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From: km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg)
Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun,comp.periphs
Subject: Color Scanners and OCR for Sun
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Date: 6 Apr 91 00:36:37 GMT
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We are looking for a color scanner, that would also run nicely as a mono
scanner on Sun. Besides doing fancy color graphics, we want to be able
to conveniently use it for FAX, and OCR.

The only hardware I know about that runs on the Sun are the Microtek's
(the 300??) and the HSD ScanX. 

The only "low" cost OCR software I know of is "Servant" sold by the HSD
people.

We have a price limit of about $3K for scanner and software.

I recently saw a negative review of a Microtek scanner in PC Week, where
the PC version was rated against newer PC technology. I haven't seen any
evaluation of the HSD. 

I would appreciate hearing about any first hand experience with these
scanners or Servant, or for that matter anything else that runs on a Sun.


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