Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 00:46:27 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: best OCR scanner?? Message-ID: <20050902074627.GA73570@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20050902030726.GA71012@thought.org> References: <20050902030726.GA71012@thought.org>
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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
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