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From: Christopher.Hill@p233.f4115.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Christopher Hill)
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Subject: Re: KPR VS Arkenstone
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Date: 12 Apr 91 21:17:12 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

The pckpr comes with two software packages. The first is the pckpr
package which is a breeze to use, and does a pretty good job, in my
opinion.  It doesn't have all the fancy features like recognizing
when a page is turned the wrong way, but I can usually figure that
one out for myself.

The discover software, like I might have mentioned isn't easy to
use, at least at first.  Once you get used to it though, it does a
great job on long documents like books.  For short things like
bills, the pckpr is easier to use because there's practically
nothing to change.  For books on the other hand, I'll often pick a
page at random, and scan it several times, changing the settings,
until I get it as good as possible, then use these settings for the
whole book.  I use the discover software, mainly because it'll let
me scan pages to image format, then convert them later, like when
I'm asleep.  The arkenstone cando this as well, but my friend has
never gotten his to make small enough image files to make it
practical.  My images usually are about 150K so I can fit 150 pages
or so onto my hard disk, before I've got to convert.  Other things
the discover has which I haven't found in the arkenstone is the
ability to change how the text is translated, such as lexical
context, and 16 levels of brightness.  Sometimes a change of 1 can
make all the difference in the world.  My advice: try getting
speech on the machine with the kerzweil scanner, you might be
surprised.  Later..
 Chris

data is just data, information is useful.

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