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From: akk@trantor.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Andy Klingler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: RGB->IBM and OCR?
Message-ID: <190588ee.ARN0cdf@trantor.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Date: 21 Apr 91 16:12:14 GMT
References: <1991Apr18.032530.3966@ducvax.auburn.edu> <20797@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Organization: CSD, University of Erlangen, Germany
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In article <20797@cbmvax.commodore.com>, Spencer Shanson writes:

> In article <1991Apr18.032530.3966@ducvax.auburn.edu> bwaid@ducvax.auburn.edu writes:
> >Is there a way to transfer Digiview 24 bit RGB files to something the IBM 
> >can use? Also is there an OCR available for Amiga, you know the thing that
> >reads letters from graphics and converts it to text, I think it is an OCR 
> >but whatever it is called is there one?
> >thanks
> Yes, it is OCR that you want, and no, there is no OCR s/w for the Amiga
> that I know of (ARE YOU LISTENING, PERRY?)

Maybe on your side of the pond. :)
Here in Germany there is OCR-Junior from PRINT-TECHNIK, Munich.
However, normaly it comes with an A4 scanner. I don't know if you can get
the software alone.

Their address is:

Print-Technik GmbH
Nikolaistr. 2
8000 Muenchen 40
Germany
Tel.: +49 89 36 81 97
Fax:         39 97 70

> >Barry Waid
> >bwaid@ducvax.auburn.edu  bwaid@auducvax
> 
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> Spencer Shanson - Amiga Software Engineer     | email: spence@commodore.COM
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Andreas Klingler
akk@trantor.informatik.uni-erlangen.de
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