[X-Unix] dmg for archiving

[William H. Magill]

On 25 Jan, 2004, at 13:21, Peter Marreck wrote:
> On a related note, I'm currently evaluating methods of archiving 
> paperwork to disk. Ideally I'd like an automated workflow where I slap 
> a document on my Epson 1200U, hit "scan", and save it as an OCR'd PDF 
> with the image in front of the text (so it looks identical to the 
> document yet is searchable, save minor OCR errors). I can do this 
> manually with OmniPagePro X, but it's sooooo slooooowwww.... Anyone 
> have ideas on that? (sorry if offtopic...)

OCR is an inherently slow process, even with a fast CPU, if you want 
any kind of accuracy.

I happen to use "Readiris Pro 9," which also allows one to OCR PDF 
documents themselves.

Adobe Reader 6.0 has its own search function.

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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