Re[2]: Scanners...

Paul R Montague (mailto:Montague-Paul@OPHTHALMOLOGY-PO.OPHTH.UIOWA.EDU)
Mon, 22 Aug 1994 10:00:00 CST 

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Date:         Mon, 22 Aug 1994 10:00:00 CST
From: Paul R Montague <mailto:Montague-Paul@OPHTHALMOLOGY-PO.OPHTH.UIOWA.EDU>
Subject:      Re[2]: Scanners...
To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@ARIZVM1.BITNET>


I have been debating between the HP and a Microtek scanner, but for
something much simpler, namely simply OCR text scanning.  Any suggestions
in this respect?  Many thanks,


     Joe,


     Sorry I can't be of much help here.  When you're scanning a page of text, I
     don't think you don't need to scan it in 256 gray levels, since text is
     black and white.  That should reduce the scan time significantly.


     The success or failure of OCR is greatly dependent upon the OCR software.
     We just ordered Omni Page Professional 5.0 with which we have no
     experience.  Perhaps others on the list could offer more input.


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