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January 31st 05, 01:05 AM
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I need to buy a scanner for OCR purposes
Hi,
I'm after a scanner which is good for ocr'ing books and documents. I don't think I'll want to use it for anything else. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have a preference for buying a cheap one, but which does its job competently, and for buying somewhere over the Net if possible. Thanks. 
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January 31st 05, 10:15 AM
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:05:23 GMT, "Interesting Ian"
wrote: Hi, I'm after a scanner which is good for ocr'ing books and documents. I don't think I'll want to use it for anything else. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have a preference for buying a cheap one, but which does its job competently, and for buying somewhere over the Net if possible. Thanks. Look in alt.binaries.e-book.d. This question gets a regular airing there with sensible answers from people making heavy use of a scanner. Regards vj
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January 31st 05, 11:03 PM
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Interesting Ian wrote:
Hi, I'm after a scanner which is good for ocr'ing books and documents. I don't think I'll want to use it for anything else. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have a preference for buying a cheap one, but which does its job competently, and for buying somewhere over the Net if possible. Thanks. Pretty well any scanner will do; what matters is the quality of the OCR software. The sort of stuff which is bundled with scanners is usually fairly basic and may not be able to cope with columns (for example) very well. -- John Ray
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February 1st 05, 05:57 PM
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:05:23 GMT, "Interesting Ian"
wrote: Hi, I'm after a scanner which is good for ocr'ing books and documents. I don't think I'll want to use it for anything else. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have a preference for buying a cheap one, but which does its job competently, and for buying somewhere over the Net if possible. I have one of these: http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/3362...html?srcid=867 Canon 3200f (£44). OCR software can cope with columns etc and the scanner is nice and fast on USB2 + 2Ghz processor. Amazon used to do them for £40 inc delivery but that deal seems to have ended. -- Remove any underwear before replying by email
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