Fwd: OCR program advice wanted

[Gary Holton]

Does anyone have advice for my colleague regarding OCR software?


Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Steven A. Jacobson" <ffsaj at uaf.edu>
> Date: March 19, 2008 6:22:59 AM GMT-08:00
> To: ffgmh1 at uaf.edu
> Subject: OCR program advice wanted
> 
> Gary,
> 
> Maybe you'd have some advice. We purchased a scanner that came bundled
> with OmniPage OCR stripped-down version. It doesn't OCR very well at all.
> I see that there are two (maybe more)l "professional" OCR programs
> available, one by OmniPage for $499, and another by Readiris for $129. For
> now, all I want it for is the Latin alphabet, though maybe Cyrillic in the
> future. Any advice?
> 
> -- Steve