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From: derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Request for Information on Scanners for the Mac
Message-ID: <3374@crystal9.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jun 90 15:32:45 GMT
References: <37440@genrad.UUCP>
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL
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news@genrad.UUCP (Network News) writes:

>that could also support PC's.)  We need reasonably high resolution -
>256 gray scale - but will be printing on a laserprinter rather than
>a type setter.

We have been using an Hewlett Packard ScanJet plus with the desk
accessory DeskScan.  It has 256 grayscale capability and has
an optional sheet feeder.  We like it very much.

For OCR, we have been using AccuText and OmniPage with some luck.
I don't really think OCR technology has come of age.  We continue
to get spelling errors to the extent that it is easier to 
retype the text for all but the longest documents.

AccuText can read graphics and text directly from the ScanJet.
OmniPage cannot and must read a file created by DeskScan.

Experience with color scanning: none.