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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

1034.0. "page scanner available?" by NAC::VISSER () Tue Jan 05 1988 12:50

    Does anyone know of, or have access to a text scanner? (one of those
    "printed page to ASCII file" devices).  Thanks,	John
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1034.1I have one.GLORY::SHIVESTue Jan 12 1988 12:2318
    
    I have a "text-to-ASCII file" device. The actual term is Optical
    Character Reader (OCR).  The one that I have will work on about
    three or four type of standard typewriter style print. (Pica and
    Elite, two point sizes each, I think).  I have looked into other
    more extensive OCRs and generally they become very expentsive very
    quickly.  There are some that can read almost any type of printed
    material, but they run into the $100K range and are typically for
    larger computers.  The one I have I received at a kind of fire sale.
    The manufacturer stopped making them.  So while it read the styles
    specified, it cannot read any others.  It is supposedly able to
    receive new fonts, but I have not been able to get that part to
    work.
    
    If there's anything else I can help you with, let me know.
    
    
    					Mark