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Old 16-02-2010, 19:08   #1
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Ocr scanning

I have recently bought a "Talking Text" programme as I have increasing difficulty in reading. Of course I use Tlking books from both the Library and RNIB for general "reading" but find the new prog great for emailsand web pages.

I am told that documents, magazine pages etc can be "read" if scanned in OCR format and wonder if anyone has experience or information about this.

I know that scanners are available with OCR Software but would appreciate any personal info. Bert.
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Old 16-02-2010, 21:11   #2
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Re: Ocr scanning

You could try something like :

FreeOCR free download. FreeOCR is a complete scan and OCR program including the Windows compiled Tesseract free ocr engine V2.00. It includes a Windows installer and It is v...
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Old 16-02-2010, 21:25   #3
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Re: Ocr scanning

Just looked at that site, and after a bit of run around found the FreeOCR, its not as free as it makes out, its a free trial.

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