From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.valkyrie.net ([216.28.214.193]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17tefK-0003X3-00 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:39:07 -0400 Received: (qmail 11160 invoked by uid 0); 24 Sep 2002 01:39:10 -0000 Received: from mlbg-usr2-214-053.valkyrie.net (HELO stargate) (216.28.214.53) by mail.valkyrie.net with SMTP; 24 Sep 2002 01:39:10 -0000 Message-ID: <00b001c2636c$c32b2e40$0100a8c0@stargate> From: "Thomas Ward" To: References: <20020924010201.12446.42260.Mailman@speech.braille.uwo.ca> Subject: Re: OCR -- Was "Why I Choose Linux" Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:50:29 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well, if anyone is looking for a quality scan program OCR Shop does the job. it uses the Care MTX scan engine, the same engine used by Omnipage and Openbook, and Vividata offers a command line interface. The version for a single home user is $99.00, and they support alot of the popular scsi scanners. So if you want something a little more professional get OCR Shop, and see if you can find one of the supported scanners.