Looking for free OCR program

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Chaos Master

Hello people!

Do you know of any free OCR (optical character recognition) program?
My scanner came with one, but it's not very good and is 'liteware'.

thanks.
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http://www.simpleocr.com/
you may want to look at this
Jim

Michael Rainey said:
I've never seen a freeware OCR program as good as the "liteware" that
comes
with scanners.


Chaos Master said:
Hello people!

Do you know of any free OCR (optical character recognition) program?
My scanner came with one, but it's not very good and is 'liteware'.

thanks.
--
Chaos Master®, posting from Brazil. REPLY TO GROUP!
"People told me I can't dress like a fairy.
I say, I'm in a rock band and I can do what the hell I want!"
-- Amy Lee

Note: please don't give me TinyURL addresses.

NP on foobar2k: Evanescence - My Immortal (piano/vocal version) [5:18]
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I've never seen a freeware OCR program as good as the "liteware" that comes
with scanners.
 
Also read user opinions here:
http://www.download.com/3302-2070_4-10152129.html


jimnluna said:
http://www.simpleocr.com/
you may want to look at this
Jim

Michael Rainey said:
I've never seen a freeware OCR program as good as the "liteware" that
comes
with scanners.


Chaos Master said:
Hello people!

Do you know of any free OCR (optical character recognition) program?
My scanner came with one, but it's not very good and is 'liteware'.

thanks.
--
Chaos Master®, posting from Brazil. REPLY TO GROUP!
"People told me I can't dress like a fairy.
I say, I'm in a rock band and I can do what the hell I want!"
-- Amy Lee

Note: please don't give me TinyURL addresses.

NP on foobar2k: Evanescence - My Immortal (piano/vocal version) [5:18]
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jimnluna said:
http://www.simpleocr.com/
you may want to look at this
Jim
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I've had very mixed results with SimpleOCR even on relatively simple stuff. It
failed to recognize almost anything on a page with tables. Downloaded Abbyy
(abbyy.com) and was amazed at the accuracy of the results. Unfortunately it's
quite expensive. Fortunately, I only needed it for a few documents and was able
to convert the docs during the short, but fully functional trial...

jon
 
cat JW ([email protected]) :
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I've had very mixed results with SimpleOCR even on relatively simple stuff. It
failed to recognize almost anything on a page with tables. Downloaded Abbyy
(abbyy.com) and was amazed at the accuracy of the results. Unfortunately it's
quite expensive. Fortunately, I only needed it for a few documents and was able
to convert the docs during the short, but fully functional trial...
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OK, thanks for the suggestions.

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JW said:
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I've had very mixed results with SimpleOCR even on relatively
simple stuff. It failed to recognize almost anything on a page
with tables. Downloaded
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Hello people!

Do you know of any free OCR (optical character recognition) program?
My scanner came with one, but it's not very good and is 'liteware'.

thanks.
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Ive tried simple ocr (freeware) for a project ,but unfortunatly it wasnt in
the same league as abbyy finereader.I ended up getting a previous version of
abbyy(5) off ebay for less than the price of a magazine.If the project you
want it for is important then it may be worth biting the bullet ,and getting
a bargain off ebay.
me
 
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