OCR
Sorry if this has been discussed before, I trie dthe search thingie and got a blank screen.
I am running OS X on a 17" iMac and I need a good OCR program. I have a Lexmark X75 printer/scanner/copier which doesn't supoprt TWAIN (I don't think it does anyways) so I need an OCR app that can work with some type of image file format.
I am running OS X on a 17" iMac and I need a good OCR program. I have a Lexmark X75 printer/scanner/copier which doesn't supoprt TWAIN (I don't think it does anyways) so I need an OCR app that can work with some type of image file format.
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<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/applications/omnipage/" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/macosx/applications/omnipage/</a>
expensive - $500
TextBridge was only under OS 9.
If you carefully read that Macworld review, you'll see that Readiris works very well when presented with good, clear text. If the material you want to scan is reasonably clear then you shouldn't have too many problems.
Frankly, rather than fork out the extra money for Omnipage, if I had to scan text that overlaid a background texture, I'd be inclined to process the page through photoshop beforehand.
Originally posted by burningwheel
well i bought OmniPage pro x upgrade but it won't install, i get a system error. any ideas?
I think there's a bug in the install for X. You have to install in OS9, or something like that. Check their website.
Originally posted by GardenOfEarthlyDelights
I think there's a bug in the install for X. You have to install in OS9, or something like that. Check their website.
that's nice, i don't even have 0S 9 installed. so i have to install OS9?...i have one free tech support call, i guess i should call them..
well i can't get OmniPage Pro X to work, maybe i don't have the right twain or drivers since i'm using an old scanner. i don't want to buty a new scanner but may have to. i'm currently using VueScan which i believe doesn't use twain?
I do have Reaadiris also but you can't directly scan text as far as i can see