[comp.sys.ibm.pc] scanner and OCR software

battle@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Rick) (08/25/89)

Advice needed.
 
I am looking for a good working combination of scanner and
OCR software.  The goal is to scan text into the OCR
software and output to a laser printer at 300 dpi.
 
The scanning of graphics would be real nice too.  If you
have experience or suggestions on this combination please
let me know.
 
Thanks many,
 
Rick Battle

davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (08/25/89)

  There is very little for the PC which will do a good job reading proportional fonts. We looked at everything available about a year ago and came up
with Scangal and the HP scanner. Their OCR software foes quite a good job
on constant width, but is not useful for proportional.
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