00lhramer@bsu-ucs.uucp (Only to fly where angels dare - and the nights she whispers - Ride the wind never coming back again...) (11/26/90)
I am curious whether there exist scanners that actually translate the
data that they read directly into ASCII. I figure that most scanners
read only bitmap code.
Thanx in advance,
Les Ramer : (Junior) Computer Science Major
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
00LHRAMER@BSUVAX1.BITNETrick@kimbal.lynn.ma.us (Rick Kimball) (11/27/90)
From article <49728@bsu-ucs.uucp>, by 00lhramer@bsu-ucs.uucp (Only to fly where angels dare - and the nights she whispers - Ride the wind never coming back again...): > I am curious whether there exist scanners that actually translate the > data that they read directly into ASCII. I figure that most scanners > read only bitmap code. Claere (sp?) produces a system that scans and OCR's producing Ascii text as output. Yes, you guessed it, it is expensive. 20,000 comes to mind. However, they make a variety of configurations from bare boards that fit into a PC all the way to stand alone unit that contain a scanner and OCR system. -- Rick
a544@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack) (11/28/90)
Ad in the latest MacWorld (December) for Caere's TYPIST hand-held scanner - SEEMS to say it scans text (alfanumeric) directly into applications. This may be what you are looking for? ______________________________________________________________ | Rick McCormack | IMAGISTICS BUSINESS THEATRE TECHNOLOGY | | Vancouver, BC | Information transfer - with a purpose. | | CANADA | ________________________________________ | | AOL: Rique | INTERACTIVE COMPREHENSIVE ENLIGHTENING | |________________|____________________________________________|