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From: simon@mmpe.uucp (Simon Tortike)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Let's Talk OCR
Keywords: OCR, Apple, Scanner
Message-ID: <1707@pembina.UUCP>
Date: 8 Oct 88 17:29:40 GMT
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Reply-To: simon@alberta.uucp.UUCP (Simon Tortike)
Organization: Petroleum Engg, U of Alberta
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The OmniPage OCR software package has received lots of good press on the
net recently.  Our local vendor of scanners told me they had never heard
of OmniPage, presumably because they were so happy with another OCR
program: TextScan by New Image Technology (apologies if there are any
mistakes here). It is bundled with their MacScan scanner.  Is there
anyone
with experience with both who would be prepared to comment on their
relative
merits?  I should also be interested in hearing how these programs cope
with Greek letters, italics, and sub- and superscripts embedded in text.
Do mathematical equations, line or display, interfere with the
procedure?
Thanks,
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Simon Tortike, Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering,
The University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6.
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