From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 2 07:46:34 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 039D716A41F for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 07:46:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D47743D45 for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 07:46:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j827kRDg073619; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 00:46:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j827kRLa073614; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 00:46:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 00:46:27 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20050902074627.GA73570@thought.org> References: <20050902030726.GA71012@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050902030726.GA71012@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 19 years of service to the Unix community Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: best OCR scanner?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 07:46:34 -0000 On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 08:07:26PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > People, > > I want to scan ~400 pp of an out-of-print and out-of-copyright > book (from 1913) and need to know what the best scanner is > and if there has been substantial improvement in OCR > software in recent years. This book has few footnotes > or different typefaces, so it should make things easier. > > Oh, an if there is something that plugs into DOS/DOZE > and just works, super. I'lll use my W2K box. (Hopefully, > something that plugs into COM0 or COM1. USB okay too.) > > thanks for any clues; I've never used a scanner before! > --yea, no kidding:-) > ... just a postscript here to the list: my interest in the "best scanner" obviously applies to the Unix realm, too. Just FWIW. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix