[X4U] Mac OCR

[Jim Eddy]

On Aug 9, 2004, at 12:56 AM, Randy B. Singer wrote:

> Art Amolsch said:
>
>> Beg to differ. OmniPage X is among the greatest
>> values I have seen. Of course, if you don't have
>> any use for it, $1.00 is too much. But this app
>> has saved me hours and hours over the years,
>> and on that basis, $130.00 is a flat-out steal.
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>> On Aug 8, 2004, at 10:08 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>>> However, if you think about it for a second, $130 isn't inexpensive
>>> for a
>>> piece of software of just about any discription.
>
>
> I guess that it is all relative and subjective. I wasn't putting down
> OmniPage X.  I have it and I love it.  But $130, to me, is a lot of
> money.
>
> I can see spending hundreds of dollars on software that is produced in
> low volume, such as vertical market software, and sophisticated  
> programs
> such as music composition software.  But $130 for even the best OCR
> program seems steep to me.
>
The other day, about a week after downloading the trial version of  
ReadIRIS, the company emailed me with an offer to buy the program for  
$59.95 (down from $129 MRP--Amazon sells it for $99). I don't know how  
it compares with OmniPage these days (the reviews of Omnipage on Amazon  
are not kind). I took the offer. It seemed like a good deal to me for a  
program that seems to work well so far.
>
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