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From: aesop@milton.u.washington.edu (Jeff Boscole)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: cheap text scanners
Keywords: 400dpi ocr scanner text scanman
Message-ID: <4774@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 5 Jul 90 12:52:25 GMT
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Seeking any product review information on the following OCR software.
  Dest Retrieve, OCRON Perceive, Omnipage, Olduvai.

Seeking reliable OCR that is (1) fast, (2) accurate, (3) easy to use
  Helpful to be both -trainable- and -omnifont- capability.

Software should -learn- from the first page and speed up for subsequent
pages of text (same fonts).

Must run on IBM PC 286 or 386.  Should be compatible with a panoply
of flat-bed scanner/fax offerings.

Post -and- send E-mail.  Price/performance criteria is a consideration,
but performance wins over price.

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