting Out in OCR:
I’m looking for a reliable Optical Character Recognition (OCR) program in the under-$200 range. My aim is to convert English-language printed text from various scanned sources into clear, accurate, editable MS Word and Adobe PDF files. Nothing fancy.
I have two computer setups at home:
1 – Primary - Dell Vostro 420 Desktop (Vista Business 32 bit) that works with an HP C-4480 All-In-One color printer/scanner/copier.
2 – Backup - Dell Latitude D820 Laptop operating (XP Professional) that works with an Epson Perfection 4490 flatbed scanner.
Can anyone offer suggestions – tips -- do’s and don’ts -- links – leads to published material for OCR newbies? Lastly, will the aforementioned scanners work with any OCR software?
P.S. – how does the I.R.I.S. Readiris 13 Pro OCR program stack up in this regard?
Many thanks.
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Posted 05 April 2010 - 01:22 PM
I was on a budget when I found this diddy.
http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/
It will work under windows too but I had a document that was printed at 6 point font and very tight and grainy.
This little ocr did a number on it.
Best of all it is free.
Should be able to do batch images with scripting.
Good Luck.
http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/
It will work under windows too but I had a document that was printed at 6 point font and very tight and grainy.
This little ocr did a number on it.
Best of all it is free.
Should be able to do batch images with scripting.
Good Luck.
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