Message-Id: <mailto:199408221815.NAA19445@library.wustl.edu> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 13:32:34 -0400 From: Cynthia Frazier <mailto:cf12@CORNELL.EDU> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Scanners... To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@ARIZVM1.BITNET>
We have Microtek scanner (color) and we use Omnipage for OCR. I think you could probably get a much cheaper b&w scanner for OCR. I'd get the fastest one as ocr takes a long time.
>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.
>
> mailto:paul-montague@uiowa.edu
Cynthia Frazier Instructional Design Specialist Instructional Services Cornell Information Technologies Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14530 607-255-0748