Xref: utzoo comp.graphics:18724 alt.binaries.pictures.d:6 comp.multimedia:616 comp.periphs:3849 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!hsvaic!scott From: scott@hsvaic.boeing.com (Scott Hinckley) Newsgroups: comp.graphics,alt.binaries.pictures.d,comp.multimedia,comp.periphs Subject: Re: High-end Scanners - Recommendations Wanted Keywords: scanner image OCR Message-ID: <334@hsvaic.boeing.com> Date: 19 Jun 91 13:57:06 GMT References: Reply-To: scott@hsvaic.boeing.com Followup-To: comp.graphics Organization: I try not to Lines: 20 In sigma@sun.ipl.rpi.edu (Kevin Martin) writes: >The company I'm working with is interested in a high-end scanning system >which will provide fast OCR as well as image scanning. The Calera CDP 9000 OCR is usually done in the computer software, rather than the scanner. >Calera TopScan Professional interface card. We use that with the Hewlett- >Packard ScanJet Plus as a solution on a smaller scale. At the Exponent (University of Alabama, Huntsville, newspaper) we use the ScanJet with excellent results when scanning B&W pictures and line drawings. We do use it to scan text, but do not do OCR as we are just pasting the text onto a newspaper page. -- <<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>VW&Apple][Forever!!!>>>>>>>>>> Internet:scott@hsvaic.boeing.com | UUCP:...!uw-beaver!bcsaic!hsvaic!scott DISCLAIMER: All contained herein are my opinions, they do not|+1 205 461 2073 represent the opinions or feelings of Boeing or its management| BTN:461-2073