[iBook] Off topic? Audio and OCR help wanted

[Brian Olesky]

>> 
>> You can simply scan the recipes, and then use the Mac's built in .pdf
>> reader, Preview, to select and extract whatever text you want from
>> the scans
>> and import it into any other program you like, such as Word, and
>> then work
>> with it any way you choose. No extra tools, or expense required. It
>> works
>> extremely well (at least the way I use it).
> Thanks, Brian. Does the Mac OS have a built in OCR capability, to
> render a scan searchable? He wants to build a database (again, I'm
> not sure if this is possible) of these recipes, all searchable. Are
> we talking about FileMaker Pro or something else or something built
> into the Mac? With Spotlight, this function is kind of there, no?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> mark
> 
Not sure about that. All I ever do in the area you're discussing is scan
documents and select sections for inputting their text into my Word docs. I
don't even use database softwear.

Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Brian