Re: best OCR scanner??

[Gary Kline <kline_(_at_)_tao_(_dot_)_thought_(_dot_)_org>]

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



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   Gary Kline     kline_(_at_)_thought_(_dot_)_org   www.thought.org     Public service Unix

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