[X4U] Mac OCR

[Jan Melichar]

On 27 Jul 2004, at 05:33, Randy B. Singer wrote:

> Jim Eddy said:
>
>> My wife needs to scan in some short articles onto a web site for her
>> university classes. I tried to fire up the copy of Omnipage that came
>> with an older scanner, but it seems to be broken now (the software and
>> the scanner). We have a Canon LiDE scanner now that works pretty well.
>> OmniPage now sells for $500. Any suggestions for other OCR programs 
>> for
>> OSX -- hopefully for around $100?
>
>
> The best OCR program for the Mac under OS X is still OmniPage.  Since 
> you
> already have an older version, you are entitled to get the upgrade
> version for a much reduced price.  (In fact, you are entitled to 
> purchase
> the upgrade version of any of these products.)

I too had been using OmniPage in OS9 and would be happy to upgrade but 
cannot get any sense from ScanSoft as to whether it will work with my 
scanner (Epson Perfection 3200) It's not listed on their website which 
also invites enquiry about more recent scanners but will they answer my 
emails../????


Jan