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From: mercer@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Re: Convert FAX file on PC to text - possible?
Message-ID: <805@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: 27 Dec 90 18:54:00 GMT
References: <52767@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Reply-To: mercer@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer)
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In article <52767@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> psyeoh@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
:I have an Everex FAX/Modem (G3).  I don't have any trouble sending
:or receiving faxes, but I found that I don't have any utilities that
:will allow me to convert the incoming fax into text form so that I
:can edit the document to make some changes.
:
:Printing the document out and editing it doesn't do me any good.
:I don't have the original document on disk - so I'd have to re-key
:the whole thing in or go to a standalone fax machine if I want to
:send the changes back to the sender.
:
:Does anybody know of a way out of this mess - besides buying a
:standalone fax?
:
:Happy Holidays and Thanks. 
:
:Stephen Yeoh                                    psyeoh@ubvmsd.bitnet
:State University of New York at Buffalo         psyeoh@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu

Calera WordScan Plus will read in fax images - pretty sexy stuff (need
Windows to run)

-- 
Dan Mercer
NCR Network Products Division      -        Network Integration Services
Reply-To: mercer@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer)
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