Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!microsoft!t-nateo
From: t-nateo@microsoft.UUCP (Nate OSGOOD)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Looking for inexpensive OCR packages
Message-ID: <55522@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jun 90 17:25:19 GMT
Reply-To: t-nateo@microsoft.UUCP (Nate OSGOOD)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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I'm looking for recommendations on inexpensive (<$400)
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) systems (both framegrabber and
image processing software, if the two aren't bundled together) available
for MS-DOS machines.   I'm seeking the system purely for home use, to
allow for placing passages from books and magazines into electronic format
without the tedium of constant typing.	80%-90% accuracy in recognition
would be acceptable, but I'd prefer not having to train the system on
every new font encountered.   Is such a system available, or must I
wait 5 years before the technology is available?   All comments welcome.

Thanks,
Nate Osgood